Every year more and more fanboys (and girls) descend on San Diego, California, for a four day celebration of all things geek-tacular in pop culture.
What began 40 years ago as a convention for comic book fans has grown into a massive promotional event for movies, TV, video games and everything else that makes it cool to be a dork. Here's a rundown of what was hot at Comic-Con '09.
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Check out our gallery of freaks, geeks and Fetts from Comic-Con 2009
Hollywood teases 'Iron Man 2,' 'Twilight: New Moon,' 'Alice in Wonderland' and more
'Futurama' woes, 'Dollhouse' wows—and the 'Family Guy' episode you'll never see
Upcoming titles that gave us chills, thrills and satisfying kills at Comic-Con 2009
Hyper-speed highlights and in-character fan interviews from Comic-Con 2009
Hug it out with the recession-friendly costume that gave Comic-Con 2009 a warm embrace
Our shameless Comic-Con hotties gallery (with as little text as humanly possible)
More vampire love as the 'Twilight' series continues
Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's freaky take on a classic story
Peter Jackson produced this original man vs aliens tale
Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law and Rachel McAdams put a new spin on the classic character
Check out clips from Heath Ledger's final movie, previewed at Comic-Con 2009
