Comic-Con 2012: An Expanding Universe

More than 600 hungry zombies with a taste for brains marched in the Zombie Walk.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

A desperate zombie on the streets of San Diego.  (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Cara Yancey had a bloody good time in the Zombie Walk.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Steven Daney of Redondo Beach gives zombie bride Kristen Spenlove of San Pedro a love bite before they joined the march through San Diego’s Gaslamp District.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Zombie characters promoting AtmosFearFX perform outside the San Diego Convention Center on Thursday.   (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Dripping with fake blood, participants crawl through the streets of San Diego for the Zombie Walk at Comic-Con 2012 on Friday.  (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Zombies gather before the Zombie Walk through the streets of the Gaslamp District.   (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Adrianne Curry, left, watches from the sidewalk as Jenna Holaday gives daughter McKenna Sanders a ride while walking with Alexia Holaday during the Zombie Walk on Friday.  (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Christa Spencer of Logan Utah, in costume at the Comic-Con photo booth.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Kimberly at the Comic-Con photo booth.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Brett Kenney, from left, Soran Kenney, Juergen Langenbach and Dennis Hanon in Klingon regalia at the Comic-Con photo booth.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Jorden Faust, left, and Rachel Cude at the Comic-Con photo booth.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Actors Max Landis, left, and Amadou Ly at the Wired Magazine Cafe at Comic-Con 2012 on Friday.   (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Filmmaker and actor Morgan Spurlock strikes a pose with Skype superheroes Christen Montero and Aliso Connell at the Wired Magazine Cafe.  (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Actress Jaime King at the Wired Magazine Cafe.   (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Andy Serkis at the Wired Magazine Cafe at Comic-Con 2012 in San Diego.   (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Director Guillermo del Toro outside the Omni hotel at Comic-Con 2012 on Friday.  (Patrick T. Fallon / Los Angeles Times)

Angela Patten, left, is mad as a hatter at Comic-Con with friend Kayla Barton as Dorothy.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Karl Zingheim rides his dinosaur around the main exhibit hall at Comic-Con.   (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Dressed as the Joker, Coy Jandreau, right, made new friends as they noticed the connection between artist Daniel Jaimes’ drawing of the Joker on the wall and his face paint at The Merk restaurant during Comic-Con 2012.  (Patrick Fallon/Los Angeles Times)

Rachel Noble walks through the Grimm forest outside the San Diego Convention Center.   (Patrick Fallon/Los Angeles Times)

Sara Butler of Orem, Utah, at Comic-Con.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Katherine Aquilar is dressed as Wonder Woman at Comic-Con.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

SAN DIEGO CA., 13TH JULY 2012---Cara Yancey participated in the annual Zombie Walk: San Diego that marching through San Diego¿s Gaslamp District.   (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

Nicole Marchese-Lopez and Stephanie Maldonado, both of El Paso, Texas, are dressed as Black Cat and Catwoman at Comic-Con.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Aime Jaze as Xena warrior princess and Lance Jaze as Thor have their photo taken as Brittany Ayers, center, hurries her children, Connor and Bella, past the scene.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Captain America, a.k.a. Lucas Dacio, takes flight on the shoulders of his father, Jose Dacio, near a Batman exhibition in the main hall of the San Diego Convention Center.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Will Blagg, dressed as the alien from the movie “Predator,” taunts fans trying to score tickets to Comic-Con.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Will Blagg, dressed as the alien from the movie “Predator,” has fun with a group trying to land tickets to Comic-Con International.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Connor Ayers, 4, wears a Superman costume as he and his dad, Chris Ayers, visit Comic-Con from from Spring Valley, Calif.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Dash Rossi, 3, sits atop the shoulders of his father, Dave Rossi, for an aerial view of the maain hall at Comic-Con.   (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Attendees wait in line for the credentialing of passes. A tired and sleepy Lilly Cinder, 6, rests on the arm of her mother, Jan Cinder. Sister Mary, 17, and brother Michael,16, have been in line since 5 a.m.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Warner Brothers brought in five Batmobiles for the movie “The Dark Knight Rises.” Pictured is the Batmobile used in the TV series starring Adam West.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

The Batmobile used by Michael Keaton in “Batman” and “Batman Returns” is owned by Jeff Dunham, shown behind the wheel.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Fans take a look at Jeff Dunham’s Batmobile.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

The Batmobile driven by Val Kilmer in “Batman Forever.”  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

Fans line up for their credentials as the temperature rises in San Diego.   (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)

From left, Will Romine from Atlanta, Tyler Wood of San Francisco, Andre Banales of San Diego, Jerrett Phinney of San Diego and Ash Fairless of Tranquillity, Calif., have been in line since 5 a.m.  (Kirk McKoy/Los Angeles Times)