It would be great to kick off this post with an insightful quote about superheroes and the duality of man and all that, but our forced pretentiousness would only serve as a distraction to Simon C. Page's latest series of poster prints titled "Hero and Villain." The three prints -- which can be seen and ordered on Page's blog -- take old "is a candlestick or two people kissing" optical illusion and combines them into a series of eye-popping, fanboy-approved masterpieces, suitable for framing and guaranteed to strike up conversation.

Try for yourself to see both characters in the visual throwdowns between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, and Batman and the Penguin below.

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