Locations and Dates
| Dates | Location | Attendance | Official Comic-Con guests | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 1970 | U.S. Grant Hotel | 145 | Minicon staged to raise funding for August convention | |
| Aug 1–3, 1970 | U.S. Grant Hotel | 300 | AKA Golden State Comic Con | |
| Aug 6–8, 1971 | Muir College, UCSD, La Jolla, CA |
800 | ||
| Aug 18–21, 1972 | El Cortez Hotel | 900+ | AKA San Diego's West Coast Comic Convention | |
| Aug 16–19, 1973 | Sheraton Hotel, Harbor Island, CA |
1,000+ | Officially called San Diego Comic-Con; first five-day Comic-Con; first celebrity brunch | |
| July 31 – Aug 5, 1974 | El Cortez Hotel | 2,500 | First Masquerade, emceed by June Foray | |
| July 30 – Aug 3, 1975 | El Cortez Hotel | 2,500+ | Gabriel Wisdom (dressed as Thor) emcees Maquerade, with Charlene Brinkman (akas Brinke Stevens) | |
| Nov 7–9, 1975 | El Cortez Hotel | 1,100 | Three-day follow-up to summer Con. Comic-Con incorporates as nonprofit. | |
| July 21–25, 1976 | El Cortez Hotel | 3,000+ | Vaughn Bodé, scheduled to appear, dies just before Con. | |
| July 20–24, 1977 | El Cortez Hotel | 4,000+ | ||
| July 26–30, 1978 | El Cortez Hotel | 5,000 | ||
| Aug 1–5, 1979 | Convention and PAC, U.S. Grant Hotel |
6,000 | US $12,000 in receipts stolen from the home of Con's Treasurer. | |
| July 30 – Aug 3, 1980 | Convention and PAC, U.S. Grant Hotel |
5,000 | ||
| July 23–26, 1981 | El Cortez Hotel | 5,000 | Gary Owens emcees Masquerade. | |
| July 8–11, 1982 | Convention and PAC, Hotel San Diego |
5,000 | ||
| Aug 4–7, 1983 | Convention and PAC, Hotel San Diego |
5,000 | First year the Con tried a theme for the souvenir programs. Arn Saba emcees the Masquerade. | |
| June 28 – July 1, 1984 | Convention and PAC, Hotel San Diego |
5,500 | The Con was held earlier than usual due to the Los Angeles Summer Olympics. Sergio Aragonés hosted the Masquerade. | |
| Aug 1–4, 1985 | Convention and PAC, Hotel San Diego |
6,000 | The Con moved a step further towards professionalism, and adopted Rick Geary's toucan design as the official logo, and hired general manager, Fae Desmond. | |
| July 31 – Aug 3, 1986 | Convention and PAC, Hotel San Diego |
6,500 | ||
| Aug 6–9, 1987 | Convention and PAC, Holiday Inn |
5,000 | Debut of Convention Events Guide, Country Joe of Country Joe & The Fish performs. | |
| Aug 4–7, 1988 | Convention and PAC, Omni Hotel |
8,000 | "Supergroup" Seduction Of The Innocent debuted — featuring Bill Mumy, Steve Leialoha, Miguel Ferrer, Chris Christensen, and Max Allan Collins. The Japanese animation department debuted. | |
| Aug 3–6, 1989 | Convention and PAC, Omni Hotel |
11,000 | ||
| Aug 2–5, 1990 | Convention and PAC, Holiday Inn |
13,000 | ||
| July 4–7, 1991 | San Diego Convention Center, Pan Pacific Hotel |
15,000+ | ||
| Aug 13–16, 1992 | San Diego Conv. Center, Double Tree Hotel |
22,000 | Con hosts Jack Kirby's 75th birthday party. Phil Foglio emcees. | |
| Aug 19–22, 1993 | San Diego Conv. Center, Doubletree Hotel |
28,000 | ||
| Aug 4–7, 1994 | San Diego Conv. Center, Hyatt Regency |
31,000 | ||
| July 27–30, 1995 | San Diego Conv. Center | 34,000 | Comic-Con officially changed its name to Comic-Con International, and introduced its new "eye" logo designed by Richard Bruning. | |
| July 4–7, 1996 | San Diego Conv. Center | 36,000 | The second time that Comic Con falls on July 4, this time due to the Republican National Convention. | |
| July 17–20, 1997 | San Diego Conv. Center | 40,000 | ||
| Aug 13–17, 1998 | San Diego Conv. Center | 42,000 | ||
| Aug 13–16, 1999 | San Diego Conv. Center | 42,000 | ||
| July 20–23, 2000 | San Diego Conv. Center | 48,500 | ||
| July 19–22, 2001 | San Diego Conv. Center | 53,000 | ||
| Aug 1–4, 2002 | San Diego Conv. Center | 63,000 | ||
| July 17–20, 2003 | San Diego Conv. Center | 70,000 | ||
| July 22–25, 2004 | San Diego Conv. Center | 95,000 | Comic-Con expands into Hall H of the San Diego Convention Center and now occupies the entire exhibit space. | |
| July 14–17, 2005 | San Diego Conv. Center | 103,000 | ||
| July 20–23, 2006 | San Diego Conv. Center | 123,000 | While the San Diego Convention Center never reached maximum occupancy, potential attendees were denied entry on Saturday for a few hours. | |
| July 26–29, 2007 | San Diego Conv. Center | 125,000 | All multi-day and single-day passes for Friday, Saturday and Sunday were sold out, for the first time ever on Friday and Sunday. | |
| July 24–27, 2008 | San Diego Conv. Center | 126,000 | All multi-day and single-day passes sold out weeks ahead of the event for the first time ever. | |
| July 23–26, 2009 | San Diego Conv. Center | 126,000. | All 4-day and single day passes sold out months ahead of time, however passes previously returned and refunded were sold in the final weeks before the event through Comic-Con's official eBay channel. Hayao Miyazaki attends Comic-Con due to the efforts of John Lasseter. | |
| July 22–25, 2010 | San Diego Conv. Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, and San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina | 130,000+ | Preview night passes had already sold out by October 7, 2009, with all passes being sold out by March 2010. One individual was stabbed. | |
| July 21–24, 2011 | San Diego Conv. Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel | 126,000+ | Preview Night Wed, July 20. 4-Day Passes without Preview and daily passes sold out completely less than 8 hours after going on sale. | |
| July 12–15, 2012 | San Diego Conv. Center, Hilton San Diego Bayfront, and San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina | 130,000+ | Preview Night Wed, July 11. Preview and daily passes sold out within 90 minutes after sales became available online. Individual killed on Harbor Drive leading up to the convention. |
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