Hundreds of Cosplayers flocked to the New York Comic Con.

The word cosplay is actually a play on words meaning costume and play.

Hundreds who attended the major comic event came dressed as their favorite fictional characters.

Cosplayers say it's all about picking one of your favorite characters from a movie, video game, or television show and just dressing up as them and playing as them.

Many say dressing up like their favorite characters makes them feel like a superhero.