He has had little success in American comics, with the exception of Marshal Law, a savage superhero satire published by Marvel Comics ' Epic imprint in the late 1980s, drawn by O ' Neill.

The technique is common in superhero comics, where it has been used so frequently that the term comic book death has been coined for it.

At various points, Archie Comics has experimented with publishing various superhero titles.

Archie has also been a superhero in some comics, such as Pureheart.

In addition, the superhero fantasy genre has been described as having been derived from the cowboy hero, only powered up to omnipotence in a primarily urban setting.

Warren Ellis's comic book series Planetary has a similar premise of fitting many different superhero, science fiction, and fantasy elements into the same universe.

* In cartoon series Dexter's Laboratory produced by Hanna-Barbera, the Dial M for Monkey shorts feature Dexter's pet lab monkey, Monkey, who, unknown to Dexter, has superpowers and fights evil with his lovely secret agent and a team of superhero partners.

Writer Rob Williams has stated that Class War was a major inspiration for his superhero comic book series Cla $$ war.

* Tiki Torch ( voiced by Rob Paulsen )-A tiki-masked Polynesian superhero who has fire-based powers.

He has also starred in numerous other films and television series including Fortunes of War ( 1987 ), Wild Wild West ( 1999 ), The Road to El Dorado ( 2000 ), Conspiracy ( TV ) ( 2001 ), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2002 ), Warm Springs ( TV ) ( 2005 ), Valkyrie ( 2008 ), Wallander ( TV series ) ( 2008 – present ), and My Week with Marilyn ( 2011 ) as Laurence Olivier ( Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor ); and directed such notable films as Dead Again ( 1991 ) ( also starring ), Swan Song ( 1992 ) ( Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film ), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ( 1994 ) ( also starring ), The Magic Flute ( 2006 ), Sleuth ( 2007 ), and the blockbuster superhero film Thor ( 2011 ).

* In Tiny Toon Adventures, Plucky Duck has an ecology-themed superhero identity called " The Toxic Revenger ".

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law was about a lackluster superhero, Birdman — originally the star of Birdman and the Galaxy Trio — who has become a lawyer.

On 7 November 2008, former Batman Mayor Hüseyin Kalkan began looking into the possibility of suing Christopher Nolan, director of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and Warner Bros., distributor of the films, claiming the studios had been using " Batman ", the name of the superhero, without permission from the city, and " placing the blame for a number of unsolved murders and a high female suicide rate on the psychological impact that the films ' success has had on the city's inhabitants.

The Spectre is a fictional character, a superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics.

For instance, the depiction of Krypton reflects the older idealized version in the Silver Age of Comic Books while the scope of Superman's powers reflect the more restrained contemporary concept as developed by John Byrne in that the superhero has to struggle to perform spectacular feats, while Clark Kent is shown to be openly, if quietly, self-confident.

* The Egyptian-themed superhero Ozymandias from the graphic novel Watchmen has a fortress in Antarctica called Karnak.

The availability of these hacks has led to the creation of a number of comprehensive " worldhacks ", designed to allow the creation of science fiction, superhero, Western and Roman Empire adventures, among others.

Although issue 14 made a passing reference to superheroes, the series has since developed its own pocket universe in which the supernatural or paranormal does not play a large role in the lives of most ordinary people, and in Earth-threatening circumstances no superhero interventions are shown or hinted at, suggesting that superheroes no longer exist there.

She has a brother named Chipperella ( Jon Cryer ), who also happened to be a stripper living the double life as a superhero and secret agent.

Hernandez has said that, at a young age, he was particularly enamored with superhero comics — particularly 1960s Marvel Comics artists such as Jack Kirby's work on Fantastic Four and Steve Ditko, and the cartoony art of DC Comics artists such as Carmine Infantino and Dick Sprang.

In the animated series he has passed his official superhero initiation test before moving into the city.

In recent years, Stamp has appeared in the films Ma femme est une actrice ( aka My Wife Is An Actress, 2001 ), My Boss's Daughter ( 2003 ), Disney's The Haunted Mansion ( 2004 ), and the superhero fantasy Elektra ( 2005 ).

Grover has a semi-secret superhero identity as the well-meaning but inept SuperGrover.

The young, flawed, and brooding antihero Spider-Man became the most widely imitated archetype in the superhero genre since the appearance of Superman and Batman .— Bradford W. Wright, Comic Book Nation: The transformation of Youth Culture in America 212 — Superman on the Couch by Danny Fingeroth 151

since 1973, the superhero is often mistakenly referred to by his mentor's name.

The subsequent Silver Age of Comic Books is generally recognized as beginning with the debut of the first successful new superhero since the Golden Age, DC Comics ' new Flash, in Showcase # 4 ( October 1956 ).

Robert Kirkman, whose black and white series The Walking Dead had emerged as a long-running and popular series, and whose Invincible had become one of the longest-running series featuring a newly-created superhero series in recent years, became the first partner added since its founding.

The series became the first new DC superhero title to succeed since World War II.

In 2009, Thomas explained he had been a fan of the soundtrack to the musical Jesus Christ Superstar and sought to bring the story to comic books in a superhero context: " Yes, I had some trepidation about the Christ parallels, but I hoped there would be little outcry if I handled it tastefully, since I was not really making any serious statement on religion ... at least not overtly.

He has since had a minor career as a solo superhero, often teaming up with heroes like Thor to battle minor villains.

This is particularly notable since DC Comics ' roster did include an African American superhero with electricity-based powers, Black Lightning, who could not be used on the show due to disputes between DC and Black Lightning's creator Tony Isabella.

He once tried to operate as a costumed superhero himself, using the codename ' Lawman ', but made a hash of it since his ' gadgets ' consisted of an umbrella and an eggwhisk.

The original Highfather, Izaya the Inheritor, has since perished and been replaced by Earthling superhero Takion, a living conduit of The Source.

In 2009, Thomas explained he had been a fan of the soundtrack to the musical Jesus Christ Superstar and sought to bring the story to comic books in a superhero context: " Yes, I had some trepidation about the Christ parallels, but I hoped there would be little outcry if I handled it tastefully, since I was not really making any serious statement on religion ... at least not overtly.

Grant Morrison had been thinking along the lines of Zenith since 1982 but " he original version had a more traditional superhero costume and was a little grimmer in tone " and the final concept came together as " a reaction against torment superheroes.

Wright has been developing a live-action film based on the Marvel Comics superhero Ant-Man, with Joe Cornish since he finished Hot Fuzz.

Invincible, along with Firebreather and other new Image superhero characters, debuted in an issue of The Savage Dragon, and has since appeared with several of the characters in The Pact mini-series.

is a fictional superhero that has appeared in Japanese tokusatsu and anime television shows and movies since his TV debut in 1958.

Razor Fist since been hired by the Hood to take advantage of the split in the superhero community caused by the Superhuman Registration Act.

is a fictional Japanese superhero featured in several manga, tokusatsu, anime and live movies and TV shows since his first appearance in the 1967 TV series, Akakage, The Masked Ninja, produced by Toei Company Ltd ..

The character has since appeared as both a supervillain and a superhero.

The Strobe, Ms. Indestructible, The Weevil, Deadly Girl, Power Chick, Amok, Alien Orphan, and Eight all have decent, useful powers by all accounts, but since they all possess various social dysfunctions, they've never quite broken through the superhero glass ceiling.

He has since directed FX for numerous superhero shows such as Meteor Man Zone, Megaloman and others.

However, based on her conversation with Jessica Jones, it can be assumed that the attack was sexual in nature – most likely rape – since Jessica Jones replies that a similar incident led her to end her own superhero career ( a reference to the psychological sexual torture she went through for eight months at the hands of Zebediah Killgrave ).