# Superhero API (akabab)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/superheroes/  
**Website:** https://akabab.github.io/superhero-api/api/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

Open-source REST API exposing 731 superheroes and villains drawn from multiple comic universes (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and more) under a single, unauthenticated JSON surface. The dataset is rebuilt from the original superheroapi.com source, cleaned up, and republished as static JSON files served from GitHub Pages and the jsDelivr CDN. Each character includes powerstats, appearance, biography, work, connections, and a multi-resolution image set.

## Kin Score — 31.2 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 31.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 60.2 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 21.5 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **Superhero API (akabab) Appearance API** — Per-character physical appearance slices.
- **Superhero API (akabab) Biography API** — Per-character biographical slices.
- **Superhero API (akabab) Characters API** — Full character records and the consolidated dataset.
- **Superhero API (akabab) Connections API** — Per-character group affiliations and relatives.
- **Superhero API (akabab) Images API** — Multi-resolution character image assets.
- **Superhero API (akabab) Powerstats API** — Per-character powerstats slices (intelligence, strength, etc.).
- **Superhero API (akabab) Work API** — Per-character occupation and base slices.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Superheroes Agentic Access** — 8 operations

## Security (1)

- **Superheroes Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Superheroes Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Games And Comics, Superheroes, Comic Books, Open-Source, Static API, GitHub Pages, Public APIs

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/superheroes/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.