HUNDREDS turned up as a Hampshire shopping held its first ever comic con event for children.
Superheroes, including Bumblebee, Spiderman, Deadpool, Batman, Wonder Woman and Batgirl, were are the Swan Centre in Eastleigh to meet youngsters turning up.
More than 500 attended the first KiddieCon @TheSwan held today.
As well as characters visitors also enjoyed superhero workshops for the kids, movie prop displays, selfie stations, comic con traders stalls and several movie cars.
The Swan Centre even welcomed Star Wars and Harry Potter actor, Michael Henbury, to sign autographs..
“The event was a huge success, and we are looking forward to bringing it back next year, bigger and better,” said Daniel Kitchen, centre manager.
“There is nothing of its kind around Eastleigh, and it has really captured the imagination of the community, which as a local shopping centre, is what we strive to do.”
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