Crowds are expected to top 100,000 once again at this year's New York Comic Con.
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Mother and daughter Killian, left, and Kat Bradbury dressed as Sally Jupiter from Watchmen and Fiona from the TV show Adventuretime.
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Some of the superheroes represented at NYCC.
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Jonny Rockus, Pete Langlois and Patrick Locket as the Ghostbusters."We're the Ghostbusters of New Hampshire," Locket said. Rockus said the costumes typically cost $2,500 each. This group made their own, but came close to spending that much anyway.
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Sterling Ellis, left. dressed as Konohamaru from the anime comic Nauto. Lawrence Tagarelli, right, dressed as Vincent, from the video game Catherine. "I'm a graduate of FIT, so it's really easy for me to do this," Ellis said of his homemade costume, which cost about $45. Ellis and Tagarelli planned to wear different costumes for each day of the convention.
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Steve Woods, Terry Keizer, and Bill Heyman each spent about $35 on their zombie costumes.
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Annmarie Sanchez as Harley Quinn and Brendan Bils as the Joker, from Batman. Sanchez made most of her costume, but said her corset cost about $100. Bils spent $200 on his costume. Sanchez said she might dress as Poison Ivy, also from Batman, on Saturday.
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Comic Con attendees pored over hundreds of comics, old and new, boxed for sale.
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The Ninja Turtles also made an appearance.
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A bust of Batman presides over the convention.
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Robert Cella, dressed as Green Arrow, said he bought some parts of his costume, and modified others. All together, he said he probably spent around $35. As for why he chose Green Arrow? "Right mix of recognizability but also not overdone," he explained.
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"We are from the Shire," explained Juan Vazquez, right, and Chris Portas, left, dressed as a hobbit from The Lord of the Rings. The two said they mostly made their costumes or wore things they already owned, except for a wig and hobbit feet, which they bought online.
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Erin Witzel, left, said she bought and styled a wig and made the rest of her costume, from the web comic Todd Allison and the Petunia Violet. While Sarah Scully wasn't dressed up on Friday, she said she planned to go with friends dressed up as characters from Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas over the weekend.
