Possible Clues:

• Evil genius's foe
• Comic strip character valued above Claudio's friend
• Stars of offering from Richard Henry Horne
• Eg, Batman; surer hope (anag.)
• Caped Crusader, perhaps, but scarcely the Ubermensch
• DC figure
• Spider-Man or the Green Lantern
• Character in action movie - such as one ac, in a couple of words
• Extraordinarily wonderful guy who could make hope surer
• Her poseur might be admirable