Real Superheroes Are A Little Crazy

Posted by Jill Harness in Cartoon & Comic, Crime & Law, Odd News on December 29, 2008 at 9:52 pm


While I was on vacation this Christmas, I was lucky enough to grab the newest article of Rolling Stone and read “The Legend of Master Legend.” I haven’t read anything so funny in a long time.

I highly recommend reading this brilliant article that details the exploits of real life superheroes. Their main focus is on the man on the right in the photo, his name is Master Legend and he makes his own weapons to fight crime. And he give socks to homeless people to help fight staph infections.

While their hearts are in the right place, I have to believe there’s less insane ways to save the world. Still, it’s hard to resist adoring their great stories:

There was the time Master Legend and the Ace shut down a crack den; the drug kingpin they put out of business; the money Master Legend forcibly retrieved from a thief who stole from a handicapped Vietnam vet; and the recent mission when the Justice Force had to “put the stomp on a child molester and his gang of crackheads.” They had a plan, but things went awry when Master Legend’s brother was captured in the thick of battle by the child molester, whom they call Tree Man Roy.

UPDATE: For more pictures and a touch more info from the author of the article itself, be sure to visit this link.

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14 comments to "Real Superheroes Are A Little Crazy"

  1. nihil
    December 29th, 2008 at 11:06 pm

    I think you mean staph infections, unless the homeless are getting infections of people on their feet.

  2. Jill Harness
    December 29th, 2008 at 11:16 pm

    I don't know, being as how CEOs seem to be going homeless these days, maybe the homeless are having staff infections.

    I changed it by the way.

  3. The El Bee En
    December 29th, 2008 at 11:20 pm

    Nothing wrong with trying to make the world a better place. An intresting tale that give one hope! Good Luck and God Bless, Master Legend!

  4. SenorMysterioso
    December 30th, 2008 at 12:47 am

    Sounds like Mark Millar's Kick Ass

  5. Daniel Kim
    December 30th, 2008 at 7:08 am

    Anyone who gives socks to the homeless is OK in my book.

  6. Daniel Kim
    December 30th, 2008 at 7:25 am

    Reminds me of Strike Man, a character from the anime series "You're Under Arrest".

    A picture of Strike Man (Strike-otoko) is found at
    http://www.geocities.co.jp/AnimeComic/5096/img/twcstriker.gif

  7. ted
    December 30th, 2008 at 8:19 am

    Lunatic vigilantes.

  8. Nicholas Dollak
    December 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

    I applaud his spirit, and his heroic efforts. It's sad that he has to live in such destitution. One thing really troubles me, though: He's considering driving a motorcycle out of the back of his truck while the truck is moving? As in the opposite direction of the one in which the truck is moving? I haven't seen this trick actually performed, so I could be wrong in my assumption, but wouldn't this turn into the last thing he ever did? Say the truck's traveling forward at a modest 40mph when he decides to deploy. Even if he could manage to accelerate the bike to 40mph before hitting the asphalt (highly unlikely), he's being carried backward already by the truck, so once he hit the ground it would be like involuntarily reaching a full stop even as he raced forward. If he were going below 40mph, he'd be flung backward; above 40mph, he'd go forward, but at his intended speed minus 40mph. In any event, I see him flying over the handlebars and wiping out, thus ending the Legend of Master Legend. Or at least costing him a leg and also paralyzing him for life.

    Anyone out there with a better grasp on Newtonian physics or an appreciation for monster truck rallies who can set me straight on this?

  9. Harpe
    December 30th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    If he's going faster than the truck, then wouldn't he then be going "forward" at that point? He would no longer be moving backward relative to the ground, but forward at his speed minus the truck's speed. I think...

  10. just a guy
    December 30th, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Something about this appeals to me in an odd way. As crazy as they seems, there's something... just neat about the idea of helping people and fighting crime. A life of adventure and knowing you're making people's lives better. Oh, sure, I'm sure it's dangerous as all hell, but you'd probably feel good at the end of the day.

  11. wowsers
    December 30th, 2008 at 3:18 pm

    what a couple of losers.

    sorry, someone had to say it.

  12. escapenguin
    December 30th, 2008 at 10:46 pm

    Ya know, I went into this article after reading the description expecting to be amused by a couple of people acting like jackasses... and I kinda did, but I also came out feeling somewhat amazed. The writing is dripping with sarcasm but it fails to put this guy out. This dude is _into_ it.

    Plus, you can't really knock anyone who who makes it their sole duty to honestly try and help people even during his day job above anything else. That takes balls, delusional or not. Good for him that he's actually doing something he loves and committing his life to it. Thanks for posting this.

  13. edc
    December 31st, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    most fashion is stupid anyway..
    if guidos can walk around being homoerotic oompa loompas then peeps who wear these suits are ok in my book.

  14. liphttam1
    January 1st, 2009 at 1:06 am

    Sounds like they could use help from the iron man kid!


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