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    As Comic-Con, the country's premier pop culture event turns 50, comics are overshadowed by movies based on them. It's a loss — and a win

    by Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times Jul 18, 2019 5 minutes

    With custom-built pop-ups that mirror scenes from movies and high-rise hotels transformed into giant billboards for upcoming TV shows, Hollywood looms large in the heart of San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter during Comic-Con.

    Officially referred to as Comic-Con International: San Diego, this year's event, which commemorates the convention's 50th year, will run through Sunday and is expected to once again attract at least 135,000 comic book and pop culture enthusiasts in and around the San Diego Convention Center.

    Attendees will have a chance to test their potential as police recruits at a "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" experience, learn how to throw axes at a "Vikings"-themed training day and even get a taste of "Snowpiercer"-branded bug protein bars. Fans more interested in Comic-Con's programming will have a chance to catch Marvel Studios and "Game of

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