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your green thumb, JERUSHA has ten green fingers. Mighty oaks spring up from tiny acorns at her command. Here she is, the
    GARDENER!
    Jerusha Carter
    Jackson Hole, Wyoming
    JONATHAN bugs out at the first sign of trouble, but he still packs a nasty sting. He’s
    JONATHAN HIVE!
    Jonathan Tipton-Clarke
    Washington, D.C.
    T.T. walks the high steel and builds them strong and straight. He’s tough, he’s tall, and he takes no crap off nobody. He’s HARDHAT!
    Todd “T.T.” Taszycki
    Chicago, Illinois
    Seeing isn’t believing when ANDREW is around, so best not believe your eyes or your ears or your nose. Only the tail is real with
    WILD FOX!
    Andrew Yamauchi
    Fresno, California
    WHO WILL BE THE NEW AMERICAN HERO?

    EVERYONE WANTS TO BELONG TO THE CLUBS!
    BUFORD hails from down the swamp. Some say he’s just a good ol’ boy, but he’s got him one mean tongue. Folks go green when they see
    TOAD MAN!
    Buford Calhoun
    Loxahatchee, Florida
    JAMAL takes a licking and keeps on ticking. Shoot him, stab him, burn him, and he’ll be back for more. No one can stop the
    STUNTMAN!
    Jamal Norwood
    Inglewood, California
    The best-laid plans develop hiccups when PAUL’s around. He makes men cry “Gesundheit,” and women cry “Oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes!”
    SPASM!
    Paul Blackwell
    Denver, Colorado
    PEARL knows all the secrets of the sea, and speaks the language of the dolphins and the whales. Go deep with
    DIVER!
    Pearl Olsen
    Honolulu, Hawaii
    TOM soars above his ancient lands on proud, strong wings, watching, guarding, remembering. Look, up in the sky, it’s
    BRAVE HAWK!
    Tom Diedrich
    Benson, Arizona
    HALEY floats like a butterfly and hits like a piledriver. Light as a feather in the wind, hard as a ton of steel, that’s our
    JADE BLOSSOM!
    Haley Mok
    Redondo Beach, California
    THADDEUS will knock you down, roll over you, and save your soul. Cry hallelujah, brother, and pray you don’t get in the way of the
    HOLY ROLLER!
    Rev. Thaddeus Wintergreen
    Natchez, Mississippi
    WHO WILL BE THE NEW AMERICAN HERO?

    TROUBLE COMES IN SPADES.
    That girl CLEO gets around.
Pop
, she’s here,
pop
, she’s there,
pop
, she’s just behind you. Watch out for
    CLEOPATRA!
    Cleonida Simpson
    Montgomery, Alabama
    RACHEL has the bestest collection of stuffies anywhere. They’re all so soft and cute and cuddly, just like the
    DRAGON HUNTRESS!
    Rachel Weinstein
    Bayonne, New Jersey
    An iron man from the Iron Range, WALLY has steel in his fists and a furnace for a heart. Rust never sleeps and neither does
    RUSTBELT!
    Wally “Rusty” Gunderson
    Mountain Iron, Minnesota
    The KING is the mystery man from down along the border. Where is he from? What can he do? Who dares to look beneath the mask of
    KING COBALT!
    Name unknown
    Somewhere in California
    There’s never a loser when ROSA deals the cards. Diva or demon, snake or lion, even death itself, they’re all in the hands of
    ROSA LOTERIA!
    Guadelupe Maria del Rosario Garza
    East Los Angeles, California
    ALI likes to dust things up. The girl has got a little devil in her. From the land of Elvis and the Living Gods comes
    SIMOON!
    Aliyah Malik
    Las Vegas, Nevada
    JOHN burns bright by day and night in half a hundred hues. Let those who hide in darkness cower, and beware the light of
    THE CANDLE!
    John Montano
    Durango, Colorado
    WHO WILL BE THE NEW AMERICAN HERO?

    THE DIAMONDS ARE OUR WORLD’S BEST FRIENDS.
    MICHELLE is always blowing bubbles, but best not stand too close when they start bursting. She’s
    THE AMAZING BUBBLES!
    Michelle LaFleur
    New York, New York
    HOWARD is the man that Jetboy would have been. He’s seen
The Jolson Story
, but his own tale is just beginning. Make way for
    JETMAN!
    Howard Hawkwood
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    IVAN is full of surprises. Like Mother Russia, the more you pound on him, the more you have to deal with. He’s
    MATRYOSHKA!
    Ivan Kazakova
    Brighton Beach, New York
    MEGAN was dirt-poor growing up, but now she’s learned to shine. A regular diamond in the