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Photo: JORDAN STEAD / SEATTLEPI.COM Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Image 2 of 17 Tim and Eva Froemke, AKA Seahulk and Shehulk, embrace following a Seahawks-Broncos rally on set of the "Today" show Friday at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Jordan Stead/seattlepi.com) Tim and Eva Froemke, AKA Seahulk and Shehulk, embrace following a Seahawks-Broncos rally on set of the "Today" show Friday at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Jordan Stead/seattlepi.com) Photo: JORDAN STEAD / a SEATTLEPI.COM Image 3 of 17 The Seahulk (AKA Tim Froemke) poses after being made up in New York. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) The Seahulk (AKA Tim Froemke) poses after being made up in New York. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) Photo: Courtesy photo / Shelley Wapniak Image 4 of 17 The Seahulk and Shehulk (Seahawks fans Tim and Eva Froemke) pose for a photo after being done up in New York by body-paint artist Shelley Wapniak. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) The Seahulk and Shehulk (Seahawks fans Tim and Eva Froemke) pose for a photo after being done up in New York by body-paint artist Shelley Wapniak. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) Photo: Courtesy photo / Shelley Wapniak Image 5 of 17 Image 6 of 17 The Seahulk, whose real name is Tim Froemke, poses with bodypaint artist Shelley Wapniak in New York City. The Seahulk, whose real name is Tim Froemke, poses with bodypaint artist Shelley Wapniak in New York City. Photo: Courtesy photo / Shelley Wapniak Image 7 of 17 The Seahulk (Tim Froemke), right, embraces his wife, Eva Froemke (AKA Shehulk), following a Seahawks-Broncos rally on set of the "Today" show Friday at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Jordan Stead/seattlepi.com) less The Seahulk (Tim Froemke), right, embraces his wife, Eva Froemke (AKA Shehulk), following a Seahawks-Broncos rally on set of the "Today" show Friday at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Jordan ... more Photo: JORDAN STEAD / SEATTLEPI.COM Image 8 of 17 The Seahulk poses after getting done up in New York City. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) The Seahulk poses after getting done up in New York City. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) Photo: Courtesy photo / Shelley Wapniak Image 9 of 17 The Shehulk, whose real name is Eva Froemke, shows off her makeup following a Seahawks-Broncos rally on set of the "Today" show Friday at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Jordan Stead/seattlepi.com) less The Shehulk, whose real name is Eva Froemke, shows off her makeup following a Seahawks-Broncos rally on set of the "Today" show Friday at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Jordan ... more Photo: JORDAN STEAD / SEATTLEPI.COM Image 10 of 17 Image 11 of 17 Seahulk (Tim Froemke), Shehulk (wife Eva) and Little Hulk (brother Todd) pose for a photo with bodypaint artist Shelley Wapniak, far right, and her assistants Kelly Ann DePetro, Michelle James and Church Haley. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) less Seahulk (Tim Froemke), Shehulk (wife Eva) and Little Hulk (brother Todd) pose for a photo with bodypaint artist Shelley Wapniak, far right, and her assistants Kelly Ann DePetro, Michelle James and Church ... more Photo: Courtesy photo / Shelley Wapniak Image 12 of 17 Tim and Eva Froemke, AKA Seahulk and Shehulk, embrace following a Seahawks-Broncos rally on set of the "Today" show Friday at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Jordan Stead/seattlepi.com) Tim and Eva Froemke, AKA Seahulk and Shehulk, embrace following a Seahawks-Broncos rally on set of the "Today" show Friday at Rockefeller Center in New York City. (Jordan Stead/seattlepi.com) Photo: JORDAN STEAD / SEATTLEPI.COM Image 13 of 17 The Seahulk poses after being painted in New York. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) The Seahulk poses after being painted in New York. (Courtesy photo/Shelley Wapniak) Photo: Courtesy photo / Shelley Wapniak Image 14 of 17 The Seahulk, left, is seen among the 12th Man during the Seahawks' victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sept. 15, 2013, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) The Seahulk, left, is seen among the 12th Man during the Seahawks' victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sept. 15, 2013, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) Photo: Otto Greule Jr / Getty Images Image 15 of 17 Image 16 of 17 The Seahulk cheers his team as the Seahawks take on the New Orleans Saints on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com) The Seahulk cheers his team as the Seahawks take on the New Orleans Saints on Monday, Dec. 2, 2013, at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. (Joshua Trujillo/seattlepi.com) Photo: JOSHUA TRUJILLO / SEATTLEPI.COM Image 17 of 17 'Seahulk' superfan goes shirtless in frigid New York to cheer his Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl 1 / 17 Back to Gallery

Seahulk cold. Seahulk walk shirtless through frigid New York City. Seahulk like minor celebrity; pose for thousands of photos with other Seahawks fans and New Yorkers alike. Seahulk ready for Super Bowl!

Oh, Seahulk talk normal, too.

“It’s been crazy. I’ve probably taken 1,000 pictures, maybe 1,500 — I don’t know,” Seattle Seahawks superfan Tim Froemke, also known the Seahulk, said Friday morning in Manhattan. “I mean, I took half a dozen pictures just eating breakfast today.”

Indeed, the Seahulk is in New York and will be at Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday. Of course he will. He’s a Seahawks season-ticket holder, travels to most of the team’s road games, and even took his wild look to Detroit the last time Seattle played in the Super Bowl.

He and his wife, Eva, and brother Todd will be sitting 13 rows back in one of the end-zone sections Sunday to watch the Seahawks play the Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. It’s quite possible you’ll see him on TV, cheering on the Hawks alongside thousands of other 12th Men at the Big Game.

From a fan standpoint, this year seems different than that Super Bowl XL berth in February 2006, Froemke said. There’s more excitement, there’s more anticipation, there’s more fan fervor.

Since the Froemkes arrived in town Tuesday, they’ve had a front-row seat to the Seahawks craziness.

“The Empire State Building was blue and green when I got up this morning,” Tim Froemke said. “Detroit was so terrible; we were so out-manned in Detroit. It was all Pittsburgh (fans), because it’s so close for Pittsburgh to get there. It just wasn’t a fair shake. Here, I think we’re going to get a fair shake.”

It sure seemed that way Friday. As one walked around Midtown, one passed far more Seahawks fans than Broncos fans on the streets. At a live broadcast of NBC’s “Today” show, a large contingent of the 12th Man braved sub-freezing temperatures as Matt Lauer, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Natalie Morales and Carson Daly did their thing at Rockefeller Center. The Broncos cheering section was remarkably smaller.

Froemke was one of the Seahawks fans who showed up to the “Today” telecast, during which Seattle Mayor Ed Murray and Denver Mayor Michael Hancock made a Super Bowl bet. Representatives from Seattle’s Space Needle also appeared with a giant 12th Man flag signed by hundreds of fans and celebrities (Roker autographed it Friday), and members of the Sea Gals cheered on the Hawks.

But while most people woke up slightly early to get to the 8 a.m. (Eastern time) broadcast, the Froemkes got up hours beforehand to get ready. Every day this week, Tim Froemke has undergone two to three hours of body-painting to achieve his Seahulk look. Eva Froemke, AKA She-hulk, gets her body airbrushed, as well. Todd Froemke, who went paintless Friday, generally gets his face done to transform into “Little Hulk.”

They hired Shelley Wapniak, a New York caricature artist who specializes in face and body paint, to make them up all week long.

“Wherever he goes, every away game, he finds someone in that state. And then when he’s in Seattle he has a painter who paints him there,” Wapniak said of Tim Froemke. “Yesterday I brought us a crew — I brought three other artists. Two of them painted her, me and another artist painted him, and then (Todd’s) face. And that took three hours.”

The whole production makes for a much different experience than that of most Seahawks fans who are in New York this week. The typical 12th Man can just throw on a jersey or a sweatshirt; Seahulk, Shehulk and Little Hulk don’t have that luxury.

“I’m tired, man. We’ve been getting home at midnight, getting up at 4 to do it again,” Tim Froemke said. “It’s like $250 to $300 a day to get painted. … And I’m running around with no shirt on every day.”

Seahulk cold. Seahulk exhausted. But Seahulk do it for beloved Seahawks.

“I’m really excited about the whole team,” he said. “They just never give up. These guys never give up. We’re down 21-0 to Tampa Bay (on Nov. 3 in Seattle) and we came back and won. (The NFC Championship game) was terrible — one of our worst games. (Russell Wilson) fumbled the ball the very first play. We did everything wrong you could do wrong, and still came back and won. They just fight. They find a way.”

Froemke is, of course, predicting a Seahawks victory Sunday. He thinks Seattle’s league-best defense will shock Peyton Manning and the Broncos. Meanwhile, he expects wide receiver Percy Harvin to spark the Seahawks’ offense and propel them to a 40-10 victory.

This team has too much heart, attitude and raw power to lose Sunday, Froemke said. Who would have guessed the Seahulk’s favorite part of these 2013 Seahawks is their hitting?

“They hit as hard as anybody in football,” he said. “Most people say — even the 49ers said it, and they don’t like us — they said we’re the hardest-hitting team in football. That’s a compliment coming from the 49ers, because they’re right up there too; they’re usually the hardest-hitting team. But we are this year.”

Visit seattlepi.com for more Seattle news. Contact Nick Eaton at nickeaton@seattlepi.com or @njeaton.