San Diego Comic-Con 2025: 27 Best Cosplays We've Seen So Far
From a giant Galactus to a dog cosplaying as Loki (yeah, you heard right), here's what everyone wore.
Garrett "The Garbageman" Garrison from A Minecraft Movie.
Maleficent from the Maleficent movie.
Doctor Octopus from the Spider-Man comics.
Queen Amidala from Star Wars.
Doc Brown and Marty McFly from Back to the Future.
Eevee from Pokémon.
Hitchhiking Ghosts from The Haunted Mansion ride.
Galactus from the Fantastic Four comics.
Mexican Wonder Woman.
Zombie Captain America from Marvel Comics.
Forrest Gump from Forest Gump.
Bender from Futurama.
Jane Porter from Tarzan.
An Illusioner from the Minecraft video game.
He-Man's Battle Ram Vehicle.
Ken Takakura from Dan Da Dan.
Samus Aran from the Metroid video games.
Wiccan from Agatha All Along.
Kuzco and Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove.
Loki from the Loki TV show.
Orin from Baldur's Gate 3.
Mr. Milchick from Severance.
Roz from Monsters Inc.
Chappell Roan's "Pink Pony Club."
Denji from Chainsaw Man.
Inosuke Hashibira from Demon Slayer.
And finally, Erik from The Phantom of the Opera.
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