the buzz log
From the Hall of Justice to the Convention Hall
San Diego is bracing itself for an onslaught of spandex-clad superheroes and archvillains—and the fans who love them—as Thursday's opening of Comic-Con 2009 nears.
Lookups on the annual comic-book convention are already up 64% this week. And if Search is any indication, below are the characters that will inspire Comic-Con's most popular costumes, movies, TV shows, video games, and action figures (super villains not included):
Filed under: Superheroes
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A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week.
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