The origin of the 2006 All-Con Super Hero Sunday (last year) comes from a near-miss with the Sci-Fi Channel nearly selecting All-Con as an official tryout location for season 1 of "Who Wants To Be A Super Hero?". After a large promotional effort by the convention to draw in unique heroes, Sci-Fi decided to hold the tryouts elsewhere, but all of our heroes had a blast at All-Con anyway!

Some heroes take themselves very seriously. Others are a bit more comical. Some are just plain spontaneous. All you need a name, a 'costume', and a back story.

Consider the hero "Camera Man". He's a super hero who (temporarily) blinds his foes with a camera flash and then videos their capture. The video is used for evidence, the 'blinding' photo is used as their mug shot, and both are uploaded to the internet as Public Service Announcement crime deterrents. Camera Man's secret identity is a 35 year-old freelance photographer. His secret 'blinding' flash was given to him by a grey alien after a solar eclipse. Camera Man has one super power, which is that he can make his subject briefly stop-and-pose, no matter what crime they're in the midst of committing. His weakness is that the flash is so bright, it goes through batteries after only 2-3 flashes and he has to stop and reload. Worse, he has sweaty palms which often causes him to drop his fresh batteries when reloading in the middle of danger.

(This is an example of a sillier hero, but you get the idea. Anybody can have some fun and do this.) The Heroes: Values and Virtues pageant involves an indepth interview with your Hero (in character) to learn all about him or her. Typically the best thought out Heroes have come out on top, although improv Heroes have also faired well. The winner of the All-Con "Heroes: Values and Virtues" pageant will receive the special "Most Honored Hero" trophy for 2009.