Real life superheroes are not so super

As a kid, I always wished there were real-life superheroes. As an adult, I wish there weren't real-life superheroes.

A growing phenomenon that will no-doubt kill kids' interest in comic books is that of masked avengers trolling city streets in spandex bodysuits, looking to fight crime. Are they hulking musclemen and raven-haired beauties, doing incredible feats of strength and agility taking down master criminals?

No, it looks like a bunch of out-of-shape Dungeons and Dragons kids taking their ridiculous fantasies and inflicting them upon the vulnerable masses. It's no surprise that the superhero interviewed, "Shadow Hare," got his butt handed to him in his only physical confrontation with a real criminal.

And really? "Shadow Hare?" You can't come up with a better moniker than a dark bunny?

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