
Now as promised, "The Malicious Marvel Staff Members.". It started off shaky, with Garfunkel unable to go with us in the morning. We arrived early and Nathaniel moved as fast as The Scarlet Speedster to get a ticket to have his Amazing Spider-Man #700 signed by Stan "The Man" Lee. The ticket was $70, "excelsior" indeed, and we got online to wait. Now after being online for, I believe an hour and a half (Nathaniel will correct me if I'm wrong and I'll make an edit if need by), things got tense, Marvel employees were getting very angry that we were blocking their booth, even though a booth has four sides that you can enter through and we were in front of one. Not to mention people were still getting in and out through the side we were blocking. First, marvel threatened to kick us all out of the Con. Over 400 of us. Yeah. Like that would happen. Security stepped in and said it was fine. Next the employee told us if our ticket was between 1 and 200 we could stay, if it was ovr 200 we had to leave or get kicked out. Total bull. Security denied that. Then things turned ugly when the Marvel employee yelled into a megaphone. "IF THE TWO SECURITY GUYS WOULD STOP FLIRTING WITH EACH OTHER THEY COULD GET THIS UNDER CONTROL!" Now that took a big pair of tennis balls to say. Too bad for him it did nothing as even when security finally caved and said "If your number is over 250 you need to leave.", nobody left, and everyone got a signature. Now the only downside is it was so underwhelming. Stan Lee didn't look up, didn't say "hello", not even a handshake. Someone took Nathaniel's comic, gave it to Lee, Lee gave it back to the guy, and the guy gave it back to Nathaniel. I figured the guy would have at least looked up and nodded at us. AT LEAST. But no. on the plus side, Nathaniel is now the proud owner of a copy of Spider-Man #700 signed by Stan Lee, Humberto Ramos, and Edgar Delgado. That is something to be proud of. After that we got some more prints and signatures, and we sent off the day with me trying my first Bubble Tea, it is indeed awesome.
Now that was all well and good, but one thing that really made my Con experience was seeing something while waiting on line to get into the Con. We were in the fourth...or third...one of those. Anyway, we were on "x" line waiting to get in and there was this adorable little girl in the very front whose face lit up with every costumed con-goer who walked in. THAT is what is so great about Comic-Con and comics in general. Seeing that kid who believes that these characters who embody the pure essence of greatness and just be awe-stricken to see them in front of them, real or not, it's the character that they know and love and believe in, and at some point, we were all that little kid. Seeing things like that warms my heart, and what's even better are the people in costumes that play along and really get in character. That was one of the best moments from the Con for me, hands down. My other Con moment was just being with my bros in our natural element, just being ourselves, and having a damn good time doing it. Comic-Con, is one of the few places that we have left to be ourselves, and what a place it is.
Comic-Con gallery:
Comic-Con gallery:
That's all for today, check back soon for a review of two awesome figures I scored at the Con!
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