Comic Con Gallery 2

Cosplayer at ComicCon 2017Zak Krevitt for WIRED
Zak Krevitt for WIRED01Ruby Taki goes full *Metal Gear* in this Skull costume.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED02This is Tank. He's Marv from *Sin City*. He's on a smoke break.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED03Dan Schmidt (left) and Andrew Ouellette (right) show off their crazy Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp edition) looks.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED04Geisha Vi brought an original character—"one of many"—to NYCC. This is Elunis, daughter of Poseidon and Queen of the Ocean.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED05Fans of the podcast *The Adventure Zone* gather for a group photo.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED06Laura Spineti, in full Eleven-from-*Stranger Things* garb, will not leggo her Eggos.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED07Amanda Dawn is Marceline the Vampire Queen from *Adventure Time*.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED08Pennywise: Perpetually scary, even in full daylight.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED09Jaclyn Fox participates in Cersei Lannister's favorite pastime: day drinking.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED10Davaughn does some fence-scaling as Blade.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED11Elektra and Raven Kirby are Pokémon's Team Rocket.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED12Deadpool came to NYCC to kick Captain America's ass and eat chimichanga. He ran out of chimichangas.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED13Joe McCoy is X-Men's Beast.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED14Bill Johnson is here to defend NYCC as Steel.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED15Lex Monsomo (left) and Neil Conway are Lydia and Beetlejuice, respectively .
Zak Krevitt for WIRED16Mathew Mezo is *God of War*'s Krato.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED17Terezi Pyrope from *Homestuck*.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED18A cosplayer by the name of Christine serves up Ronald McDonald realness.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED19Will you ever be able to unsee this Twisty (*American Horror Story*) cosplay? No, you will not.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED20Michael Byrnes' alter ego "Red Son Superman" yells “You see America? I give you Dead Spider!” at Spider-Man (Naiquan Midyett).
Zak Krevitt for WIRED21Ricardo Plata in his excellent *Call of Duty* gear.
Zak Krevitt for WIRED22New couple alert! Red X from *Teen Titans* and Cortana from *Halo*.
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