Not technically D.C.-related, but given that this may actually be the best local TV news story we’ve ever seen, there was just no way we could pass on it. WLWT in Cincinnati reports on the “growing trend” of “real-life superheroes” in this piece of pure comedy gold. Make sure not to miss the interaction between Cincinnati’s top superhero, “Shadow Hare,” and a Cincinnati cop about halfway through. Absolutely brilliant.

Much to our disappointment, the web site the story points to, WorldSuperheroRegistry.com, doesn’t identify any active masked men or women operating in the D.C. area, apart from “Tothian,” who is listed as being active all over the East Coast. Our searching did turn up a 2005 story from WTOP featuring “Metro Woman,” who fights for the Purple Line, and this 2007 story in the Washington Post on the “Capital City Super Squad.”

While we’re at it, have there actually been any D.C.-based superheroes in comics? Apart from Barack Obama, that is.