We first met Seattle’s “real-life superhero” Phoenix Jones last October when he tried towho’s also known as amateur MMA fighter Ben Fodor, had a story that paralleled HBO’s documentary, Superheroes, about similar, self-appointed superheroes. Well now, in a move that’s either genius, obvious, inevitable, or most likely a combination of all three, a self-appointed supervillain, Rex Velvet, has emerged to challenge Phoenix Jones, whom he calls “a hobo snitch in a mask.”
“Let us rid our city of these silly, vigilante nerds.” -Rex Velvet
He has released the following video:
I support this, and eagerly await the inevitable, painfully-earnest response from Phoenix Jones. Don’t ever change, Seattle.
Seattle: A place with no real problems.
[via Gawker, et al., Rex Velvet’s Facebook Page]