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NEW YORK - The Times Square street performer, who was arrested last week in a Superman costume for assault and resisting arrest, has been arrested yet again for fleeing NYPD after a one-man protest.

This time, 23-year-old Maksim Katsnelson was lecturing tourists in Times Square, police say.

"I feel that I need to save the world just like the real Superman," said Katsnelson dressed like the Man of Steel in a New York Post video.

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NEW YORK - It was the fight of the century. Batman and Superman versus New York’s finest in all out brawl at Time Square!

And the real-life battle ended in handcuffs and blood, according to a photo-snapping eyewitness, who spoke to Crimesider in a telephone interview.

The masked crusader melee began last Thursday, when two New York City police officers approached two men dressed as superheroes performing near a Planet Hollywood at 45th Street & Broadway in Times Square.

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