Over Labor Day weekend, more than 75 cosplayers at Dragon Con became Internet freedom heroes for real, using their fantastic costumes to highlight how anonymity and privacy are crucial to free expression.

It was all part of Project Secret Identity, a cross-fandom activism campaign organized by EFF, io9, the Southeastern Browncoats, the Harry Potter Alliance, the Baker Street Babes, Wattpad and the Organization for Transformative Works. Even avatars from virtual worlds organized a march online in solidarity.

Choosing just 20 of the best images was a superhuman task in itself, so hop over to ProjectSecretIdentity.org to see the full selection.

Gamora from Guardians of the Galaxy

Black Panther and Storm from the Marvel universe

Tank Girl

Psylocke from the Marvel Universe

A Clockwork Joker

Jase Robertson from Duck Dynasty

A Giant Jayne's Hat from Firefly

Star-Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy

Pam from Archer

Oberyn Martell and Ellaria Sand from Game of Thrones

Red Lantern and Green Lantern from the DC universe

Jayne from Firefly

Draconian from Dragon Ball

Charles Zi Brittania from Code Geass

Splicer from Bio Shock

Red Green and Raven from the DC universe

Professor Kai Drakken, Steampunk

HUNK and Lady HUNK from Resident Evil

Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter

A Rococo Punk

Pikachu from Pokémon

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