10 Things You Didn't Know About Comic-Con

Over the next four days, the leading purveyors of pop-culture goodness will be wheeling out their latest offerings to a rabid audience of more than 130,000 at the annual geek-fest called San Diego Comic-Con. This summer, stars like Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Radcliffe will be there to court their fanbases, and Marvel will show a few tantalizing peeks at its future projects. But it's easy for the quirks of the convention's 40-plus year history to get drowned out by the spotlight, so we've assembled some of the most interesting SDCC facts you probably haven't heard before.