World Superhero Registry

Posted by Alex in Blog & Internet on May 11, 2009 at 1:33 pm

Ever wanted to be a superhero? What’s stopping you? Here’s a list of real life superheroes – people who don costumes and fight crime/do good as listed in the World Superhero Registry (yes, a website dedicated to finding these people).

Take, for instance, the Red Arrow, a 20-year-old guy in Hong Kong who tries to "bring happiness to people and become the salt and light of the world" by handing out toys to poor children.

… or Superbarrio Gómez, a Mexican "real-life superhero" who wears red tights and a Lucha Libre wrestler’s mask to organize rallies and protests and file petitions against forced evictions in Mexico:

For more real-life superheroes, check out the World Superhero Registry | Post at the Laughing Squid – via Rue The Day

 
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