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The annual comic book and entertainment convention in New York city is a cult favourite..
For four days every October, New York City resembles something out of a science fiction movie people dressed in elabourate, head-turning costumes pepper Manhttan's West Side..
Today, roughly 200,000 fans gather at the Jacob K Javits Convention Center, attending panels and swarming booths showcasing future releases in comics, video games and toys..
Fans spend big to get in on the fun for some, the total runs into the thousands when accounting for costumes, tickets, travel and merchandise (think an $18,000 life-size light-up Iron Man statue, or a $30 Thor-hammer meat tenderiser)..
Dressed in costume as DC Comics character Poison Ivy, she fell in love with the event the moment she saw the life-sized statues of charecters from the anime Dragon Ball Z.. Hayes is attending Friday and Saturday this year, wearing a different costume called cosplaying each day..
