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The feud between Salt Lake Comic Con and San Diego Comic-Con shows no signs of resolution. In fact, a new front has opened in the battle.

Last week, Comic-Con International, the parent company of San Diego Comic-Con, posted a reminder on its blog that its sister show, WonderCon, is coming up on Easter weekend, March 25-27, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. (This is a new location for WonderCon, which in years past made its home in nearby Anaheim, Calif.)

Funny thing about Easter weekend: It's when Salt Lake Comic Con will throw its sister event, FanX. The dates, March 24-26, were announced Sept. 26, at the end of Salt Lake Comic Con.

"One of the challenges we face with conventions our size is that there are very few dates the Salt Palace has available in the spring or fall," Salt Lake Comic Con co-founder Dan Farr said in an email to The Salt Lake Tribune. "We did hope for other options, but that was the only available date for us."

A spokesman for Comic-Con International told The Salt Lake Tribune that WonderCon's dates were reported in media outlets as far back as April.

The two companies still are entangled in a legal battle, with the San Diego organization suing the Salt Lake group over use of the phrase "comic con." Comic-Con International reportedly was rankled when the first FanX, in 2014, was scheduled the same weekend as that year's WonderCon. (Both sides said the schedule conflict between FanX and WonderCon should have no bearing on the legal dispute.)

Having the two events on the same weekend may make for fierce competition, particularly when it comes to booking celebrity guests.