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2011 was a great year for superhero movies—after all, what actor in Hollywood doesn’t want to put on a mask and slim fit tights and fight evil? And while we’ll never forget Ryan Reynolds in a green jumpsuit, we’re ready for the next batch of crime-fighting, high-tech weapon wielding hotties. Check out our top picks after the jump! Andrew Garfield in The Amazing Spider Man
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There’s no such thing as too much Andrew Garfield, the 28-year-old British actor who sky-rocketed to fame as Zuckerberg’s grounded sidekick in The Social Network. We expect to be swept off our feet by his high-flying role as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider Man, out on July 3rd, which is exactly what happened to his co-star Emma Stone (the pair of them met and started dating on set). Chris Evans in Marvel’s The Avengers
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Chris Evans isn’t the only pretty boy in Joss Whedon’s adaption of the comic book series. The star of Captain America: The First Avenger is only one member of the super-hot super hero team which includes Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Mark Ruffalo (replacing Edward Norton as the Hulk) and Robert Downey Jr. (as Ironman). That’s four great looking reasons to go see Marvel’s The Avengers on May 4th. Sam Worthington
in Wrath of the Titans.
 
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This Aussie played blue-skinned heartthrob Jake Sully in Avatar but will be looking like himself in the action-packed sequel to Clash of the Titans, hitting theaters on March 30th. He’ll be back as Perseus, the Greek mythological hero, up in arms against the gods, who are again threatening mankind. Taylor Kitsch in John Carter
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While this Canadian actor isn’t technically a superhero in Disney’s John Carter, out on June 8th, he does play a civil war solider with major fighting skills (and major abs), which earns him a place on our list. He’s no stranger to superhero roles, having played a kinetic energy wielding mutant in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. While he won’t be super-charged in John Carter, he will have his hands full, bringing peace to waring species on an alien-inhabited Mars. Tom Hardy in The Dark Knight Rises
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Holy hot British actor, Batman! For every superhero, there has to be an equally capable (at least for the first hour of the movie) super villain, and believe us, Tom Hardy’s Bane is going to give Batman a run for his money. While Bruce Wayne primarily uses gadgets to fight, Hardy described Bane’s fighting style to Empire Magazine as ” nasty. Anything from small-joint manipulation to crushing skulls, crushing rib cages, stamping on shins and knees and necks, and collarbones and snapping heads off [to] ripping out spinal columns.” Woah. Catch Tom Hardy as Bane, Batman’s gas-mask wearing nemesis in the last installment of the Dark Knight Trilogy, on July 20th.