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RARE PHOTOS: Fans pour into s africa comic con despite few celebrity headliners - The Real Truth

Around 70,000 people are expected to attend Comic-Con Africa in Johannesburg (Credit: AFP)

A 16-year-old in a yellow spandex Wolverine suit, claws fashioned from plastic straws, squared off against a stockier Deadpool two years his junior at Comic Con Africa, the continent's largest pop culture gathering.

At this year's festival -- held at the same venue set to host G20 leaders in November -- the stars weren't on stage. They were the fans.

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