Fantasy

The larger-than-life hero is a more common feature of Fantasy (particularly in comic-books and epic fantasy) than more realist works.

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fiction

The hero has been recorded in myths and fiction since the invention of writing.

fantasy, science fiction and apocalyptic tales

In all fantasy, science fiction and apocalyptic tales generally a hero emerges.

fictional

For the most part, the heroes are fictional, i.e., Batman, Superman, some exceptions, i.e., Hulk Hogan,

fantasy, historical, alternative history, romantic, and gothic

This huge novel is regularly thought of as being part of many genres, including fantasy, historical, alternative history, romantic, and gothic.

action hero movies

The central theme of heroes continues to reoccur in this modality and is testified by the dominance of action hero movies in the box office.

superhero

A wide range of stories can fall into the superhero category.

A narrative poem

A narrative poem on the grand scale in majestic style concerning the exploits and adventures of superhuman hero (or heroes) engaged in a quest or some serious endeavor.

In adventure fiction

In adventure fiction, the heroes are inevitably larger than life, as they exist in their own world, the one we have created with the help of the factical life of the world as the world is, as Simmel stated.

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Traditional sf

Traditional sf is hero fiction on a huge scale, but a huge scale is only when a huge scale poses as a fiction of ideas that a huge scale becomes completely pernicious.

Heroic

The Heroic figure is mostly of superheroes and gods.

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The generic Hero is the protagonist or main character of most stories, although stories may also have multiple heroes in them (for example Lord of the Rings).

plot-driven fiction

hero is plot-driven fiction and is meant to race along.

A literary epic and epic movies both

A literary epic and epic movies both have heros usuallly.

big novels

While they may be broken into separate volumes for commercial reasons, these are really just very big novels, often with multiple heroes, each surrounded by their own cast of supporting characters.

pulp fiction

It was pulp fiction at its finest, full of time travel and paradox and post apoclolyptic worlds, where the hero gets the girl, the cat, wealth, fame and revenge.

both children’s and young adult’s literature

The hero story has dominated both children’s and young adult’s literature, passing traditional values to a new generation.

movies

The hero’s journey has been part of mythology, fairy tales, epic poems, plays, legends, even to our modern day equivalent of novels and movies.