John Lewis Shows Comic-Con What A Real-Life Superhero Looks Like

John Lewis Shows Comic-Con What A Real-Life Superhero Looks Like

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) visited Comic-Con this weekend, where he showed attendees what a real-life superhero looks like.

Lewis attended the San Diego event dressed in a trench coat and a backpack, a nod to the outfit he wore while marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, 50 years ago. He reenacted that famous march with Comic-Con attendees:

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) recreates the march on Selma with attendees of the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. (Photo: robertstein100/Twitter)

Lewis also took time to talk with some of the younger attendees of the conference, which he attended to promote March, a graphic novel he co-authored about the civil rights movement.

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Watch a video of Lewis at Comic-Con above.

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