Spiderman, Daredevil, the Hulk, Ironman, the X-Men, the Fantastic 4. Super heroes have always fascinated, both youngsters and adults alike, in part because they always managed to save the day and defeat the bad guys, in other because of the incredible powers that they wielded. I honestly can't think of anyone (especially the boys) who didn't imagine at least once in his childhood that he was one of those superheroes he was watching on television or read about in comic books. The increasing number of movies and games that have invaded our PC's, consoles and cinemas in the past years stand testament to the ongoing success of comic book characters, almost 70 years since Superman's first appearance in Action Comics #1. Realizing the potential of a comic book based game, cumulated with the undeniable success of massively multiplayer online games, like Asheron's Call, Ultima Online or Everquest, Cryptic Studios decided that the company's first title would be a MMORPG. This time however there would be no elves, dwarves, dragons or orcs. This time, super heroes where going to be the main characters of the game. Thus City of Heroes (CoH) was born. Released in the summer of 2004 in the United States, CoH was received very well, both by the gaming community and the game press alike, thanks to it's quality gameplay, new universe in a market over-crowded with fantasy MMORPG's and the lack of most problems inherent to newly launched online games, like bugs, connection problems and such.