Citizen Superhero Crime-Fighter Changes Into Costume in Secret Comic Store Room

When a man who wishes to be known only as “Dan” returned to his parked car in a Seattle suburb one recent night, he caught a would-be thief in the act of trying to break in. But as Dan was dialing 911 for help, a masked man in a skintight black rubber costume with gold accents seemingly ran up to the vehicle out of nowhere and chased the thief off, reports KPTV of Portland, Ore. When Dan informed friends about his experience with the apparent superhero, they accused him of having had too much to drink. However, in fact, the man known to the public only as Phoenix…