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I can hardly believe this is real, but it seems to be so. The Sci-Fi Channel has announced open casting for a new reality show entitled Who Wants to Be a Superhero?

In nationwide open casting calls, potential heroes will arrive in costume to prove their mettle — revealing the true nature of their superhuman abilities and invoking the noble credos by which they live. Make no mistake, you don’t have to love comic books to be the superhero we’re looking for. If you have a great imagination, love adventure, and have a hero hiding inside of you, we want you on this show. Students, teachers, firemen, soccer moms — you’re all invited to try out to see if you’ve got what it takes. From thousands of hopefuls, Stan Lee will choose eleven lucky finalists to move into a secret lair and compete for the opportunity to become a real-life superhero.

Finalists will leave their former lives behind and live as their brainchild heroes 24/7, all under Stan Lee’s watchful eye. Each week, our aspiring heroes will be challenged with competitions designed to test their true superhero abilities. Don’t worry, no one will be leaping over tall buildings in a single bound. Our superheroes will be tested for courage, integrity, self-sacrifice, compassion, and resourcefulness, all traits that every superhero must possess. In the end, only one aspiring superhero will have the inner strength and nobility to open the gates to comic-book immortality.

Think you’ve got what it takes to be the next Batman? Apply today! If you win, perhaps you will be allowed to join the Government Bureau of Superheroics and then be issued The Government Manual for New Superheroes.