A fan in costume rides an escalator at New York's Comic-Con convention October 11, 2013. The event draws thousands of costumed fans, panels of pop culture luminaries and features a sprawling floor of vendors in a space equivalent to more than three football fields at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center on Manhattan's West side and has grown into one of the largest cons drawing an expected 120,000 fans. REUTERS/Mike Segar (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY)