Like volunteers across the city, superheroes are in Houston, and they’re here to help

Screen shot of Twitter.com/@BeautifuImages' post

Superheroes are a common part of our escapist entertainment, be it through a comic book or major motion picture or TV show.

Videos by Rare

This week, superheroes are working in a different role, however, taking a step into reality as they come forward to help victims of Hurricane Harvey.

A friendly neighborhood wall-crawler entertained children at a local shelter, while a “merc with a mouth” delivered more than one-liners to those in need.

Spider-Man entertained children at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston, where the costumed hero chatted with young children, passed out stickers and even made a few adults take notice and smile.

The convention center is serving as a makeshift shelter for more than 10,000 people displaced by floods from the torrential rains.

RELATED: Not all superheroes wear capes

Another character who made an appearance at the GRB shelter was the man who goes by the name “Houston Deadpool.”

The red-clad comic character is the alter ego of real-life a former U.S. Army Specialist.

[protected-iframe id=”80fae778c7d8b17530f0f8c9260d48a9-46934866-19043498″ info=”https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FKHOU11%2Fvideos%2F10156767175704062%2F&show_text=0&width=560″ width=”560″ height=”315″ frameborder=”0″ style=”border:none;overflow:hidden” scrolling=”no”]

Wearing a combination of the comic character’s red spandex and his army battle fatigues, he told a local TV station he received a call from U.S. Congresswoman Shiela Jackson Lee to let him know “she needed to get some food from one side of Houston to the other.”

While this method is not quite as dramatic as Commissioner Gordon lighting the Bat-Signal, it was effective in helping to deliver a large food shipment to those in need.

RELATED: Jeb Bush should take diplomacy tips from Supergirl’s graceful response to his “compliment”

Houston Deadpool mentioned he and his group brought in several trays from a restaurant, just like Congresswoman Lee requested.

No word on if the food shipments included chimichangas.

We apologize for the language of Houston Deadpool’s silver screen cousin.

The Texas version knows not to be so crass in front of kids.

A big thank you to Houston’s heroes!

What do you think?

Tyler Perry stands up for Joel Osteen with a donation for Hurricane Harvey relief

Houston is mourning the lives of two of two volunteer heroes, and two others are still lost