Here's the story of New York Comic Con in pictures, beginning with the first day, Thursday.

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Teen Titans tower over the crowds entering the Javits Center on Thursday.







This lone adventurer took time out to pose, near a Valiant-wrapped Chevy.













Legend of Korra has gone to web-only (see "Legend of Korra Season 4 Trailer"), but its characters, like Aang, here (also from Avatar: The Last Airbender), remain popular.










Thursday was a crowded day, as Aisle 100 attests.













Groot figures artfully displayed at the Toy Tokyo booth.









One of a number of female-focused consumer products exhibitors at New York Comic Con.












Gaming had a solid presence at New York Comic Con, as in this booth with demos for Castle Assault.












There seemed to be an effort to expand food offerings at the Javits to include options other than Javits hot dogs.












This booth offered fantasy cosplayers the things they needed.








The Lady Action GoHero Executive Replica 12" Action Figure, here in two outfits, will retail for between $130 and $200 and ship in March 2015.











Visitors were shocked to see Nick Barrucci at a Dynamite Entertainment booth, its first at New York Comic Con.  Barrucci said he thought it was an appropriate way to celebrate the company's 10th anniversary.





This gentleman was promoting Flame Con, a new con that didn't have many details.  But he was a great ad for it.












While the scene outside the Javits does not yet begin to approach the three ring marketing circus outside the San Diego Convention Center, there’s more action in New York every year.  These young women were promoting American Horror Story: Freak Show by giving away chocolate lollies shaped like the torso of Angela Bassett's three-breasted character Desiree Dupree.

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