Every year, thousands of nerds and marketing people descend upon the city of San Diego for the annual Comic-Con International festival of professional consumerism. We offer this list as a reminder that Comic-Con's roots extend deeper than a limited-edition battle-damaged TRON figure or the latest J.J. Abrams TV project. Comic-Con is about a community of like-minded individuals with poor personal hygiene finally coming together to decide who would win in a fight, Heathcliff or Garfield?

• 10.

  Robot Chicken

  Superman vs. Aquaman

  Let's face it -- Superman can probably even handle ocean-related peril better than Aquaman.
• 9.

  Space Ghost Coast to Coast

  Batmantis

  Kids, warning: this contains a parody of a show that is almost FIFTY YEARS OLD.
• 8.

  Superjail!

  Jared Hulks Out

  Were you planning to get some new headwear? Perhaps you would like ALL CAPS?
• 7.

  Robot Chicken

  It's Misery, Charlie Brown

  Someone at Robot Chicken has been reading our fan-fiction.
• 6.

  Harvey Birdman

  Black Vulcan's Advice

  The next time your girlfriend asks you for a "Black Vulcan" you will know what she's talking about.

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