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Bucketman My vision of Bucketman is one of a strong-willed man recovering from street addictions. Yes, every superhero has a weakness. Just as Superman's nemesis was Kryptonite, Bucketman's is a certain narcotic. He is an intelligent, but still lonely man who goes through most days happy. Sometimes, though, he has a bad day due to some outwardly mean people who may see him coming and kick trash in his path or tilt a garbage can over just to see him pick or sweep it up. People sometimes simply laugh at him or say mean things about him cleaning THEIR STREETS. Bucketman ignores them and does his job -- a darn good job! He has better days when he sees a park he has cleaned and he glows -- a spectra of grandiosity -- when he sees the innocence and appreciation in a child's face. But at night!! Bucketman is a super superhero, stopping crime, capturing drug dealers, stopping bullets with his mighty bucket, rescuing kittens from trees by tossing it in the air, VROOOM! Spinning like a tornado, it brings the kitten down safely. Only one man knows of Bucketman's weakness. And that one man can destroy him.                                   -- Michael Anthony von Rickenbacker