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Jack Colwell, of Dickenson, TX, reads while hundreds of people wait in line to enter the San Diego Convention Center behind him during Preview Night for the 2025 Comic-Con International convention on Wednesday. (Meg McLaughlin / The San Diego Union-Tribune)