The Guide: Comic-Con rundown

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Before heading down to San Diego, Hero Complex’s Geoff Boucher turned in this day-by-day rundown for The Guide.

It’s the Cannes of Capes, the World’s Fair for Fanboys, the ultimate Bazaar of the Bizarre. Comic-Con International gets underway today at the San Diego Convention Center and 125,000 fans will attend this frothy celebration -- and hard sell -- of pop culture.

Like at a rock festival with multiple stages, you can go to Comic-Con and have an experience completely different from the next fan. If you’re lucky enough to get into Hall H, the hangar-sized site where Hollywood sends its stars and filmmakers to promote upcoming films, then the convention is all about getting the fresh scoop on next summer’s blockbusters. But you can also devote your Con entirely to video games, anime, horror, television shows, collectible cards, toys or even, if you’re old school, actual comic books.

There’s a dizzying variety of niche panels. Interested in collecting Asian ball-jointed resin dolls? Check out Room 8 at 11 a.m. on Sunday. Maybe you’re a big fan of Little Lulu, the newspaper comic strip that ended in the Nixon era? Grab a seat in Room 24A on Saturday at 3 p.m. Curious about the use of the biblical figure Abel in fiction? That discussion raises some Cain in Room 2 at 5 p.m. on Friday.

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