Spider-Man Creator Seeks New Superhero

The creator of Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk is on the hunt for a new superhero, and he plans to find it on reality TV.

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A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony.

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A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony... See more irresistible headlines

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Superman alone champions all people; no single region can claim him as its own. A single fact of the Superman myth makes this unifying representation possible: Superman is foreign.

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The Danger of Hero Worship

I suspected it all along, but when I read of the Japanese action-figure of Barack Obama battling Darth Vader with a light saber (posted to my column below), I knew it to be true. We've succumbed to hero worship.

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Ann Arbor District Library director Josie Parker may have a pleasant Southern accent and good manners, but don't question her toughness. (via American Libraries Direct)

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Not only has America elected its first African-American President, it's looking more and more like we've elected our first Geek-in-Chief. He's read Harry Potter, he's addicted to his BlackBerry, and his Mac laptop has a Pac Man sticker on it.

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Best Marvel Crossover...

As some you might have guessed, I'm a huge fan of comic books(specificially marvel). I was wondering what recent Marvel crossover does everyone like the most, "Civil War", "World War Hulk" or "Secret Invasion"? (Civil War)

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It's her origin story... To me, Steve Trevor plays an incredibly huge part in the story. He's essential to the story. Diana is this princess from this foreign country. And Steve Trevor, to me, is the Marlboro Man. He's this iconic American test pilot.

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7 Reasons Bats are Just as Cool as Batman

Batman, the hero of Gotham and star of The Dark Knight, is a good guy faced with intense obstacles that sometimes make him an enemy in the eyes of his city. More often than not, he falls victim to the fact that people tend to scrutinize what they don't understand.

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Reeve as Superman is shockingly handsome, with a jawline straight out of the comic books, and yet he's actor enough to make us believe in the worst secret-identity subterfuge ever: "Yeah, I'll put on these glasses and no one will know the difference." He's also actor en …

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Brad Bird's "The Incredibles" is one of the best family movies of the decade. Often when movies are pegged as "family" it simply means that they lack offensive content and are geared towards children and tolerable for adults.

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If you are looking for a color scheme for that new website or blog you are designing, try using a super hero color scheme for inspiration.

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Those who know Spider-Man only from Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst in the movies might be surprised to learn that in the comic book, the web-spinning hero has been married for almost 21 years.

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...The pepper spray bracelet, created by Domonique Torrence, is worn around the wrist and is activated by a button located in the palm of the hand. "You can hold you books, you can jog and if you are attacked, it's still secured to your hand," Torrence said.

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We may soon be able to scale vertical walls like Spider-man thanks to scientists. What other superhero characteristics are achievable for mere mortals? Your choice? Soon-to-become-reality options listed in this article are:

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"Sand can go from light and fluffy in its loose-packed state to hard and rigid when densely packed," Kakalios explains. "Think of getting hit with a sandbag."

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Dale Pople is a fan of science fiction and fantasy. His living room is a shrine to Godzilla, Star Trek and comic crime fighters.

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Is the next big thing in superheroes a masked man who leaps from skyscraper to skyscraper, saves the world and suddenly breaks into song? Audiences will find out on June 23, when Krrish — a film that showcases Bollywood's first fully realized Superman-style hero — reaches sc …

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Santa apparently brought a gift of "hate" to a Stockton, CA family, who are now publicly whining about a comic book that depicts the Confederate South as having won the Civil War and is now a world power with its very own super hero.

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