1. Superheroes
If I could be a superhero I would be... Awesome Man I’d fly around the world fighting crime According to my awesome plan And if I saw criminals trying to lie Hurting other people and making them cry I'd haul them off to jail in my awesome van 'Cause I would be Awesome Man— Stephen Lynch, "Superhero"

2. Characteristics of Superheroes

3. Characteristics of Superheroes
Fight evil / do good (protect the public)
Super-human strength
Colorful, distinctive costume
Secret identity
Weakness
Enemy or villain
Back-story
Base or headquarters

4. The First Superhero

5. The First Superhero Mandrake the Magician Lee Falk – 1934 Comic Strip
Power: Hypnosis

6. The First Female Superhero
Fantomah
Fletcher Hanks – Jungle Comics, 1940
Ancient Egyptian princess, revived to protect the jungle with her magical abilities

7. Evolution of Superheroes
Comic Strips
Graphic Novels TV
Movies

8. Popular Superheroes

9. Popular Superheroes Batman Superman Spiderman Wolverine
Captain America
Cyclops
Iron Man
Beast
Thing
Storm
The Phantom
Joker
Mr. Fantastic
Wonder Woman
Professor X
Invisible Woman
Hulk
Human Torch
Rogue
Daredevil
Lex Luthor
Aquaman
Green Arrow
Punisher

11. What Is YOUR Superpower?