This Thursday, the new “reality” series Who Wants to Be a Superhero? will premiere on SciFi, the channel that brought you Battlestar Galactica and Mansquito. Eleven superheroes will compete with one another for the grandest of prizes: a comic book developed with Stan Lee and a SciFi Channel movie.

With the exception of the second season of The Mole and accidental exposure to an all-day marathon of The Amazing RaceI was not granted super powers. on Bravo last year, I generally avoid reality television, but Stan Lee and SciFi know just how to push my buttons; I’ve already got the Season Pass for Who Wants to Be a Superhero? set up in the TiVo and my expectations set very, very low.

More on this soon, I expect.