A Hulk-ing emerald-green figure pumped his heavy fists through the late summer mist on 29 August 2009. Each of his ground-pounding steps carried him swiftly toward a band of armored Batmen and a crimson-suited assembly of Spider-men, as he and more than 1,000 others helped CHaD, the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth in New Hampshire, to establish a new Guinness World Records™ title!

Countless cheering fans excitedly wrapped around Hanover, New Hampshire’s Dartmouth Green to see the superhero spectacle, in what turned out to be a sensational summer blockbuster event.

A legion of 1,016 superheroes charged en masse from their alternate identities as mothers, fathers, siblings, students and volunteers to help CHaD earn a new most people dressed as superheroes Guinness World Records™ achievement.

Guinness World Records adjudicator Danny Girton Jr. was on site to personally witness the grand energy of the group, as many of the record participants later galloped into the CHaD Hero Half Marathon to raise money for the children’s hospital, which according to event sources, helps to offer an extended care system "and advanced clinical services for children throughout all of New Hampshire, Vermont and beyond".

17 September 2009