In pics: Cosplay rules the roost at US Comic Con

A cosplayer attends the 2022 Comic-Con International: San Diego on July 22, 2022 in San Diego, California.

Cosplayer dressed as Moon Knight attends the 2022 Comic-Con International: San Diego in California.

Tens of thousands of cosplaying fans converged on San Diego Thursday for the first full-scale Comic Con in three years.

After two online-only Comic-Cons due to Covid-19, this year, huge lines of fans dressed as superheroes and space monsters were seen around the convention center beneath a blazing sun.

A statue of American comic book writer and Marvel Comics' Stan Lee is seen at the 2022 Comic-Con International: San Diego in California.

Some die-hards camped for 24 hours to be the first ones back inside the giant Hall H, where Hollywood studio Paramount kicked off the four-day comic book, fantasy and sci-fi extravaganza.

Cosplayer dressed as Joker attends 2022 Comic-Con International: San Diego in California.

A cosplayer at the 2022 Comic-Con International: San Diego on July 22, 2022 in San Diego, California.