Comic icon Stan Lee and the Sci Fi Channel are looking for some superheroes

Sci Fi Channel has teamed with Bruce Nash’s Nash Entertainment (Meet My Folks, For Love or Money, Who Wants to Marry My Dad?) and legendary comic book creator Stan Lee (Spider-Man, Hulk, The Fantastic Four, X-Men) to produce a six-episode - one-hour weekly competition reality series.

The series will challenge the lucky few to create their very own superhero and reward the winner with the best reality competition prize yet: immortality! All the contestants will need is an original idea, a killer costume and some real superhero mojo. The winner of this six-week competition will walk away with their superhero immortalized in a new comic book created by Stan Lee himself! In a nationwide open casting call, potential heroes arrived in costume to prove their mettle - revealing the true nature of their superhuman abilities and invoking the noble credos by which they live. From these thousands of hopefuls, Stan Lee chose 11 lucky finalists to move into a secret lair and compete for the opportunity to become a real-life Superhero! The finalists chosen by the icon include Lemuria, The Iron Enforcer, Cell Phone Girl, Feedback, Monkey Woman, Creature, Levity, Nitro G, Major Victory, Fat Momma, and Ty'Veculus. The group will leave their former lives behind and live as their brainchild heroes 24/7 - all under Stan Lee’s watchful eye. Each week, our aspiring heroes will be challenged with competitions designed to test their true superhero abilities. It’s not all just leaping tall buildings in a single bound - a true Superhero will be tested for courage, integrity, self-sacrifice, compassion and resourcefulness. In the end, only one aspiring Superhero will have the strength and nobility to open the gates to comic book immortality.The series is set to premiere on the Sci Fi Channel at 9 p.m./ 8 p.m. on Thursday, July 27th. Visit the show’s website for more information on the characters, and the new series.