New York Comic Con has come to an end. The yearly event was first held in 2006 and has grown in the years since. Last year's Comic Con had a lower-capacity crowd, virtual panels and reduced show floor because of the pandemic. However, this year's event, held from October 6 to 9 at the Javits Convention Centre in Manhattan, felt like a return to form. This year's guests of honour were <i>Moon Knight</i> actor Oscar Issac and <i>The Falcon and the Winter Soldier</i> star Sebastian Stan. Reunion panels for films such as <i>Back to the Future</i> and the shows <i>Smallville </i>and <i>Star Trek: The Next Generation</i> took place. As usual, there were panel discussions, trailer premieres and lots of cosplay. Over the four-day event, cosplayers dressed up in everything from <i>Stranger Things</i> season four favourite Eddie Munson to Marvel's She-Hulk Jennifer Walters. There were also plenty of references to pop culture, with someone cosplaying as American painter Bob Ross and another person showing up as Napoleon Dynamite with a Vote for Pedro T-shirt. Meanwhile, Batman was a popular choice with many turning out dressed as the Caped Crusader, as were Marvel superheroes such as Deadpool, Moon Knight and Spider-Man. Horror film characters such as Chucky, Freddy Krueger and Billy the Puppet from <i>Saw</i> were also spotted. Members of the Addams family such as Gomez, Morticia and their daughter Wednesday were also in attendance through cosplay (possibly because of a <i>Wednesday </i>panel being held for the Netflix spin-off show). Dates for next year's New York Comic Con have already been announced. The event will return from October 12 to 15, 2023.
