Real Life

Check out this story about superheroes, from the Twin Cities' City Pages. No, I mean it, actual, flesh-and-blood human beings who live on this plane of existence (Earth Prime?) , don outlandish costumes and go out - in public! - and fight crime. Real-life superheroes, or "reals" as "most observers" refer to them (as in "By most observers' reckoning, between 150 and 200 real-life superheroes, or "Reals" as some call themselves, operate in the United States, with another 50 or so donning the cowl internationally.").

Mostly its just a bunch of mini-profiles strung together, but I must admit I've never read a news story devoted solely to this topic (the Twin Cities seem to have a disproportionate amount of these guys, which is kind of weird; note, also, that Minneapolis is home to Galactic Pizza, which sends its own crew of "reals" out to deliver your pizza), so bravo. Do be sure to check out the slide show; I must say that the Black Arrow has a pretty sharp-looking logo.