Feb 22, 2008 9:30 PM

Geek Chic Gallery: Costumes of WonderCon 2008

From superheroes to pirate queens, WonderCon attendees love to dress up as characters ripped from the pages of comics and from the silver screen. Wired.com presnnts a gallery of some of the best costumes seen at San Francisco's comics convention.

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