Illustrator Fabian Gonzalez strips comic book characters down to their bare essence in his clever new graphic Minimalism Heroes. The 30-year-old freelance designer, who says he grew up on Marvel and DC Comics, created the image for a T-shirt competition.

In honor of his favorite superhero, Gonzalez placed an instantly identifiable icon in the upper left-hand corner. "Batman was the superhero that originally got me hooked," he told Wired.com in an e-mail. "I remember when I was a little kid on holidays, I only wanted to wear my Batman outfit year after year until it didn't fit anymore!"

Gonzalez, who lives in Miramar, Florida, published lots of art on his Lishoffs Flickr page before coming up with the superhero chart for Threadless' Minimalism Design Challenge.

Which icons represent which superheroes? Get the scoop below.

Minimalism Heroes——————-

Left to right, top to bottom

Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Superman, Gambit, Barbarella

Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Cyclops, The Incredibles

Radioactive Man, Fallout Boy, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Captain Atom, Aeon Flux

Wolverine, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, Professor X, Chapulin Colorado, The Darkness

Ben (Fantastic Four), Hellboy, He-Man, Freakazoid, The Silver Surfer, Witchblade

Spider-Man, Mandrake, Mighty Man, Green Lantern, Falcon, Atom Ant

The Phantom, Storm (X-Men), Birdman, Aquaman, Iceman, Captain Marvel

Space Ghost, Blade, Blue Falcon, Dynomutt, Flash Gordon, Bartman

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo; Plastic Man, Duffman

The Punisher, Daredevil, Hawkman, Black Vulcan, Zorro, Hancock

[via Laughing Squid]

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