If there's any place in the world to be weird, wacky or totally WTF, it's at New York Comic Con.
The cosplayers at this year's convention failed to disappoint, donning elaborate get-ups that transformed them into the bravest of superheroes, the evilest of villains and the oddest of creatures. There were, of course, a few impostors who thought a mask and store-bought cape would suffice — but at Comic Con, the more detailed and eccentric, the better.
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Check out some of the craziest outfits of the convention below. And if your costume didn't turn enough heads this year, don't fret — San Diego Comic Con is just around the corner.
From One Piece
From Harry Potter
Note: Her entire arm is a gun. That's commitment.
From Donnie Darko.
From Batman
From Team Fortress 2
From Breaking Bad
In boxy form.
From Terror Klowns
From Naruto
Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Sonic the Hedgehog, all re-imagined as Marvel hero Deadpool.
From Shingeki no Kyojin
Along with a Harley Quinn variation
From The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
From Adventure Time
From Team Fortress 2
From Fooly Cooly
From Star Wars
From the Halo series.
From Resident Evil 6
This monster, infected by a brainwashing fungus, is survival horror game The Last of Us.
From Star Wards
From Star Wars
A monster from Bioshock Infinite
From Final Fantasy VII
From Borderlands 2
From Soul Eater
From Sonic the Hedgehog
From Batman
From the DC Universe
...healing an age-old divide.
From the DC Universe
From The Legend of Zelda
From The Nightmare Before Christmas
From the game BioShock.
From Monsters Inc.
One of the biggest villains from Power Rangers.
From Spider-Man
Superman's archenemy
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Image: Mashable, Christina Ascani