When Captain Marvel posed for the camera facing off against Wonder Woman, it appeared to be the usual Marvel vs. DC rivalry at Saturday’s Motor City Comic Con.

But in this case, the photo session was set up by Captain Marvel, aka Ashley Vansickle, as a surprise way to ask Wonder Woman, aka Deanna Mascia, to marry her.

The couple from Columbus, Ohio, had been dating for about a year when Vansickle got the idea to pop the question at Motor City Comic Con, which runs through Sunday at Novi's Suburban Collection Showplace. Like many people attending the convention, Vansickle, 26, and Mascia, 25, were dressed in superhero garb.

“Our whole relationship and our lives are based around comic books and superheroes,” said Vansickle not long after the proposal, which was captured on videotape and followed by a photo shoot.

“She’s actually the first girl, the first anybody I told about my interest in comics,” said Mascia, who described herself as a big Superman fan who bonded with her father over comic books and Clark Kent sagas like the CW’s “Smallville.”

Added Mascia, “She gave me the courage to be myself.”

Vansickle said she put about three months of planning into the proposal and had been exchanging emails with professional photographer Susan Onysko, who is working at Comic Con this weekend.

“She made me believe she emailed (Onysko) last night,” said Mascia.

Onysko, who's from Ohio, is in the process of attending comic con-style events in every state. She looks for cosplayers on convention floors to invite to free photo sessions for a book project that she's calling "Cosplay 50: The United States of Cosplay."

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Michigan is number 17 on Onysko's tour. She said this is the first marriage proposal she's captured. Her assistant helped film the moment while she took pictures.

"It was very meaningful. I've had a lot of great comic con moments and this one is definitely at the top," said Onysko.

According to Vansickle, as the couple were posing at Onysko’s on-site studio for Captain Marvel vs. Wonder Woman photos, “I stopped everything and said 'I don’t think we should be fighting. We should be uniting.' ”

Then Vansickle got down on one knee to ask Mascia if she would marry her. She got an enthusiastic yes.

“I always say she’s my superhero,” said Vansickle.

For those who don't follow the dueling comic universes: Captain Marvel, the character played by Brie Larson in the hit 2019 movie of the same name, lives in the Marvel world. Wonder Woman, portrayed by Gal Gadot on the big screen, is a veteran DC character.

The two, who said Motor City Comic Con is their first comic book convention, are happy the proposal took place at a comic book event where inclusiveness and acceptance are hallmarks. They planned to celebrate on Saturday by getting a celebrity photo with “Superman Returns” star Brandon Routh.

“I knew that I wanted to do it here just because of all the support,” said Vansickle.

In fact, she added, they were greeted by cheers from people outside the photo area “when I said Captain Marvel just proposed to Wonder Woman.”

Motor City Comic Con 2019

Continues 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Sun.

Suburban Collection Showplace, Novi

Adults: $30 Sun.

Children 6-12: free Sun.

motorcitycomiccon.com

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