"It's not an S. On my world it means 'hope, '" a caped Superman responds.

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Like the caped crusader, Casio's G'zOne Commando is rather ordinary underneath its outlandish garb.

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We are no caped crusaders, but we are here to warn you there is a storm coming.

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Stan Worby, 39, said he accompanied his friend in Bradford while dressed as the caped crusader as a joke.

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Audiences were more than willing to forget Bat nipples in favor of a gritty, realistic tale of a caped crusader.

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In the 2005 movie Batman Begins, the caped guy appears out of nowhere as Commissioner Gordon is taking out his trash.

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It sets up a kind of spoof Batman and Robin, as if the Caped Crusader and his spooky lap-dog were not parody enough.

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When they read comic books, they envision themselves as caped crusaders.

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Caped or uncaped, the guy is a bore.

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The one we all prefer to remember is the cool, leather-clad rockabilly version that dramatically burst upon the world stage in the 1950s, but the overweight, caped Vegas version still has a hold on the popular imagination.

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