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.
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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But one thing San Diego can’t match are the Big Apple beauties.
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.
Even “Game of Thrones” actor Jerome Flynn was impressed, and took time to sit on the throne between signing autographs.
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“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.”
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