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It may only be a tenth the size of San Diego Comic-Con, but FanExpo Canada is growing bigger every year, with huge guests, cool events, and of course, your faithful MTV Geek reporter here on the scene! We’ll be presenting coverage of the event throughout the weekend, but to get you up to speed, here’s a quick rundown of the history of the Con – and our picks for some of the coolest things to do and see.

But first, the history lesson: FanExpo started in 1995 as a simple comic book convention, and since then has ballooned in size to encompass five different conventions in one. There’s the aforementioned comic convention, of course, but FanExpo also highlights Sci Fi, Horror, Anime, and Gaming in all its many forms. That means panels, signings, exhibitions, and lots and lots of cosplay.

The big news this year is that – after last year's mild disaster which left audience members stranded outside the Con for hours, the organizers have expanded the event to four whole days from three, attempting to free up a little space. That’s also lead to big participation from exhibitors. Marvel will have a huge presence here this year, and DC will be hosting the last New 52 panel, and the last Flashpoint panel before their whole line gets relaunched this upcoming Wednesday.

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