Gallery: Unemployed Man Is the Unofficial Superhero of Occupy Wall Street

  • The Slotbot 3000
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    *The Slotbot 3000, a 16-foot-tall robotic representation of the New York Stock Exchange, squares off against Unemployed Man in a "Superheroes versus Economic Supervillains" event Monday in New York's Zucotti Park.*
  • Gan Golan as Unemployed Man and Robert Segal as Krug Man
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    *Gan Golan, left, author of* Unemployed Man, *poses as the title character from his graphic novel and Robert Segal poses as Krug Man for a superheroes march to the New York Stock Exchange on Halloween.*
  • The Slotbot 3000
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    *The Slotbot 3000 is part of the Halloween street theater organized by Gan Golan, who created the robot supervillain and other characters in* Unemployed Man, *his graphic novel that comments on financial corruption.*
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    *The Slotbot 3000's wheel of doom.*
  • Alan Yang dresses up as Captain Generica for a superheroes march to the New York Stock Exchange on October 31st 2011. ...
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    *Alan Yang dresses up as Captain Generica for Monday's superheroes march to the New York Stock Exchange.*
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    *Working-class superheroes stop for a photo opp in front of a Trump building during Monday's march to the New York Stock Exchange.*
  • Betsy Richards dresses up as Wonder Mother
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    *Betsy Richards dresses up as Wonder Mother for Monday's superheroes march to the New York Stock Exchange. Richards is a working mother of two children.*
  • Working class superheroes march to the New York Stock Exchange on October 31st 2011. Gan Golan author of the graphic novel
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    working-class-superheroes-march-to-the-new-york-stock-exchange-on-october-31st-2011-gan-golan-author-of-the-graphic-novel

    *Chris Cobb, right, who has dressed as a Fox News cameraman during the Occupy Wall Street protest, jumps into Monday's fray as a supervillain.*
  • Robert Segal dresses up as Krug Man
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    *Robert Segal dresses as Krug Man, based on economist Paul Krugman during Monday's march. Segal claims Krug Man is here to "smash supply-side follies."*
  • Mark Read dresses as Master of Degrees
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    *Mark Read dresses as Master of Degrees, a superhero weighed down by student loans. Read, an adjunct professor at New York University, says he is an "academic temp slave."*
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