Who Wants to Be a Superhero?

Reviewed by:
Gregg Braverman

The question posed in the title has been running through the minds of children and comic shop employees more often then the Flash goes through Nikes. Now Stan Lee, the brains behind supericons like Spider-Man and the Hulk, sets his uncanny imagination loose on the least creative form of programming, reality TV. Eleven contestants are stripped of their civilian clothes—and their dignity—before pulling on their costumes, which are designed to match "heroic" monikers (i.e., Fat Momma, Cell Phone Girl—understand the quotes now?), and having their superhero qualities put to the test. Like a flea flicker, the idea as a whole may be inspiring, yet the execution comes off as spotty and overperformed. But that kind of superhero-ing worked for Ben Affleck in Daredevil…

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