{"id":981,"date":"2008-12-30T16:56:51","date_gmt":"2008-12-30T23:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reallifesuperheroes.org\/?p=981"},"modified":"2008-12-30T16:56:51","modified_gmt":"2008-12-30T23:56:51","slug":"superhero-registry-adding-more-valley-members-to-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rlsh.net\/archive\/2008\/12\/30\/superhero-registry-adding-more-valley-members-to-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Superhero registry adding more Valley members to team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reported by: Jenn Burgess<\/a>
\nEmail: jburgess@abc15.com<\/a>
\nIt’s dusk in the Valley. A shadow moves among the downtown Phoenix\u00a0buildings. Though this masked man doesn’t seem to want his real identity fully known, his mission is made clear: stop social injustice and bring peace to the streets.
\nHow do I know this? It’s right there on his MySpace page.
\nThe masked man, known as ‘Citizen Prime’<\/a>, is part of a growing ring of citizen superheroes. You may see him around town since\u00a0his region of concentration is listed as Arizona.
\nBut he’s not the only one — another superhero, ‘Green Scorpion’<\/a>, can also be found in Arizona and New Mexico.
\nThis handful of gold-hearted, masked men and women have their own MySpace pages. Collectively, they even have their own websites: worldsuperheroregistry.com<\/a> and citizenheroes.com<\/a>.
\nThey may look wacky, but according to an article in the Times Online<\/a>, the superhero community was, in part, born in the embers of the 9\/11 terrorist attacks when ordinary people wanted to do something short of enlisting.
\nTo even be considered for the Registry, a real-life superhero must meet certain criteria, according to the website.
\nThree of the primary requirements are wearing a costume, doing heroic deeds, and operating solely by personal motivation, rather than financial gain.
\nAccording to Citizen Prime’s MySpace page, he’s married and a proud father. Last year, he was part of an operation to drop off toys to Banner Children’s Hospital.
\nA blurb on Prime’s MySpace page tells a little more about his mission: “I strive to be a inspirational symbol of hope. We need to stop social injustice – by approaching the heart of the matter – and finding the hero inside every man, woman and child and priming<\/em> their true greatness. You can be as much hero as I am. Heroes are needed in this life and no cape is required to help change the world.”<\/p>\n

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