Henry Taylor as Gambit battles Wolverine. Denver Comic Con 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
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Henry Taylor as Gambit battles Wolverine. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Well, Denver, you've done it again. On the first day of Denver Comic Con, hardly a full day of tomfoolery, you've helped fill the Colorado Convention Center with a virtual index of geek figures. Many of your costumes were impressively handmade. Every one was filled with gusto.
Here's our look at Day 1.
Henrey Kamae as Russell from "Up." (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Casey Martin as Crumb from "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters." (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Nate Mason as Randy Marsh as Lorde. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Ased Bhatty as Jasmine. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Mia Kuehn as Mr. Meeseeks. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Greg Shupe as Aang, the last airbender. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Correction: I originally misspelled Aang's name with only one "a."
Ben Finch and his baby Yoda son, Malcolm. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Andrew Hadfield as Sonic's nemesis, Eggman. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
AJ Phelps as Silent Bob. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Blastoise trainer Gilbert Garcia attacks! (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Jeff Meyer as the classic Aquaman. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Nick Ballard is kid Stan Lee. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Jason Pratt as bearded Marge. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Jared Hester as the morally reprehensible Superman from the game "Injustice." (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Jesse (left) and Mark Baier as the warden and Alice from "Superjail." (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Roxy Ramirez as Wonder Woman. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Frank Lauters as Wolverine battles Gambit. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Dirk Chidester as a Black Mage from "Final Fantasy." (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
A group of heavy-hitting dudes. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Lina Ware as Azura from Fire Emblem. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Father and son Chris (right) and Fin as Star Wars universe Mandalorians. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Zach Schiffel, the Teletubby, and his Boys and Girls Club mentee Xavier. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Eli Brainard as a black knight from "Dark Souls." (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Ian Shaffer as Cratos from "God of War." (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Calvin Mondragon as Captain Phasma, Sebastien Chiu as suited-out non-emo Kylo Ren and Craig Mahaga as General Hux. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Lindsey Hamlon (left) and Kelley Moriarity as Handmaids. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Young Cameron spent two months making this walkable AT-ST costume. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
Laine Cave as the Undying from the game "Undertale." (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)
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