'Phoenix Jones' is unmasked, but not alone: Five other real-life superheroes

Phoenix Jones is not alone. Here are five other costumed vigilantes who prowl the streets in the name of fighting what they perceive as crime.

3. "Master Legend" – Winter Park, Fla.

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By day: Self-employed carpenter.

By night: After growing up in an increasingly abusive home, Master Legend began fighting crime in 1982 at age 16. Today, armed with his weapon of choice – a Master Blaster personal cannon, which is a modified potato gun (we don't know that that is, either) – Master Legend's brushes with evil run the gamut. In interviews with local news outlets, he claims to have fought murderers, child molesters, and crack dealers. But his shining moment came in 2004 when the local sheriff's office commended him for helping to save people in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley.

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