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Is There a Real Life Kick-Ass Roaming Seattle?

by Jamie Frevele | 4:13 pm, January 5th, 2011

Have you seen this masked man, Seattle?

First reported in November, a man wearing an exceedingly well-made superhero costume has been stalking the streets of Seattle, looking for crime to fight. Like in Kick-Ass, except real. He calls himself Phoenix Jones, and apparently, he has actually prevented a crime.

In his most recent success, Jones prevented a carjacking, literally coming out of the shadows and scaring the near-criminal off before he could commit the crime. Here is news video on the story:

Phoenix Jones is part of an eight-member vigilante group called the Rain City Superhero Movement, who all dress in costume in hopes of helping their community and standing up for citizens in trouble. According to Jones, all members have military or mixed martial arts backgrounds. His weapon of choice is a taser attached to a nightstick. (Which Kick-Ass didn’t think of, though Hit Girl would have, and then thought, “Yeah, that would be f**king adorable…”)

Naturally, police aren’t thrilled with the Rain City Superhero Movement (which is associated with the Real Life Superhero Community, a nationwide movement) and say that vigilantism has led to suspects being released when the superheroes declined to identify themselves, to say nothing of their brushes with physical peril — they’ve been shot at and stabbed on more than one occasion.

The Real Life Superhero community isn’t completely deluded. They do not claim to have superpowers nor do they try to kill bad guys. In fact, they’re really just trying to lend a hand while living up to what Dave Lizewski was doing in Kick-Ass: Standing up and doing something as opposed to just ignoring people who need help. They give (anonymous) tips to police, help the homeless, and give blood.

But what happens when someone starts the Real Life Super Villain community …?

(via Asylum, Seattle PI)

  • http://eatdrinkandbemarysue.wordpress.com Mary Sue

    But what happens when someone starts the Real Life Super Villain community …?

    Congress gets cranky they have competition?

    Too easy, drill sergeant!

  • Anonymous

    But what happens when someone starts the Real Life Super Villain community …?

    You mean the Republican Party?

    Ohooo… here goes the series:

  • Ntjen

    There already is a Real Life Supervillain organization
    http://io9.com/5256698/meet-real+life-supervillain-society-roach

  • http://www.google.com/profiles/108037014675127192334 Binary

    “But what happens when someone starts the Real Life Super Villain community …?”

    Dun-dun-duuuuuuh!

  • Cuz

    We already have a super villain community.

    They’re called gangs.

    Kick ass super heroes!

    /if the police were having enough success, people wouldn’t feel the need to be super heroes.
    //just food for thought.

  • Z13kst3r

    yeah instead of being superheros those ppl would be cops. Cops……..yeah never around when you need them and always around when you don’t.

  • Hate, Y U No Love?

    Love it or hate it… it will all end when one steps over their boundaries and/or gets sued.

  • guested.

    But what if he shot you in the face?

  • Petermulroe

    i think its great so Phoenix Jones if your reading this,im in London England,we think your wonderful,just be careful

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Hogg/509308256 Brian Hogg

    Wait, so Kick Ass somehow gets credit for this just because Mark Millar pretended that real-life superheroes didn’t exist before he wrote a story about them?

  • http://twitter.com/wmmcmullen Michael McMullen

    Sorry if this is a bit spammy, but if you’re interested in real-life superheroes, you can get a free PDF of the first 1 1/2 chapters of my humorous nonfiction book “I, Superhero!!” free by writing me at whitebread@theamazingwhitebread.com. It features interviews and patrols with a number of real-life superheroes.

    Thanks,

    Mike “The Amazing Whitebread” McMullen

  • Anonymous

    Real, live heros. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things to help their fellow man. This sort of thing gives me hope.

  • http://profiles.google.com/bathoodrlsh Bathood RLSH

    But what happens when someone starts the Real Life Super Villain community …?
    Therell Be A Crazy Scycopath Like The Joker To Spring About Real Life SuperVillains Like The Joker Or The Riddler

  • http://profiles.google.com/bathoodrlsh Bathood RLSH

    Im Gonna Be Superman/Batman Bringging About The Justice Leauge Team

  • Catgirl

    i think its so cool im gonna be a super hero called idk yet

  • James Briggs/ leaRn the name!

    I’m gonna start a villain type thing do expect something in the next few years THERE’S GONNA BE A STORM IN ENGLAND

  • Mickey Biancaniello

    That already happened, haha!  The Virus…


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