Superhero fiction themes

thumb|right|Revisionist Western films commonly feature antiheroes as lead characters whose actions are morally ambiguous. [[Clint Eastwood, pictured here in A Fistful of Dollars (1964), portrayed the archetypal antihero called the "Man with No Name" in the Italian Dollars Trilogy of Spaghetti Westerns.]]

Latin phrase; alternate self

thumb|Supervillains of the United Underworld from the 1966 film Batman (1966 film)|Batman, a film adaptation of the comic books based on [[Batman and the 1960s television show of the same name. From left to right: Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman, and Joker.]]

superhuman ability of a fictional character

thumb|right|Sherlock Holmes wrestling against his archenemy Professor James Moriarty.

group of characters with a gene allowing them to develop superhuman abilities in the Marvel Comics universe

personal identity less known to a public than another identity or persona

soldier who operates beyond human limits or abilities

Superhumans are humans, humanoids or other beings with abilities and other qualities that exceed those naturally found in humans. These qualities may be acquired through natural ability, self-actualization or technological aids. The related concept of a super race refers to an entire category of beings with the same or varying superhuman characteristics, created from present-day human beings by deploying various means such as eugenics, euthenics, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and/or brain–computer interfacing to accelerate the process of human evolution.

In the DC Universe, a metahuman is a human or humanoid with superpowers. In DC Comics, the term is used loosely in most instances to refer to any human-like individual with extraordinary, often paranormal abilities or other attributes, regardless of whether they are cosmic, mutant, scientific, supernatural, skill-based or technological in nature.

mutant appearing in fictional stories

type of fictional character with superhuman speed