Actual Real Life People Who Dress Up In Costumes Not In A 'Cosplay' Sense (Ew) But Because They Honestly See Themselves As Some Kind Of Superhero Or Comics Character Equivalent

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Ex-ILXor Emma (who may well never have read a comic in her life) was cornered in the pub the other evening by a man who was a proud 'have a go hero' and has made over 50 citizens arrests. He was in his fifties and was wearing a saggy Spider-Man costume. He presented Emma with a press clipping showing him in said costume and talking about his heroic deeds.

Other evidence for yr consideration: Fathers For Justice, that guy Barrio Man who made the papers a lot in Mexico in the 80s, um Bono maybe...

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 18 November 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Vigilanteism, mostly dud. Philanthropy/volunteerism are pretty classic. Mental illness, kinda dud, but it does have it's good points I guess. Not boring.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 18 November 2004 23:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Friend of the aforementioned Kitchen Sink college friend moved to New Orleans a few years before I did "to be a superhero" (he went to the same college we did, so he was presumably a wealthy kid who didn't need to work), sent back a few photos of himself in costume, was in the paper for stopping a mugging or something, and then they lost track of him before I moved there (not to be a superhero).

I think I have to go with dud.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 18 November 2004 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

dom deluise to thread!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 19 November 2004 02:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I like it when Mexican Wrestlers run for mayor and save the barrio etc without ever taking their masks off.

Anything else - DUD

― Mark C (Markco), Friday, 19 November 2004 09:08 (twenty-one years ago)

OH MY GOD. Poor Emma.

Also, "cosplay" sounds like something nasty Cliff and Claire Huxtable do after they lock the kids in their rooms.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 November 2004 13:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Ewww...

― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:17 (twenty-one years ago)

??something nasty Cliff and Claire Huxtable do to their kids after they lock them in (whose?) rooms??

― mark s (mark s), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:26 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.eclecticconnection.com/animationart/brownhornet2_lg.jpg

― Huk-L, Friday, 19 November 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Also, "cosplay" sounds like something nasty Cliff and Claire Huxtable do WITH EACH OTHER after they lock the kids in their rooms.

http://www.no-nothingrock.com/articles/cosby/images/costitle1.jpg

OH NO

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 19 November 2004 14:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Ivan Man to thread, also AngleGrinder Man, the superhero who hates wheel clamps and grinds them off with a massive piece of deadly steel.

Have there been any real life Supervillains? (Moratorium on Bin Laden etc.)

― Vic Fluro, Saturday, 20 November 2004 00:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Also why aren't there more single-issue villains/heroes in comics? (OK conquering the world is kind of single-issue). I think that's what District X should have done with its ridiculously-powerful-local-guy storyline - "But with your powers you could end hunger and cancer" "Yes yes but then who will care about these planning permission disputes"

― Tom (Groke), Saturday, 20 November 2004 09:14 (twenty-one years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Prime_%28person%29

― Does John Coltrane Dream of a Merry-go-round? (ex machina), Sunday, 21 November 2004 19:45 (twenty-one years ago)

If I changed my name to Megatron do you think they'd give me my own Wikipedia entry?

― Wooden (Wooden), Sunday, 21 November 2004 19:48 (twenty-one years ago)

yes

― Does John Coltrane Dream of a Merry-go-round? (ex machina), Sunday, 21 November 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

http://www.sploid.com/news/2006/01/the_town_that_h.php

EVEN THE REAL SUPERHEROES CANNOT ESCAPE THE SADFACE!!

― Vic Fluro (Vic Fluro), Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:12 (twenty years ago)

Dubya & his carrier codpiece qualifies for this, don't they?

― kingfish pibb Xtra (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 5 January 2006 22:41 (twenty years ago)

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Actual Real Life People Who Dress Up In Costumes Not In A 'Cosplay' Sense (Ew) But Because They Honestly See Themselves As Some Kind Of Superhero Or Comics Character Equivalent - C/D?