They usually stay in the shadows, their identities hidden beneath masks.
But now one real-life superhero has come forward to admit that she is the enigma prowling New York City’s streets, helping the homeless and abandoned animals.
By night, Prowler wears black spandex, clawed gloves and a red and black cat mask to patrol around Brooklyn. But by day, she is Nicole Abramovici, a 31-year-old clutter organiser.
By night: Nicole Abramovici poses as Prowler during her patrol in Brooklyn, New York City. Well into the small hours of the morning, she seeks to help the homeless while dressed as a real-life Catwoman
By day: Abramovici, 31, works as a clutter organiser and tells very few people of her second identity
Abramovici devised her alter-ego Prowler after seeing a newspaper article about male superheroes patrolling the city.
‘I am one of the very few females active as a real life superhero,’ said Abramovici, a member of the Big Apple chapter of Superheroes Anonymous.
‘I wanted to help the homeless and the abandoned animals of New York, so pretty much immediately I decided on the name Prowler.
‘A prowler usually is a negative force, someone who creeps around at night, looking to see if they can burgle, or like a skulking cat. But I wanted to make the prowler a force for good.’
For her own safety, she patrols with male superheroes as she searches for homeless people to shower with toiletries, such as toothpaste.
She seeks out the needy with her superhero mentor 'Life'.
Force for good: Prowler gives homeless people supplies and looks to save animals abandoned on the streets
On the prowl: She is part of a growing trend across the U.S. of masked citizens taking to the streets to help
‘I don't really think it makes a difference if you are male or female,’ Life said. ‘It is about helping people when you can and in the safest possible way.
‘Prowler has always been very street savvy so my job was to show her the ropes as a superhero. She has been very helpful because she speaks Spanish and I don't.’
Abramovici said she is inspired by the classic female superheroes of comics and films.
‘I always thought Cat Woman or Bat Girl were super hot and empowered,’ she said.
‘I feel the same person under the costume, but I definitely think it gets attention, makes the homeless smile and makes accepting my help easier.’
Real life: Abramovici was inspired to become Prowler after reading about male 'superheroes' in the city
But unlike the superheroes of comic books and films, Abramovici is happy to reveal her identity.
‘Both of my parents know me as Prowler, but they don't talk much to me about it,’ she said.
‘I am daddy's girl, so he worries the most, but they know I'm an adventurous person, and they trust me.’
'I don't really think it makes a difference if you are male or female. It is about helping people when you can and in the safest possible way'
But she’s uncertain how future flames might take the news.
‘I have never shared with anyone I was dating that I was a real life superhero,’ she said.
'I am seeing two guys right now, but if they find out I'm a superhero, I hope they'll support me.'
‘If guys I'm dating see this I hope they'll still treat me exactly the same. I'm still the same person.’
There is a growing trend or real-life superheroes across the country, with movements throughout Salt Lake City, Boston, San Fransisco and Milwaukee.
Some arm themselves with pepper spray or batons, and wear inventive costumes, from clowns to hawks.
Trend: One of the most high-profile superheroes in the country is Phoenix Jones of Seattle, Washington
Secret's out: But he was unmasked in October when he was accused of assaulting women with pepper spray
But some of the more high-profile masked crusaders have found themselves the subject of trouble after muscling in on the police’s ground.
Phoenix Jones from Seattle, Washington was arrested in October after police said he pepper-sprayed people while trying to break up a fight.
The 23-year-old, part of the Rain City Superhero Movement, claims to have broken up knife fights, caught drug dealers and been stabbed in the line of duty.
In January he sustained a broken nose after he was held at gun point and beaten up by two men.
Others are more harmless, such as Terrifica, who patrolled New York bars through the 2000s.
Only identified as Sarah from Brooklyn, she would wear red spandex to prevent men taking advantage of women.
She distracted men chatting up vulnerable girls in bars to give women the chance to escape.
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