In the public imagination, the heroic image has long been the dominant one.

These heroic images looked so modern in the 1920's that they were copied by Steuben and others.

Her eyes misted at this heroic image, and she poured herself a brandy.

Rolland believed that the people would be improved by seeing heroic images of their past.

His escape, one officer said, has enhanced his heroic image.

It also imparts a heroic image to 7-Eleven's store brands.

A book like that, I said, might make people think he was trying to build a heroic image so he could run for President.

Anyone could put on a heroic image in this plane, or appear as some dreadful monster.

"We Palestinians badly need to shift from the heroic image to simple, normal life," he said.

Women have particularly diverse approaches to the heroic image.