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Sunday, June 15 in Metropolis, IL was once again the setting for the always popular annual Superman Celebration Costume Contest.

Much to the delight of those in attendance, the weather was perfect with a low breeze and, most importantly, low humidity. While that sounds nice overall, some of the participants who dressed in more elaborate costumes had to be sweating.

Steven Kirk once again served as the host of the contest and, as in years past, dressed as a memorable character. This year's choice was Austin Powers whom Mr. Kirk also did a perfect impersonation of during the course of his hosting duties.

Judges this year were Jim Hall, Franchesco!, and illusionist Morgan Strebler.

This year's contest was once again based on the following 30 point system:

10 for costume

10 for character

10 for stage presences

The contest had 36 contestants who came up on stage to show everyone their costumes. Each character and participant (if their name was available) was as follows:

1) Lex Luthor in his War Suit
2) Unknown
3) Batman
4) Movie Version Thor
5) Clark Kent/Superman
6) The Lone Ranger (Greg Butler)
7) Scare Crow
8) TV Show version of Arrow (Tim Hruska)
9) Swamp Thing #1 (Doug Oller)
10) Superman
11) Bane (Michael Byrnes)
12) George Reeves' Clark Kent
13) The J - Birds (Charlee Chartrand & Wes Krall)
14) Poison Ivy
15) Captain America and Falcon
16) Man of Steel Superman (Jeremy Lester)
17) Wonder Woman (Robin Burks)
18) Swamp Thing #2 (Kris Denson)
19) Fantastic 4 (John Gleckler)
20) Lady Sif from Asgard (Dionne Gleckler)
21) New 52 Superman and Wonder Woman (Brad Graham & Kaitlyn Conner)
22) Classic Video Game Characters; Mario, Toad, Princess Peach (Katy Peeler Schmittgens), Pac-Man (De'andra Glass), & Dig Dug (Thomas Hayes)
23) Blue Beetle and Booster Gold
24) Super Girl (Courtney Stephens Myers)
25) Iron Bat-Man
26) Wonder Woman (Sarai Xtrand)
27) Captain America (Dennis Manning)
28) Red Son Batman (Yuri Rentfro)
29) Sloth from The Goonies
30) The Joker and Harley Quinn
31) Superman (Mike Meyer)
32) Solomon Grundy (DA Ferguson)
33) Jor-El
34) World War II Captain America (Joshua Ooten)
35) Supergirl possessed (Marie Ooten)
36) Poison Ivy