Last weekend more than 115,000 people visited the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in Manhattan for New York Comic Con, a four day celebration of science fiction, fantasy, gaming and all kinds of geek entertainment.
Many of the attendees participated in cosplay, dressing up in elaborate costumes to celebrate their favorite characters. Here’s a sampling of some of their great outfits.
Zombies were a popular costume choice –probably in part because of excitement over the third season premiere of The Walking Dead. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Aleta Pardalis, left, as Wonder Woman, and Ann McManus as Supergirl. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Commander Shepard (left) and Samara, from the video game Mass Effect. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
Batman fights off a host of enemies –the Joker, Professor Pyg, the Penguin, Bane and the Riddler. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
The Scarlet Witch and Emma Frost (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
Harley Quinn takes aim. (Photo by John Lamparski/WireImage)
Video game heroine Princess Zelda. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
Wolverine backed up by a handful of heroes including Captain Marvel at left and Magneto at right. (Photo by John Lamparski/WireImage)
Characters from the TV show Adventure Time: The Ice King, holding his penguin Gunter, and Finn, carrying Jake. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
The Avengers, Earth’s mightiest heroes. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
The TARDIS from Doctor Who. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
Marcus Phinizy, dressed as musician and producer deadmau5. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Nikki Warner, left, as Gohan, and Mike Chan as Goku, from Dragonball Z. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Raggedy Ann, Raggedy Andy and a raggedy zombie. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Rita Skeeter, a witch journalist from the Harry Potter series. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
Jeffrey Quante as Teen Wolf (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The Transformer Bumblebee. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
Mr. T, with a very big gun. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Sheila Broflovski, Kyle’s mom on South Park. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
An assortment of characters from The Never Ending Story –Falkor, The Childlike Empress and Bastian Balthazar Bux. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
Barf, from the movie Spaceballs. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images)
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