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Superhero

A superhero or superheroine is a character who typically possesses superpowers or abilities beyond those of ordinary people; is frequently costumed, concealing their identity; and fits the role of the hero, typically using their powers to help the world become a better place, or dedicating themselves to protecting the public and fighting crime. Superhero…

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Superhero

Nodes428
Edges427
Triples350
Avg. degree2
Density0.004673
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Superhero

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related to Sexual orientation and gender identity · 53
Superhero → Alan Scott, All-New X-Men, Alpha Flight, Although, Alysia Yeoh, American, Apollo, Batgirl, Batwoman, Canadian, Cloud, Colossus, DC, DC Comics, DC's Gotham Central, Defenders, Desire, Examples, From, Gail Simone
related to Ethnic and religious minorities · 42
Superhero → African, African-American, All-Negro Comics, American, Asian, Atlas Comics, Bantu, Before, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Chinese, Chinese-American, Chu, Comics, Falcon, Fate, Golden Age, Green Hornet, Hing, However
related to 1900s–1939 · 41
Superhero → Aarn Munro, Ablancourt, Anjou, Another, British, Buck Rogers, Famany, Flash Gordon, France, French, German, Gladiator, Hugo Danner, Japanese, Jimmie Dale/The Grey Seal, John Carter, Judex, L'Oiselle, Lensman, Magic Phantom
related to 1980–present · 28
Superhero → Batgirl, Birds, Buffy, Catwoman, Darna, Dazzler, Elektra, Female, In, Internationally, Japanese, Marvel NOW, Prey, Rangers, Saban's Mighty Morphin Power, Sailor Moon, She-Hulk, Spider-Girl, Super Sentai, Superpowered
related to 1960s · 25
Superhero → America, Ant-Man, Avengers, Avengers' Wasp, Brotherhood, Captain America, Daredevil, DC's, Fantastic Four's Invisible Girl, Hulk, Iron Man, It, Justice League, Marvel Comics, Marvel Girl, Mutants' Scarlet Witch, Nick Fury, Quicksilver, Spider-Man, The Avengers
related to background · 24
Superhero → American, American Halloween, As, At, Ben Cooper, Ben Cooper Inc, DC, DC Comics, Due, Halloween, However, In, Inc, Marvel, Marvel Comics, Mego Corporation, Mego Corporation's, The, Trademark Office, Two
related to 1970s · 22
Superhero → Another, Cutey Honey, Gerry Conway, Go Nagai, Go Nagai's Devilman, Henshin Boom, In, Japan, Japanese, John Romita's Punisher, Kamen Rider, Magical, Magical Girl, Mazinger, Nagai's, Phantom Agents, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Shotaro Ishinomori's Skull Man, Such, Super Robot
related to Influences · 20
Superhero → American, American Old West, Antecedents, Bald Knobbers, Deadwood Dick, English, Gilgamesh, Hanuman, Heracles, In, Odysseus, Old West, Perseus, Robin Hood, San Diego Vigilantes, Several, Spring-Heeled Jack, Such, The, Vigilante
related to 1950s · 15
Superhero → Astro Boy, Bat-Girl, Batwoman, Being, Comics, DC, During, In, Miss Arrowette, Osamu Tezuka's, Silver Age, Supergirl, Tetsuwan Atom, The, West
related to 1940s · 14
Superhero → Barclay Flagg, Blue Beetle, During, Egyptian, Fantomah, Feb, Fiction House's Jungle Comic, Fletcher Hanks, Green Lantern, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, June, Other, Russell Stamm, The Flash

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superheroes characters comic marvel series character dc hero comics super first also created japanese book american one powers female trademark

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masked crime fightersinstance ofTerms0.80text
costumed adventurers or masked vigilantes are sometimes used to refer to characters such as the Spiritinstance ofTerms0.80text
who may not be explicitly referred to as superheroes but nevertheless share similar traits.Some superheroes use their powers to help fight daily crime while also combating threats against humanity from supervillainsinstance ofTerms0.80text
who are their criminal counterpartsinstance ofTerms0.80text
Hanumaninstance ofHistoryInfluencesAntecedents of the archetype include mythological characters0.80text
Gilgameshinstance ofHistoryInfluencesAntecedents of the archetype include mythological characters0.80text
Odysseusinstance ofHistoryInfluencesAntecedents of the archetype include mythological characters0.80text
and demigods like Heraclesinstance ofHistoryInfluencesAntecedents of the archetype include mythological characters0.80text
and Perseusinstance ofHistoryInfluencesAntecedents of the archetype include mythological characters0.80text
all of whom were blessed with extraordinary abilitiesinstance ofHistoryInfluencesAntecedents of the archetype include mythological characters0.80text
which later inspired the superpowers that became a fundamental aspect of modern-day superheroesinstance ofHistoryInfluencesAntecedents of the archetype include mythological characters0.80text
L'Oiselleinstance ofmasked and costumed pulp fiction characters0.80text

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