If you have the chance to be a superhero, which superhero would you be? Wielding super strength, the gift of flight, immortality or having the ability to be invisible must be some of the powers we dream to have. How about when you have a chance to choose a different destiny and become a super villain? Which one would you be?
Superheroes and villains have accompanied us through our childhood. In fact, it has become a popular trend in the movie industry. Almost all popular superhero and villain characters have been made into a movie.
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Amazing Superheroes Illustration and Artworks
Here we present some of the most intriguing illustrations and artworks of these superheroes and some of their villainous enemies to complete your superheroes dream.
Batmen
Batman, originally referred to as “the Bat-Man” is still referred to at times as “the Batman”. A fictional character, this comic book superhero was co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger (although only Kane receives official credit), appearing in publications by DC Comics.
Capcom Superheroes
Capcom, a leading international developer and publisher of video games has created several superheroes characters like Mega Man, Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Onimusha and Devil May Cry etc.
DC Universe’s Women Super Heroines
The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics exist. These heroines include Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Batwoman etc.
DC Universe
The DC Universe (DCU) is the shared universe where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics exist. Fictional characters like Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman are well-known superheroes from this universe.
Lara Croft and Cyberforce
Lara Croft is an English fictional character and the protagonist of Eidos Interactive’s Tomb Raider video game series. Cyberforce on the other hand is an Image Comics super-hero team created by artist Marc Silvestri and writer Eric Silvestri in 1992.
Legion of Superheroes
The Legion of Super-Heroes is a fictional superhero team in the 30th and 31st century of the DC Comics Universe. The team first appears in Adventure Comics #247 (April 1958), and was created by Otto Binder and Al Plastino.
Legion Superheroes
This is another great illustration of the Legion of Superheroes.
Legion of Superheroes Trilogy
These are some of the characters from the Legion of Superheroes trilogy.
Superheroes at the movies
Some of the famous superheroes at the movies include Blade.
Marvel Superheroes
Marvel counts among its characters well-known properties such as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, The X-Men, Captain America, The Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Thor, Daredevil, The Punisher, Ghost Rider, Deadpool, Blade, The Silver Surfer, Nick Fury, and others. Most of Marvel’s fictional characters operate in a single reality known as the Marvel Universe, with locales set in real-life cities such as New York.
Marvel Women Super heroines
Your favourite Marvel super heroines gathered.
The New Defenders
Defenders was retitled to New Defenders when the “big four” (Doctor Strange, The Silver Surfer, The Hulk and Namor) were forced to leave the team.
Justice League vs Avengers
Superheroes from the Justice League goes head on with the Avengers. Which side are you on?
Sanlahi Universe
These are a new group of superheroes from the Sanlahi Universe.
Spidey and Friends
Here we have Spiderman with his Marvel friends.
Teen Titans
The Teen Titans, also known as The New Teen Titans, New Titans, or The Titans, is a DC Comics superhero team. As the group’s name suggests, its members are usually composed of teenage superheroes.
Watchmen
Watchmen originated from a story proposal Moore submitted to DC featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from Charlton Comics.
Fantastic Four
The Fantastic Four is a fictional superhero team appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The group debuted as The Fantastic Four #1 in November 1961, and helped to usher in a new naturalism in the medium.
Fall of the Hulks
The Hulk is the member of The Defenders which is a name for a number of Marvel Comics superhero groups.
Hellboy and Gang
Hellboy is a comic book character created by writer-artist Mike Mignola.
Marvel Team Up
Marvel Team-Up is the name of several American comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The series featured two or more Marvel characters in one story.
A little love for Marvel
This is a great illustration showing the love for the superheroes of Marvel.
Master of the Universe
Masters of the Universe (commonly abbreviated to MOTU; and sometimes informally referred to as He-Man, after the lead hero) is a media franchise created by Mattel.
The Invincible and Friends
Invincible (Mark Grayson) is a fictional character, and an Image Comics superhero. This is an illustration with him and other superheroes from the same league.
Justice league
The Justice League, also called the Justice League of America or JLA, is a fictional superhero team that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. Some of the first appearing members include Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Flash etc.
Spiderman and Fantastic Four
This is a great illustration of Spiderman with the Fantastic Four.
Ultimate Avengers
Ultimate Comics: Avengers is a comic book published by Marvel Comics that began in August of 2009 as part of the re-launch of the Ultimate Universe under the new “Ultimate Comics” imprint.
X-men 2
This is another great illustration featuring members of the X-men.
X-men First Class
X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring the X-Men.
X-Men Legends
This is a wallpaper from the action role-playing game of X-Men Legends. Some of the appearing members are Magneto and the Brotherhood of Mutants.
X-Men
The X-Men are a superhero team in the Marvel Comics Universe. They were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). Professor Xavier recruited Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey, calling them “X-Men” because they have special powers due to their “X-Gene”. A gene a normal human lacks but gives Mutants their abilities.
X-men Avengers
Uncanny X-Men, first published as simply The X-Men, is the flagship Marvel Comics book series for the X-Men franchise. Being the official canon, it features the adventures of the eponymous group of mutant superheroes.
X-Men All Stars
A brilliant illustration of all the X-men Stars.
Green Lanterns
Green Lantern is the name of several fictional characters and superheroes appearing in comic books published by DC Comics.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders are fictional characters and a DC Comics superhero team. As its name suggests, the team consists of superheroes that allegedly do not fit the norms of the mainstream superhero community, namely the Justice League.
The New Mutants
The New Mutants are three series featuring an eponymous group of teenage mutant superheroes-in-training. The three series, two of which are now defunct, are spin-offs of the popular X-Men franchise published by Marvel Comics.
Justice Society of America
The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a DC Comics superhero group, and the first team of superheroes in comic book history. Conceived by editor Sheldon Mayer and writer Gardner Fox, the JSA first appeared in All Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940).
Thor
Thor is a fictional superhero who appears in publications published by Marvel Comics.
70’s Superheroes
Superheroes of the 70s. I do not know their special abilities as I wasn’t born then.
Not Your Usual Superheroes
These characters should be familiar to us and they are definitely worth adding into the categories of superheroes.
Warcraft III- Defense of the Ancients
Defense of the Ancients (DotA) is a custom scenario for the real-time strategy video game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and its expansion, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
High Adventures
The heroes from the High Adventures and they do look a little bit like Conan.
R.I.F.T
Rifts is a multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in 1990 and have been published continuously by Palladium Books since then.
Soul Calibur
Soulcalibur (ソウルキャリバー SōruKyaribā) is a fighting game developed and produced by Namco.
Street Fighter
Street Fighter (ストリートファイター Sutorīto Faitā), commonly abbreviated as SF, is a Japanese fighting game in which the players pit competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own special moves, against one another. Capcom released the first game in the series in August 1987.
Street Fighter 2
Shown below is another beautiful illustration of the popular heroes from Street fighter.
Transformers
The Transformers are alien robots of a popular Hasbro toy line and its spin-offs. Although not the typical kind of superheroes, who cares, as long as they are cool.
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat is a best-selling series of fighting games created by Ed Boon and John Tobias in 1992.
Barack Obama
Is Obama, the President of the United States a superhero? Well, I guess that have to be decide for yourself.
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Which Superhero Are You?
Have you ever wondered what our life would be like if all those superheroes or villains were real? The damages and destruction they leave behind after every battle might not be promising for our society. Would it just be better if we only admire their beauty from movies, illustration and artworks?
What superhero or villain would you like to be? Don’t be shy; share with us your wildest fantasy!