William Shatner to Headline Wizard World Des Moines in June

Captain Kirk, Freddy Kreuger and Lando Calrissian will all be under the same roof in mid-June as Wizard World debuts in Des Moines, Iowa.

William Shatner, Robert Englund and Billy Dee Williams are just three of the celebrities confirmed to attend the three-day event, scheduled for June12-14 at the Iowa Events Center. In addition, World Wrestling Entertainment’s World Champion and Iowa native Seth Rollins is scheduled to appear at the event.

Joining Rollins from WWE is Paige, who stars in their Divas division. Also slated for the event are Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead), Jewel Staite (Firefly), Cassandra ‘Elvira’ Peterson and Jason Mewes (Clerks).

Shatner will appear June 12 and 13, Englund, Cudlitz and Staite will be in attendance June 13 and 14, while Rollins is set for a June 12 appearance and Paige is scheduled for June 13.

Also scheduled to appear are Manu Bennett, Dean Cain, J. August Richards, Michael Rosenbaum, Lou Ferrigno, Ernie Hudson, Jason David Frank, Sean Patrick Flannery and David Della Rocco.

On the comic side of things, attendees will include the legendary Neal Adams, Mike Zeck, Phil Hester, Michael Golden, Arthur Suydam, James O’Barr, Renee Witterstaetter, Dean Haspiel and Kenneth Rocafort, among numerous others.

All full-price Wizard World Comic Con Des Moines attendees will receive a limited edition exclusive variant cover “The Walking Dead” comic, drawn by one of Wizard World’s talented artist guests (to be announced shortly). Comics will be issued at registration while supplies last and VIP attendees will receive an additional black & white sketch version.

Wizard World Des Moines will the 13^th of 27 conventions on the Wizard World schedule for 2015. Show hours are Friday June 12 3-8 pm, Saturday June 13 10am-7pm and Sunday June 14 11am-5pm.

Learn more at www.wizardworld.com