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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Mike Murillo
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WTOP/Steve Winter
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WTOP/Steve Winter
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WTOP/Steve Winter
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Maury Winter
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Courtesy Maury Winter
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WTOP/Steve Winter
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WTOP/Steve Winter
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![](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/awesomecon8-260x174.jpg)
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![Spiderman and the creature from Aliens square off. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/awesomecon2-260x174.jpg)
![Costumes are encouraged at Awesome Con -- just take it from Johnny Bravo and Ant Man. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CkDqXBvUkAAmvcX-260x174.jpg)
![R2D2 of "Star Wars" fame beeps around Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/r2d2-260x174.jpg)
![Security at Awesome Con is provided by Storm Troopers? Not quite, but the Star Wars characters are just some of the costumes on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Mike Murillo)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/CkDqwg1UoAAeh6t-260x174.jpg)
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![Several characters at Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Steve Winter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DSC08674-260x174.jpg)
![Niesha Wongus of Oxon Hill, Maryland. (WTOP/Steve Winter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DSC08635-260x174.jpg)
![Actor John Barrowman signing autographs at Awesome Con Friday, June 3, 2016. (WTOP/Steve Winter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DSC08649-260x174.jpg)
![Charles Martinet, the voice of Mario, was at Awesome Con Friday, June 3, 2016. (Maury Winter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DSC08655-260x174.jpg)
![John Barclay of Baltimore at Awesome Con on Friday, June 3, 2016. (Courtesy Maury Winter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/DSC08657-260x174.jpg)
![Tom King, the writer for DC Comics' "Batman" greets fans at Awesome Con in D.C. (WTOP/Steve Winter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/batman2-260x174.jpg)
![Fans meet with Tom King, the lead writer for DC Comics' "Batman" at Awesome Con. (WTOP/Steve Winter)](https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/batman-pix-260x174.jpg)