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The word "superhero" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a person who has heroic qualities and powers and can use them to save people or stop evildoers. For example: "Luke is my favorite superhero because he uses his superstrength to help people in need."
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superhero
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Any kind of fantasy/science fiction crime-fighting character, often with supernatural powers or equipment, in popular children's and fantasy literature.
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Basically, it is good news that Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel have performed so strongly: excellent films in that "indie-literate" middle ground that many in the industry have been worrying had been neglected in the general rush to big-budget, big-box-office superhero pictures.
The character was chosen by Marvel as a surprise choice for its first female-centred superhero movie despite Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow being better known to cinema audiences through her appearances in the Iron Man, Captain America and Avengers films.
Singer has withdrawn from publicity appearances for forthcoming superhero movie X Men: Days of Future Past while he fights the allegations.
But those who feel the market for superhero films has already reached saturation point, be warned: more than 25 are scheduled already over the next four years, as the two age-old comic book rivals, Marvel and DC, slug it out for supremacy.
Michael Keaton is a washed-up movie star trying to reinvent himself as a serious actor on Broadway, but plagued with hallucinatory visions of "Birdman" – the preposterous superhero he once played.
Imagine if you had Mickey Mouse or a superhero being unmasked every time, you start to have the magic of the show chipped away at," Bennett told Victoria Derbyshire on BBC Radio 5 Live.
The bulb-headed supervillain with low self-esteem in Megamind proves braver than his superhero adversary.
He keeps it classy with questions about Tony Stark as a self-made superhero; is rewarded with a line about how he's also an arms dealer.
We think it is important to protect the audience's enjoyment and the magic of the show, and not unmasking our superhero character.
Angelina Jolie has been in negotiations to direct Captain Marvel, a film that hopes to buck the trend of unsuccessful female superhero films that includes Supergirl, Catwoman and Elektra.
Starring Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Chris Evans as Captain America and Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow, Age of Ultron sets the titular superhero ensemble against titular intelligent robot villain Ultron, voiced by James Spader.
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