What is an American Hero?

After watching The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez, I started thinking about the focus of this class. The reason we are reading all these books and poems is so that we can be exposed to the different types of heroes. So I thought, if all these people we read about are heroes there must be a common definition. However, all these people are different in so many ways. After many hours of trying to figure out what can be the common demoninator, I realized that all these heroes overcome a certain obstacle; whether it be the country, another human being, or even oneself. Whatever the obstacle may be, these heroes struggle and eventually conquer their fears and enemies. Then again, with that definition, ANYONE can be hero. I can overcome my laziness and be a hero. Realizing that this definition is so broad,...

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Assorted DC Men

Now for some DC scans courtesy of Brooklyn. The following pics feature Batman, Superman,  Flash, Green Lantern & Secret Six related eye candy! Dick Grasyon in boxer briefs(!) and sporting a Bat scar in Batman #708. Oh dear, I hope that isn't permanent! Guy Gardner in cute boxers in Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #01 Bart Allen (Kid Flash) after his bath! From Teen Titans Vol. 3 #83. From Secret Six #23 (don't know who this dude is). And last but certainnly not least, this awesome page from The Best of The Amazing Heroes - Swimsuit Special #1 featuring Jimmy Olsen (and Cat Grant)....

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Assorted Marvel Men

Many thanks to Brooklyn, who shares with us the following scans featuring Spider-man, Fantastic Four & X-Men beefcake!This cute scene is from Amazing Spider-Man #657 in which buddies Spider-Man & Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch are horsing around and pulling pranks on each other. How adorable!Spidey taking off his costume in Peter Parker #1. Peter Parker looking hot (despite his injuries) in Sensational Spider-Man #33.The Humann Torch getting out of bed in New Avengers #48.And lastly,we have the recently handless Hellion & Magneto in the infirmary in X-Men: Second Coming #2. I hate that they made Julian a double amput...

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Posted in: Beefcake,Comics,Fantastic Four,Hellion,Human Torch,Magneto,Marvel,New X-Men: Academy X,Spider-Man,X-Men

Batman: Shirtless & Injured

These scans are from The New Batman Adventures episode called "Cult of the Cat", in which a shirtless and injured Batman chats it up with Commissioner Gordon after being mauled by a sabertooth tiger. I love it when Bats is shirtless but still keeps his cowl on. Special thanks to Johinsa for sharing these screen caps with us!...

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Brath: Bondage & Bath

More Brath scans courtesy of Terry! Our titular barbarian hunk is captured and is taken to the capital city. I love the bondage and the gratuitous bathing scenes but I'm not crazy about the new beard. Can't his captors shave him? He's still pretty hot though. These scans are from Brath #7-9.Brath in bondage!Brath in the bath!Brath in the are...

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Posted in: Beefcake,Bondage,Brath,Comics,Crossgen,Naked

Blackstar & Freedom Force's Hercules

Time for some vintage animated beefcake. Robert sent us pics featuring Blackstar and Hercules from Freedom Force.In the 1980's animated series, Blackstar, John Blackstar was an astronaut from the future who got sucked though black hole (shouldn't that have been a worm hole?) and got stranded on Sagar, a sword & sorcery type of planet.Freedom Force was a 1970's cartoon that featured blond hunk, Hercules, who was perpetually shirtle...

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Posted in: Always Shirtless,Animated,Beefcake,Blackstar,Hercules (Freedom Force)

Missing Green Lantern Poll Votes

This is weird. Our current poll, "Who is the Hottest Green Lantern?" lost about 1/3 to 1/2 of the current votes. I've read that some other Blogger users have experienced the same problem. Hopefully this is just a temporary hiccup, but maybe it's better if I use a third party poll widget from now on.And for legality, here are some scans featuring the Green Lanterns featured in the poll, Hal Jordan & Kyle Rayner.Crazy Hal from Green Lantern Vol. 3 #50Naked Kyle being woken up in Green Lantern Vol. 3 ...

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Posted in: Beefcake,Comics,DC,Green Lantern,Hal Jordan,Kyle Rayner,Naked

Shirtless Red Robin

So, Tim Drake is captured by the League of Shadows Assassins. And what happens when Ra's Al Ghul's elite ninja group captures one of the Bat-boys? They strip them to the waist. (squee!) Though in this particular instance they actually have a valid reason for doing so since they performed surgery on Tim. This gratuitous  (and welcome) Tim Drake beefcake is from Red Robin #5. ...

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Brath Beefcake

The long hair, the hairy chest, the constant shirtlessness. It seems that Brath was made for Shirtless Superheroes! He is one hot fictinonal character. Unfortunately there was a criminal lack of Brath scans in this blog. We only had one post featuring him. Thankfully, Terry noticed this injustice and kindly sent us a bunch of scans featuring the CrossGen hunk. This first batch of scans are from Brath #2, #3, #5 & #6....

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Posted in: Beefcake,Brath,Comics,Crossgen

Naked Hyperion

Supreme Power is full of beefcake. Whether its because their costumes are ripped off during a fight or because they've just had sex with a hot alien babe, there's plenty of eye candy in this title. Which is only fair since the heroines in this book are like, naked all the time! Its nice that we get some beefcake with our cheesecake. Edit: Just wanted to add that the art was done by the great Gary Frank.The following scans are from Supreme Power Vol. 1 # 18. In this particular instance, Hyperion gets really pissed off and flies into space and back again. His flight space-ward tears his shirt off while his re-entry takes care of his pants, leading...

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Posted in: Beefcake,Comics,Hyperion,Marvel,Supreme Power

Ka-Zar in the City

In Spider-Man Family #6, Spidey teams-up with Ka-Zar. I love that he's seems to be wearing a skimpier  than usual loincloth. He looks quite hot here, but where are his nipples? Many thanks to Brooklyn for sharing these scans with ...

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Posted in: Beefcake,Comics,Ka-zar,Marvel,No Nipples