Wizard World Chicago History Dates and locations

| Dates | Location_ | Attendance | Official_guests | Notes_ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 17–19, 1981 | Pick-Congress Hotel |  | Guest of honor: Will Eisner. New guests for 1981: Terry Beatty, Jim Engel, Chuck Fiala, Denis Kitchen, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Dean Mullaney. Returning guests: John Byrne, Howard Chaykin, Chris Claremont, Max Allan Collins, Mike Grell, Mike Friedrich, Roger Slifer, Paul Kupperberg, Marshall Rogers, Jim Shooter, Joe Staton, Roger Stern, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, and Cat Yronwode | Eisner unable to attend due to an accident. |
| July 16–18, 1982 | Americana-Congress Hotel |  | Will Eisner |  |
| July 22–24, 1983 | Americana-Congress Hotel |  |  | The last Chicago Comicon to take place in Chicago (and the last at the Congress hotel) |
| July 6–8, 1984 | Ramada O’Hare, Rosemont | c. 12,000 | Jack Kirby, Julius Schwartz | Program cover featuring Superman drawn by Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter. |
| July 5–7, 1985 | Ramada O’Hare |  | Guest of honor: Sergio Aragonés | 10th anniversary Chicago Comicon |
| July 4–6, 1986 | Ramada O`Hare | 5000 | Stan Lee (guest of honor), George Pérez (special guest), Doug Wildey |  |
| July 3–5, 1987 | Ramada O`Hare | c. 4,500 |  |  |