Superhero
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Cacophonic Name
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Personal Loss
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The Incident
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Source of Powers
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Weaknesses
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Superman
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Clark Kent
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Home Planet was destroyed
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see previous
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Earth's Sun
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Kryptonite
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Batman
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Bruce Wayne
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Parents were shot in front of him
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see previous
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no "super" powers
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self-accountability
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Spiderman
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Peter Parker
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Parents died; Uncle is shot (because of him)
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Radioactive Spider Bite
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see previous
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Protecting his Family and Friends
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Iron Man
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Tony Stark
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Parents died in car crash
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Terrorist Captivity
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no "super" powers
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Alcoholism
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Captain America
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Steve Rogers
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Father died in WWI; Lost everyone/everything when he "left the ice"
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Test subject for super serum
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Super Soldier Serum
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none specific
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Thor
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Thor, God of Thunder | Donald Blake *alias
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Mother is killed by Malekith
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Banished to Earth by Odin
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himself
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The Warrior's Madness
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Hulk
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Bruce Banner
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His father killed his mother
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Lab experiment gone wrong
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Gamma Radiation
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Cosmic Radiation
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Wolverine
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James "Logan" Howlett
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His father killed his stepfather; He (unknowingly) killed his father
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see previous
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X Gene; Adamantium Skeleton
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Adamantium Allotropes *variations
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Aquaman
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Arthur Curry
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Mother died/disappeared
|
ambiguous
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himself
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Lack of Water
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Ant-Man (Hank Pym)
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Hank Pym
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First wife, Maria, was murdered
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Discovered the "Pym Particles"
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no "super" powers
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Mental Illness
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The Flash (Barry Allen)
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Barry Allen
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Mother was murdered and father (wrongfuly) convicted
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Struck by lightning; Went into a coma
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The Speed Force
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Close Quarters Combat
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Daredevil
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Matt Murdock
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Father was killed by the Mafia
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Struck by radioactive chemicals; Went blind
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Radioactive Chemicals
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Blindness
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Doctor Strange
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Stephen Strange
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Sister drowned (because of him); Brother was hit by a car and died (because of him)
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Car crash; Loss of hand dexterity
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Several Mystical Entities
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Science
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Deadpool
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Wade Wilson
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Was diagnosed with a terminall illness
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Termiall Illness; Experimental Treatment
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Wolverine's Healing Factor
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Mental State
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