Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con: NYC subway ad promoting Super Week and the NYCC (IMG_3065)
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2014 New York Comic Con: the entrance to the New York GPO on 33rd Street, where confirmed guests picked up their tickets to the Batman First Day of Issue stamp ceremony, to be held on the first day of the NYCC (IMG_3075)
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2014 New York Comic Con: handbills encouraging NYCC and Super Week attendees to use the Long Island Railroad were available at the Jamaica Station (IMG_3080)
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2014 New York Comic Con Thursday badge, valid for admission on October 9, 2014 only
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2014 New York Comic Con Special Access VIP badge, valid for admission all four days (October 9-12, 2014) - this badge gave the wearer access to the VIP Lounge and other perks
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): early arrivals wait in the Javits Center lobby for the con to open - at the time this photo was taken, they still have more than an hour to wait (IMG_3083a)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): looking towards the southeast corner of the Javits Center, where the First Day ceremony for the Batman commemorative stamps will take place (IMG_3084a)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): those attending the Batman First Day stamp ceremony were greeted by this sign advising them that by attending they consent to being filmed, etc. etc. etc. (IMG_3086)
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2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): a Postal Service employee hands me my Batman first day ceremony program (IMG_3092)
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2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Jim Lee speaks during the Batman First Day stamp ceremony (IMG_3100a)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): attendees listen intently as Jim Lee speaks during the Batman First Day stamp ceremony (IMG_3103)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): attendees listen intently as Jim Lee speaks during the Batman First Day stamp ceremony (IMG_3104)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Dan DiDio speaks during the Batman First Day stamp ceremony (IMG_3114)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Batman strikes a pose as the Batman stamp designs are unveiled during the Batman First Day stamp ceremony (IMG_3129a)
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2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): the participants in the Batman First Day stamp ceremony pose for a photo op with Batman (IMG_3133a)
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2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Javits Center workers bring the giant blowup of the Golden Age Batman stamp from the ceremony site to the Postal Service sales counter (IMG_3145)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): zoom-lens close-up of Jim Lee signing a First Day ceremony program card (IMG_3148a)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Dan DiDio watches as Jim Lee is about to sign a sheet of the new Batman commemorative stamps (IMG_3151a)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Batman (the one from the First Day stamp ceremony, not a cosplayer) shakes Jim Lee's hand at the autograph table (IMG_3159)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Jim Lee signs an uncut press sheet of Batman stamps (180 stamps) (IMG_3163)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Dan DiDio and Jim Lee share a laugh during the autograph session for the Postal Service's Batman commemorative stamp (IMG_3168)
Gary Dunaier:
3x5 card signed by Jim Lee at the 2014 New York Comic Con, October 9, 2014
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3x5 card signed by Dan DiDio at the 2014 New York Comic Con, October 9, 2014
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2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): sign showing the Batman stamp products available at the Postal Service sales booth - note the employee holding up a "Framed Art With Plaque," price $39.95 (IMG_3171)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): two of the three postmarking devices available for use on Batman stamps at the Postal Service sales booth (IMG_3176)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): two of the three postmarking devices available for use on Batman stamps at the Postal Service sales booth (IMG_3178)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): zoom-lens close-up of Todd McFarlane signing a copy of Incredible Hulk #340 during an autograph session at the McFarlane Toys booth (IMG_3183)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Todd McFarlane signing autographs at the McFarlane Toys booth (IMG_3187)
Gary Dunaier:
2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Dark Horse Comics' signing schedule (IMG_3189)
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2014 New York Comic Con, 10/09/14 (Day 1): Close-up of the image of Batman from the cover of an actual real copy (not a reprint) of Detective Comics #27 (IMG_3191a)