On September 6, Texan detective Jarrett Crippen was crowned the second winner of the SCI-FI Channel‘s reality series, Who Wants to be a Superhero?

Who Wants to be a Superhero?‘s second season came to an end tonight, and a new ‘Superhero‘ legend in waiting was crowned, but not before the producers and Sci Fi channel figured out how to stretch the finale to its limits.  What we were expecting to be two solid packed hours of competition turned out to be a painfully plodding mess.  But hey, the camp dial was on 11, and Mr. Lee did not fail to deliver.

After his quest for superheroes on Who Wants to Be A Superhero?, show creator Stan Lee will now take on another protagonist and she comes in the form of

It is the last Who Wants to be a Superhero? before the epic two hour finale next week.  The final four are Parthenon, Hygena, Hyper Strike, and the Defuser.  With the past few weeks‘ performances to reflect on, you might think this week is an easy one to predict, but in fact things went surprisingly wrong for one fledgling comic book character.  Also, this week Dr. Dark unveiled evil Stan.  Let the camp begin. 

Dan Williams, who is competing as Parthenon on the competitive reality series Who Wants To Be A Superhero?, talks about his character and the message he wants to send out to the viewers.

Who Wants to be a Superhero? season 2 brings on the cheese whiz full throttle for yet another week, this time trimming a fifth wannabe superhero to get us down to our coveted final four.  I‘ve been calling the upcoming weeks like this:

Feedback, a fictional superhero portrayed by Matthew Atherton on the reality television series Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, will be making his movie debut on Saturday, August 25 at 9/8c in the new Sci Fi Channel original movie

After last week‘s double elimination on Who Wants to be a Superhero?, the potentials head downstairs to discover their lair has been ransacked and their "secret identities" stolen from the safe. 

Who Wants to be a Superhero? enters its third week of campy competition with a familiar, yet interesting twist.   This week‘s villain, Dr. Dark, challenges the would be comic heroes to a pursuit through an amusement park.

SciFi Channel has added a new dimension to the second season of its campy hit Who Wants to be a Superhero?, and this angle is a little more down to earth.  The show currently courts individuals who create a character for themselves, complete with super power, who then compete through elimination trials.  The winner gets a comic book based on their character and presumably a made for SciFI channel film.  With the second season, SciFI will be opening the contest to at-home creators as well.