Desert Sun  |  08.29.2017

Despite Bumps in the Road, Comic-Con Palm Springs and Original Wonder Woman Entertain 
the Desert

Bruce Fessier

On a night when Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Conor McGregor were battling it out in the most hyped prize fight of the year, the original Wonder Woman delivered a knock-out punch for Comic-Con Palm Springs.

The second-year pop culture celebration might have seemed up against the ropes. In addition to the competition of the pay-per-view fight in living rooms and nightclubs across the desert, Palm Springs was experiencing an excessive heat warning, and scheduling and health problems prevented many comic-con goers from seeing their 94-year-old Marvel Comics idol, Stan Lee. read more