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Christopher Reeve as Superman flies over a city at night, wearing a blue suit with a red cape and yellow belt, from the 1978 film Superman.

Lobby card for the 1940 film The Green Hornet, Chapter 1: The Tunnel of Terror, featuring masked characters, dramatic scenes, and cast names in bold lettering.

Movie poster for Fantastic Four (2005) showing Chris Evans as Johnny Storm in flames, Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm with rocky skin, Jessica Alba as Sue Storm, and Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards in superhero suits above a cityscape.

Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man clings to the side of a speeding subway train, with startled passengers visible through the windows, in a scene from Spider-Man 2 (2004).

Van Williams (left) as the Green Hornet stands beside Bruce Lee as Kato in a promotional still from the classic 1960s television series The Green Hornet.

Yvonne Craig as Batgirl, wearing a purple costume and yellow cape, rides a purple Batgirl motorcycle with bat emblems in a city street scene from the 1966 Batman TV series.

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman stands with hands on hips, wearing her iconic red, gold, and blue costume with a gold tiara and bracelets from the 1976 TV series Wonder Woman.

Group portrait of six superheroes from the movie Watchmen standing side-by-side in a wood-paneled room. From left to right: The Comedian, a smirking man in black tactical body armor and a domino mask; Silk Spectre II, a dark-haired woman in a black and yellow latex suit; Doctor Manhattan, a muscular, hairless man glowing bright blue with an atomic symbol on his forehead; Ozymandias, a blonde man i

Michael Keaton as Batman stands in his black suit and cape in front of multiple monitors displaying the Joker in a scene from the 1989 film Batman.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Article title updated for style.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Nov 04, 2026
	Added a quiz.	Amy Tikkanen	Jun 19, 2025
	New article added	Gregory Lewis McNamee	Jul 23, 2024