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Comic-book superheroes used to be simple folk, dedicated to righting the world's wrongs and looking stunning in full-body tights. Then a funny thing happened on the way to big-screen supremacy: Superheroes began to seem a little...disturbed. Starting with 1989's Batman, in which Tim Burton re-imagined the icon as an excessively violent vigilante, the costumed crime fighters of the multiplex would progressively display some seriously questionable behavior. Fast-forward to 19 years later, and the idea of an emotionally unstable, severely neurotic, totally screwed-up superhero coming to a theater near you is now the norm. How screwed-up, you ask? We've consulted the latest edition of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) -- the reference guide for categorizing mental illnesses -- in order to get a glimpse into the heads of the Screen Superhero Class of 2008. Let's just say the results aren't pretty. Remember: These are the good guys. [Gulp.]
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