July is proving to be one of the hottest months of 2025 — not only literally, but in terms of hot pop culture releases, too! Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios are both on fire with new Fantastic Four media, while the video game industry is capitalizing on the Nintendo Switch 2's release last month. Don't leave out the TCG and sports cards industry, because they're coming in with some amazing new sets! Here's what we have to look forward to this July.
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Legendary creators Matt Fraction and Mark Buckingham team up to present the first comic co-created by Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios!
Four short years ago, the world was transformed when an amazing cosmic-powered quartet revealed their astonishing abilities to the public. Since then, they have become a world-famous group called the Fantastic Four! This single-issue comic acts as a tie-in for the upcoming movie — The Fantastic Four: First Steps, which releases in theaters on July 25 and that tells of the Fantastic Four’s first big mission to protect their city from destruction.
This is the first time that Marvel Comics and Marvel Studios — Marvel’s comic and film studios, respectively — have teamed up to create a comic set in the world of a specific MCU movie. This is a huge deal, and Marvel fans won’t want to miss out!
Get ready — Fantastic Four: First Steps #1 hits comic shop shelves on July 2!
Other notable comics releasing in July 2025 include:
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Re-create key moments from Hiromu Arakawa’s hit manga series!
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is one of the most recognized anime series in the world, and it’s finally come to TCG format! Take the field with iconic characters from the series, including Edward and Alphonse Elric, Roy Mustang, Envy, Lust and even Father. Each booster pack contains 12 cards consisting of four rarity levels: Common, Uncommon, Rare and Super Rare. There’s even a chance to pull alternate art cards, including nine full-art parallels with signatures from the Japanese voice actors of the characters!
Embrace the power of alchemy when Union Arena: Fullmetal Alchemist releases on July 25!
Other notable TCGs releasing in July 2025 include:
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The NBA season has concluded, and the Oklahoma City Thunder are your 2024-25 champions! Although the season has come to a close, collectors will have one of the most popular annual basketball sets to open soon. After a delay to the initial release, the newest edition of Donruss Optic Basketball will finally hit store shelves on July 31!
The new Optic set features a combination of old and new school NBA players, including current veterans (225 cards), past legends (25 cards) and the always-popular Rated Rookies (50 cards). The card design matches the previously released 2024-25 Donruss Basketball set but is updated with the usual premium chrome card stock.
Basketball collectors have numerous colorful parallels, autographed cards and case hit inserts to chase when the 2024-25 Donruss Optic Basketball set releases on July 31!
Other notable sports cards releasing in July 2025 include:
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Donkey Kong returns in this groundbreaking platformer for the Nintendo Switch 2!
In his first original game since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Donkey Kong comes swinging back for a new adventure! When a treasure trove of banana-shaped diamonds are stolen by a group of villains, it’s up to Donkey Kong and Pauline to recover them. The chase leads the duo underground, where they (and the player) will discover a vast world beneath the Earth’s surface. By smashing up the terrain around them, players can discover all-new pathways, items and more as they explore.
Dive into the Underground World when Donkey Kong Bananza releases on Nintendo Switch 2 on July 17!
Other notable video games releasing in July 2025 include:
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See what the present world of the dinosaurs has become five years after the penultimate conclusion to the Jurassic World series!
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion (2022), the remaining revived dinosaurs are struggling to adapt to Earth’s modern climate and have moved to remote tropical islands reminiscent of their prehistoric habitats. When a covert operation lands on one of these islands to conduct a mission, they discover a shipwrecked civilian family trapped on the island. In their haste to save the family, the operatives find themselves stranded as well. And the threats keep getting greater — there are rumors of a mutated Tyrannosaurus rex on the island, and it’s looking for prey…
Return to the world of Jurassic Park when Jurassic World Rebirth releases in theaters on July 2!
Other notable films releasing in July 2025 include: