A pretty emotive and reflective look on how heroes affected many of us when we were growing up.
(1960-2010)
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"Growing Up Heroes brings back vivid memories of our own attempts to be heroes when we were uncomplicated, over-imaginative, nerdy kids." (Wired)
"This adorable site collects user-submitted photos of folks dressed as heroes when they were tots. The variety is amazing." (The Huffington Post)
"A fantastic new tumblr." (The Daily Dish)
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Spiderman, Batman, and Superman 1999. Somehow putting on these PJ’s before beb seemed toerase all ideas of sleep :) (submitted by Kathy Little)
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My personal super-heroe,without him I know for sure that I wouldn’t be here. (submitted by karen)
Not sure how to describe it. Early 1980’s huge fan of superman, parents got nagged into submission, but bought a pijama set because they didn’t want to go around with their son in costume during the day. (submitted by Epilef)
