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At Comic Con, New York City Is the Main Character

Published   Oct 19, 2024 09:00AM

As commuters shuffled onto the G train Thursday morning, a woman mumbled a “sorry” — she had accidentally bumped into Deadpool’s swords.  That can mean only one thing: Comic Con has come again to New York City.  First held in 2006, New York Comic Con is an annual multi-day festival at the Javits Center in […]
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