Manning the bat-cam NELVIN C. CEPEDA / Union-Tribune Juan Hernandez of San Diego, all ready for the third day of Comic-Con in his custom Batman suit, took a photo of some friends.

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If Comic-Con International ever needs official television mascots, the cast and creators of “The Big Bang Theory” would be perfect. They've got the brains. They've got the video-game skills. Co-creator Bill Prady wears a Green Hornet ring and once spent $8,000 on a rare piece of “Star Trek” memorabilia.

• Hang out with stormtroopers, then take an Adult Swim
• Assorted booty, snacks and ... tons of bags
• No toy-industry giant, but Gargamel is big on tradition
• 'The best part of camping out is meeting people'
• Bond citing
• Halo thinks it's board games' a blast
• Comics feeling a bit put out
• TV clips, quips cut especially for the Con

EMBEDDED AT COMIC-CON – It was early yesterday at the Hard Rock Hotel downtown, across the tracks from the San Diego Convention Center, when Kiefer Sutherland strolled into a banquet room filled with full-bellied reporters who'd indulged in a breakfast spread.

On Aug. 3, Matthew Garbutt will conduct the San Diego Symphony in a program of “Hollywood Marches” in Balboa Park.