Every year there's more of them at Comic-Con. They're conspicuous. They walk the convention floor. They might even give out free hugs and pose for pictures. No, we're not talking about the Hollywood A-listers in town for the weekend's film panels -- we're talking about an entirely different breed of celebrity that gets even more attention at Comic-Con than real-life famous people: cos-players.

Rotten Tomatoes learned firsthand the price of Con fame when we hit the crowded hallways in a giant Tomato suit. We got hugs, posed for pictures, and earned many a bewildered stare from our fellow Comic-Con goers. You know you've got an unusual costume when a guy in a Metal Gear Solid outfit who made his own assault rifle from spare gun parts makes fun of you.

(Watch our first Comic-Con video here!)

Thanks to The Dark Knight, this year's Comic-Con seemed to be the year of the Joker, with suspiciously few Batmans to be seen. (It was also the year of the man kilt, although that phenomenon seemed more a practical fashion choice than a costume for the handful of large, bearded fellas we saw around the Convention Center.) But as always, Comic-Con's costumed ranks remain true to the characters from movies, anime, comics, and video games that they love. Check out some of the great costumes we saw at Comic-Con 2008 below, and click here for the full gallery!

As luck would have it, the first costume we see is a Killer Tomato, here with the booth for the Attack of the Killer Tomato remake by the guys behind Ask a Ninja. Click pics for hi-res images.

The best X-Men-themed costume of 2008: Rogue.

Transformers were also popular this year at Comic-Con. (Thanks, Michael Bay!) We saw a Blaster, a Starscream, and an Optimus Prime...but the best Transformer by far was this incredible Bumblebee which had functional "headlights" and many intricate parts.

Next: Battlestar Galactica, Iron Man, and Metroid

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