Superheroes to fly into Lanarkshire shopping centre for 'biggest ever' Comic Con

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Sci-fi and superhero icons Iron Man, Pikachu and Optimus Prime will be back in action at East Kilbride Comic Con this weekend.EK, East Kilbride will welcome cosplayers, slime workshops, special guests and over 80 traders of fantasy, sci-fi and pop culture merchandise on March 11 and 12.The free event is set to be even bigger and better than a record-breaking event held in Centre West last November which attracted thousands of superfans to East Kilbride Shopping Centre's Centre West mall to meet sci-fi and superhero icons including Star Wars Stormtroopers, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Sonic the Hedgehog.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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