‘Daniel’ over on FB Incredible Hulk group posted a message to fellow subscribers - such as myself - alerting them to some of the good-time festivities that went down at the New York Comic Con, where cast and crew of the superhero flick held fort on a panel.

Here’s the report/message :

The IGN Theater was the place to be today at New York Comic Con, where one of the most popular panels of the event so far unfolded. We’re talking The Incredible Hulk, of course, which featured director Louis Leterrier, “surprise” guest Tim Roth (who plays Emil “The Abomination” Blonsky), producers Kevin Feige and Gale Anne Hurd, and even “extra-special” guest Lou Ferrigno. Click here to read about Ferrigno’s involvement in the new film.

Aside from the presence of Roth and Ferrigno — not to mention the surprise clip screened which shows that Iron Man himself, Tony Stark, will be appearing in a cameo role in the film — the panel was a crowd-pleaser because of the abundance of new footage on display.

First off came a clip featuring Roth’s military-man character, where William Hurt’s General “Thunderbolt” Ross enables Blonsky’s desire to take on Hulk-like power and become the behemoth known as The Abomination. This is achieved through a series of painful injections involving a sort of super-soldier serum. After the clip screened, the talent present did not deny the similarities to Captain America’s origin story, with Leterrier even commenting (joking?) that the formula is the same color as Cap’s.

This is the one weekend a year that the biggest geeks in New York could spend a Saturday night with the likes of sexy actress Eva Mendes.

Mendes is among the celebrities headlining New York Comic-Con, the rapidly growing sci-fi and comics convention that is drawing tens of thousands of rabid fans to the Javits Center - many dressed for the part in spandex, capes and cowls.

It’s the one place in the city where Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee can get the same worshipful treatment as the Pope.

“I consider myself a freak, so I’m right at home,” said Mendes, who with comics legend-turned-director Frank Miller, is promoting her upcoming movie, “The Spirit.”

“Halloween is my favorite time of the year, so Comic-Con is right up my alley.”

Now in its third year, the three-day convention has grown faster than a speeding bullet.

Last year, an estimated 49,000 zealots attended; organizers rented a space that’s 100,000 square feet bigger this year.

They learned their lesson from the inaugural event, where overcrowding forced fire marshals to turn away ticket holders.

“The geeks are coming out of the closet,” said Flynn, founder of the New York Jedi, a team of “Star Wars” enthusiasts who stage lightsaber battles for the conventiongoers.