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Dragonheart is a bilingual real-life superhero who operates in Miami. [78] [clarification needed] In Portland, Oregon, Zetaman patrols the streets in a minivan, giving help to the homeless. (Ret.) [79] Dark Guardian of New York, whose real name is Chris Pollak, has patrolled the streets of New Jersey and New York since the age of 19.
A superpower is a special or extraordinary superhuman ability far greater than what is considered normal. Superpowers are typically displayed in science fiction and fantasy media such as comic books, TV shows, video games, and film as the key attribute of a superhero.
Scientists have found that evolutionary adaptations and mental conditioning in humans may be the closest humans will come to what we consider ‘superpowers’
Human enhancement is an attempt to temporarily or permanently overcome the current limitations of the human body through natural or artificial means. Human enhancement may be through the use of technological means to select or alter human characteristics and capacities, whether or not the alteration results in characteristics and capacities ...
This is a list of psychic abilities attributed to real-world people. Many of these abilities pertain to variations of extrasensory perception or the sixth sense . Superhuman abilities from fiction are not included.
Stan Lee's Superhumans is a documentary television series that debuted from August 5, 2010 to September 17, 2014 on History Channel.It is hosted by Marvel comic book superhero creator Stan Lee and follows contortionist Daniel Browning Smith, "the most flexible man in the world", as he searches the globe for real-life superhumans – people with extraordinary physical or mental abilities.
Superhuman strength is a superpower commonly invoked in fiction and other literary works, such as mythology.A fictionalized representation of the phenomenon of hysterical strength, it is the power to exert force and lift weights beyond what is physically possible for an ordinary human being.
In the DC Universe, a metahuman is a human with superpowers.The term is roughly synonymous with the terms mutant, inhuman and mutate in the Marvel Universe and posthuman in the Wildstorm and Ultimate Marvel Universes.