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Other People's Heroes

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Other People's Heroes	label	Other People's Heroes
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Other People's Heroes	comment	Other People's Heroes is a 2002 superhero novel by Blake M. Petit, first released serially online as an audiobook. Josh Corwood is a reporter for Powerlines, a magazine dedicated to the Capes and Masks (heroes and villains) of Siegel City. Josh has a particular interest in heroes, having been saved from a fire by Lionheart, one of the founding heroes of the city, now disappeared. After a disappointing interview with one of the local Capes, and his promoter, Josh realizes that he has powers of his own. Or, rather, he can acquire the powers of others when they're in close proximity to him. And so he devises a costume and sets out to fight crime, only to find out that his life is a lie.The conflict of capes and masks is all kayfabe, organized by one man with a vision. You see, actual battles would lead to destruction and casualties, but if the fights are choreographed, the damage can be minimized and the drama maximized. The storylines are orchestrated, the superpowered people regularly change their costumes to play a different hero, and actual crime is deterred because it's obvious that the good guys always win. Josh, offended by this mockery of heroism, decides to expose it the best way he knows how. What he didn't count on was falling in love, both with the job and with a certain Mask...The book has been followed up by a handful of short stories and a prequel novel, The Pyrite War.
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Other People's Heroes / int_1a01fd1c	type	Kayfabe
Other People's Heroes / int_1a01fd1c	comment	Kayfabe: All of the fights are carefully choreographed to further the storylines. Many superpowered individuals play more than one role, often on both sides of the Cape/Mask conflict.
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Other People's Heroes / int_4782e60f	type	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
Other People's Heroes / int_4782e60f	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Doc Noble is a complete and utter ass to everyone, including his girlfriend, and ultimately turns out to be one of the few actual villains.
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Other People's Heroes / int_4c24a9ed	type	Power Copying
Other People's Heroes / int_4c24a9ed	comment	Power Copying: This is Josh's power, the ability to borrow the powers of others. Acquiring the powers also gives him an understanding of how they work, sometimes better than the person he borrowed them from.
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Other People's Heroes / int_513f3d12	type	Background Music
Other People's Heroes / int_513f3d12	comment	Background Music: The Conductor's power is to be able to broadcast music to everyone in the area. He uses it to make the battles more exciting.
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Other People's Heroes / int_5aa5145	type	Rubber Man
Other People's Heroes / int_5aa5145	comment	Rubber Man: DoubleGum Man has stretching powers.
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Other People's Heroes / int_72426bbd	type	Self-Duplication
Other People's Heroes / int_72426bbd	comment	Self-Duplication: Five-Share is a martial artist that can split himself into five people. Subverted as it turns out "he" is actually six individuals (one female) who have the power to teleport, but only to the location of one of the others.
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Other People's Heroes / int_7a87fa80	type	Animal-Themed Superbeing
Other People's Heroes / int_7a87fa80	comment	Animal-Themed Superbeing: Animan plays most of these. His power is to assume the animal powers of carved totems, so he plays everything from werewolves to animal-powered heroes.
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Other People's Heroes / int_7d163c9c	type	Dating Catwoman
Other People's Heroes / int_7d163c9c	comment	Dating Catwoman: While it doesn't happen publicly, heroes and villains are often shacking up behind the scenes. Miss Sinistah and Doc Noble are a prominent case and later Josh and Sinistah.
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Other People's Heroes / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Other People's Heroes / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Gunk turns out to be an immortal shapeshifter who's been taking over the city.
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Other People's Heroes / int_9fbf8969	type	Cut Lex Luthor a Check
Other People's Heroes / int_9fbf8969	comment	Cut Lex Luthor a Check: It turns out that many people who would have turned to crime are content with a steady paycheck and the chance to occasionally smash things up and get into fights.
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Other People's Heroes / int_ad312433	type	ShapeShifter
Other People's Heroes / int_ad312433	comment	Shapeshifter: Animan can transform himself via his tokens. The Gunk can make himself look like anyone.
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Other People's Heroes / int_ee19d278	type	Blob Monster
Other People's Heroes / int_ee19d278	comment	Blob Monster: The Gunk and the Goop are orange slime over a skeleton. The Gunk is actually an immortal shapeshifter. The Goop is actually a transformed Lionheart.
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