Gallery: Photos: Comic-Con's Cauldron of Geek Wonders
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SAN DIEGO -- Young or old, famous or fanboy, the geeky siren call of Comic-Con International draws all types of people to the San Diego Convention Center each year. [](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/tag/comic-con-2010/)With more than 120,000 attendees -- a good proportion of whom dress in costumes that act as overt statements of their fannish allegiances -- the four-day event becomes a genuine cultural melting pot. Some years it's literally melting, but a cool snap turned down the heat on Comic-Con 2010, cutting back noticeably on the amount of nerd sweat in the giant hall where vendors hawk every manner of geekish delight. Melvin White and Sharen McCall of Murrieta, California, check out a map of the show floor. When asked about their trip so far, McCall says, "Guillermo Del Toro was too cool. He signed everything we asked him to."
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The Green Hornet's Black Beauty is on display for all to see right outside the walls of the San Diego Convention Center. (Are those Green Hornettes minding the ride?) __See Also:__ - [Fan's $4000 War Machine Costume Comes to Comic-Con](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2010/07/war-machine/) - [Cylons, Watchmen and Zombies Take Comic-Con 2009](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/underwire/2009/07/cylons-the-wactmen-and-zombies-take-comic-con/) - [Gallery: Scenes From Comic-Con 2008](http://stag-komodo.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2008/07/gallery_comiccon_day_1)
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*Iron Man 2* motorcycle suits by UD Replicas are being sold at the company's booth on the Comic-Con show floor. For a cool $498 (jacket only), even a novice biker can get their Tony Stark on.
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Kenny Teel, 3, of Palm Springs, California, is mesmerized by a Voltron figurine on the Comic-Con show floor.
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Fanboys and fangirls alike line up to take a picture of slave Leia with Darth Vader.
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Kevin Jackson, 27, of Los Angeles splits his days between working as an animator at commercial animation studio Rhythm & Hues and [performing as Waldo on Chatroulette](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQzDeqhvFq4&feature=email). This is his third visit to Comic-Con.
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The lines for panels at Comic-Con are notoriously long. Before an early afternoon *True Blood* panel, the line snaked down the entire length of the San Diego Convention Center and all the way outside.
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Jessica Bykowski, 19, of San Diego is on her fourth trip to Comic-Con. "I've gotten tons of hugs," she says.
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From left: Nathanial Gambrell, Jaedin Magno and Steven North drove from San Francisco to hang out in San Diego for five days during Comic-Con. "We're excited to meet the *Smallville* cast." said North.
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Jeff "The Dude" Bridges talks to a reporter at a *Tron: Legacy* press conference Friday morning at a replica of Flynn's Arcade in San Diego.
