At his 10th Comic-Con, ghost-busting Dave Teel of San Diego is photographed in the Los Angeles Times photo booth. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
At her third Comic-Con, Annika Parks, 19, of La Mesa, Calif., dresses as a green-skinned Orion slave girl from the TV series “Star Trek.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
She’s Haley Gansert, 17, of San Diego, but you can call her Robin. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Kazumi Hara, 33, of Los Angeles, is in costume as Black Hayate, a character from the Fullmetal Alchemist anime and manga series. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Meghan Daly, 17, of Arcadia, attends her first Comic-Con as Ravager of the Teen Titans comics series. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Colette Davis, 17, of El Cajon, dresses as Sakura from the anime television series “Cardcaptor” for her second Comic-Con convention. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
But do they speak Klingon? Linda Marcil, of Redondo Beach, left, and Julie Spehar, of Torrance, arrive as members of the iconic “Star Trek” race. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
At his 24th Comic-Con, Kim Hutsell, of San Diego, is an interplanetary messenger. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Ginger Burton, 22, of Santa Clarita, is dressed as Midna, a member of the Twili, a race of magic wielders in the video game the Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Durnell Jonathan, 19, of San Diego, is Rorschach from “Watchmen.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Matt de Mille, 36, of Los Angeles, is dressed as Kyberstarr, a character he created. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Feeling wolfish, Drew Arnson, 32, of Las Vegas, doubles his ears to double his fun at Comic-Con. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Whitney Brown, 22, of Lancaster, dressed as Tuffnut, a character from the book “How to Train Your Dragon.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Gogo Delectatio, 34, of New York City, new to Comic-Con, is dressed as Poison Ivy from the “Batman” series. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Ruth Hanby, 24, of Los Angeles, dresses as Tina Turner in her role as Aunty Entity in the 1985 film “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
With a Johnny Depp twist on the Mad Hatter, Laura Bowers, 20, of El Cajon, salutes Tim Burton‘s “Alice in Wonderland.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Clem Bastow, 28, of Melbourne, Australia, dresses as Catra from “She-Ra: Princess of Power.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Ross Miller, 14, of San Diego, is in costume as video game character Master Chief from Halo. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
At their first Comic-Con, Steven Rodriguez, right, and Amanda Weaver, left, both of of San Antonio, Texas, dress as Superman and Supergirl. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Tawni Galleisky, 16, of Carlsbad, is in Pikachu mode. She has attended Comic-Con four years in a row. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Six-time Comic-Con attendee Catherine Fisher, 29, of San Diego, is dressed as Harley Quinn from “Batman.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
At her fourth Comic-Con with her parents, Sara dela Cruz, 14, of San Diego, is Ulquiorra Cifer from cartoon series “Bleach.” (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
Brett Openchowski, 19, of San Diego, shows off his muscles as Captain America. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
