Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fictional figure having superhuman powers or greatly enhanced abilities, usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime.
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- noun Any kind of
fantasy /science fiction crime-fighting character, often withsupernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasyliterature .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Robert Downey Jr. returns as Tony Stark and the title superhero himself.
MTV UK 2010
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For instance, one almost traditional part of a superhero is the mask.
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Learned Hand's contribution to the definition of a superhero is as much a myth as Elvis Presley's imitation of Captain Marvel, Jr., or DC planning to cancel Batman in the early 1960s.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Learned Hand's contribution to the definition of a superhero is as much a myth as Elvis Presley's imitation of Captain Marvel, Jr., or DC planning to cancel Batman in the early 1960s.
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And isn't that what being a superhero is all about?
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The entire story with the obsessed fan becoming a superhero is also very well done, and reveals what it means to be a hero in the first place.
worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2004
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The entire story with the obsessed fan becoming a superhero is also very well done, and reveals what it means to be a hero in the first place.
Archive 2004-11-01 Andrew 2004
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He spoke of building relationships one by one with good comic book stores that want to serve a base wider than that of aging superhero fans, and said those stores -- what I call superhero convenience stores -- are actively disinterested in carrying non-superhero works.
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He spoke of building relationships one by one with good comic book stores that want to serve a base wider than that of aging superhero fans, and said those stores -- what I call superhero convenience stores -- are actively disinterested in carrying non-superhero works.
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Everett Collection Robert Downey Jr. as the title superhero in "Iron Man."
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