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Arrow star Katie Cassidy is actually one of a few - alongside John Barrowman and Manu Bennett - of the increasingly popular superhero show's cast doing the rounds at the con this year, and, like them, she stands as one of its biggest drawcards and will no doubt be one of the most compelling guests on the list as far as Q&A sessions are concerned.

Read our chat with Cassidy here.

THE BOND CONTINGENT: GEORGE LAZENBY AND RICHARD KIEL

Aussie actor George Lazenby only ever stepped the role of the world's drunkiest super-spy once, for 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service, but he nonetheless left an indelible mark on the character with his way-too-tanned-to-be-British good looks and smug charm that slots him somewhere between Sean Connery and Roger Moore on the "suave bastard" scale. On the other side of things, gentle giant Richard Kiel, who made the once-off villain Jaws so popular in his original appearance in The Spy Who Loved Me that he was asked back a second time, becoming a more sympathetic character for his appearance in the galactically inclined Moonraker. Both are legends of the franchise, and well worth a visit for any enthusiast of shaken Martinis regardless of age (well, as long as they're over 18).

Most recently renowned for her work as the arse-kicking, name-taking pilot and living weapon Melinda May on Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Macau-born US actress Ming-Na Wen has had a long and colourful career. In addition to her extensive TV background (notably including a five-season stint on ER), she provided the voice for the titular character in Disney's Mulan (1998), as well as awesomely-in-an-ironic-kind-of-way playing Chun-Li in the live-action Street Fighter film.

Melburnian playwright-turned-comic-scribe Tom Taylor is a bona-fide Aussie heavyweight among the international graphic fiction community. Taylor cut his comic book teeth on Dark Horse's Star Wars series, as well as writing several creator-owned books such as Rombies, The Example and The Deep, which is about to be turned into an animated series. He has since risen to A-list ranks at DC Comics as the writer behind titles such as videogame crossover Injustice and the crazy popular Earth 2.

The voice behind the beloved Flame Princess on cult animated hit Adventure Time, Jessica DiCiccio has been part of show business since she was eight years old, when she featured in the joint US-Soviet production Free To Be... A Family (1988), a TV special that featured performers such as Robin Williams, Penn & Teller, and Jon Bon Jovi.