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Seattle Superhero Phoenix Jones - When a Seattle-area man approached his car on Sunday night, he noticed someone trying to break into it. But then, suddenly, a mysterious masked man -- some are calling him a "superhero" -- stepped in and chased the crook off. "From the right, this guy comes dashing in, wearing this skin-tight rubber, black and gold suit, and starts chasing him away," a man who asked to be only identified as Dan told a reporter with KIRO, Seattle's CBS affiliate. It turns out that the man who thwarted the jacking of Dan's car goes by the name of "Phoenix Jones"--and he, along with eight other members of the Rain City Superhero crime-fighting movement, patrol the streets looking to deter crimes in the making. He says that he carries a taser, mace, tear gas and a nightstick, and that his suit is equipped with a bullet-proof vest, "stab plates," and, well, a "ballistic cup." Seattle Superhero Phoenix Jones