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New York Comic Con 2013: The beauties and beasts
The 2013 New York Comic Con brought out the geekiest, sexiest and scariest that New York has to offer weeks before Halloween.
By Ethan Sacks / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Sunday, October 13, 2013, 12:09 AM
Halloween came to the Javits three weeks early.
Amateur superheroes decked out in their finest spandex and latex swarmed midtown Manhattan this weekend for the eighth annual New York Comic Con, a celebration of comic books, sci-fi and video games.
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Organizers estimate around 125,000 people will have filed through the convention center over the sold-out four days ending Sunday — making it the second largest nerdfest in the country behind the Hulk-sized San Diego Comic Con.
But one thing San Diego can’t match are the Big Apple beauties.
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Marisa Semioli, 20, of Staten Island endured plenty of cat calls on the
way to the convention floor in her latex and faux-fur Black Cat
costume, including from a few uncultured clods who confused her with
Catwoman.
“I got a lot of, ‘I could be your Spider-Man,’ ” she said as she was flocked by admirers Saturday. “You feel like you’re the character, it’s a great feeling.”
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Pratt Institute student Molly Glover, a huge “Game of Thrones” fan, recruited seven friends from school to form a human Iron Throne from the HBO fantasy series. The 20-year-old budding costume designer started in August and made the costume out of fabric and spray-painted pool noodles.
“I wanted to find people who were willing to contribute and all of my friends graciously accepted,” said Glover.
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Even “Game of Thrones” actor Jerome Flynn was impressed, and took time to sit on the throne between signing autographs.
“This event was surreal as it was, but sitting on a load of fans isn’t what I expected to happen,” the British actor told the News, “but New York is full of surprises.”
At the ripe old age of 3, aspiring Wonder Woman Tesla Muchado is
already a three-year veteran of New York Comic Con — and was excited to
pose for a photo with an adult, Helene Waldermarson, 26, dressed as her
favorite superhero.
“I’m Wonder Woman,” said Tesla. “I like all Wonder Womans!”
Richard Benitez, 21, South Ozone Park, decided he wanted to dress up as
Aquaman five months ago — in a golden “chain-mail” shirt that took him
50 hours to sew by hand.
“I’ve lost 50 pounds specifically so I could look like Aquaman,” he says. “I was very, very committed.”
Amateur superheroes decked out in their finest spandex and latex swarmed midtown Manhattan this weekend for the eighth annual New York Comic Con, a celebration of comic books, sci-fi and video games.
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25-year-old Shelly Scarlet dressed as "Red Sonia".
Organizers estimate around 125,000 people will have filed through the convention center over the sold-out four days ending Sunday — making it the second largest nerdfest in the country behind the Hulk-sized San Diego Comic Con.
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28-year-old Ken Crofton dressed as Thanos.
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28-year-old Mariana Li as Superwoman.
“I got a lot of, ‘I could be your Spider-Man,’ ” she said as she was flocked by admirers Saturday. “You feel like you’re the character, it’s a great feeling.”
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Yaya Han dressed as Madam Hydra.
Pratt Institute student Molly Glover, a huge “Game of Thrones” fan, recruited seven friends from school to form a human Iron Throne from the HBO fantasy series. The 20-year-old budding costume designer started in August and made the costume out of fabric and spray-painted pool noodles.
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25-year-old Sarah Nielsen dressed as Black Widow.
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Stacey Weiland dressed as Mad Moxie from the video game Borderlands.
“This event was surreal as it was, but sitting on a load of fans isn’t what I expected to happen,” the British actor told the News, “but New York is full of surprises.”
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25-year-old Jennifer Hashimoto dressed as Cat Women.
“I’m Wonder Woman,” said Tesla. “I like all Wonder Womans!”
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"Joker" 30 y/o Carlos Maya feeds his "Batman" son 6-month-old Isaac Maya.
“I’ve lost 50 pounds specifically so I could look like Aquaman,” he says. “I was very, very committed.”
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25-year-old Nicole Marino and 18-year-old Canielle Marion attend as Purple and Red Raven of the Teen Titans.
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24-year-old Adam Ash as Deadpool and 23-year-old Kristin Sivla as a nurse from Silent Hill.
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21-year-old Elisa Lovelie attends as "Lady Mechanika".
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19-year-old Michaela Conti dresses as a character from anime show "Panty & Stocking".
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24 y/o Amy Siriamonthep dressed as Harley Quinn.
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20-year-old Marisa Semioli as Black Cat.
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21-year-old Richard Benitez dresses as Aquaman.
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(L) 20-year-old Molly Glover as Margaery Tyrell with her "Throne" which is made up of seven people including Sarah Higgins, Emma Berger, Nicole Teitel, Rob Burke, Julia Seel, Cat Wilson and Nicole Chiaramonte.
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