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George Lucas, Guillermo Del Toro, George Takei from Star Trek: Loads of panels available. But it was hard to resist the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode introduced by Mercedes

On Sunday, July 27 at the 2025 International Comic-Con in San Diego, California, we made our final tour through the main exhibit hall, went to as many panels as our schedule would allow (avoiding the extra-long lines when possible), and said “Amazing!” over and over to all the wonderful fans and participants in their pop-culture-loving costumes.

Star Wars king George Lucas, Guillermo Del Toro, George Takei from Star Trek: Loads of excellent panels available. But it was hard to resist the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode introduced by Mercedes McNab (aka Harmony Kendall on the cult-favorite TV show).d

A fuller article is forthcoming, as are photo galleries of selected fun images. (See also our coverage from Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.) In the meantime, enjoy these photos from Sunday — which are just the tip of the cosplay iceberg.

cosplay at Comic-Con 2025
Sunday scenes from Comic-Con 2025. Upper left: Mercedes McNab introduces a celebration of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical episode, “Once More, With Feeling.”
cosplay at Comic-Con 2025
Sunday scenes from Comic-Con 2025
cosplay at Comic-Con 2025
Sunday scenes from Comic-Con 2025

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