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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Sept 25, 2016 18:57:34 GMT -5
Aside from the Joker (whose identity is supposed to be revealed in the near future) are there any other villains or even heroes whose true identities have never been revealed to us as readers?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 20:37:04 GMT -5
this likely should go in the Ask a Question thread, as that will get you more answers, I'd bet. but did we ever find out who truly is behind the Kang mask? and of course, there's always "the Unknown Soldier"  |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Sept 25, 2016 23:44:09 GMT -5
It is my understanding that when The Shadow originally began to appear in the pulp magazines, his identity remained ambiguous. It could have been a number of people who helped him on his cases. When the radio show began, I guess to simplify things a bit, his ID was established as Lamont Cranston. Not sure if that ID became definitive as well later on in the pulps. And I don't recall how DC Comics established his ID either, though I suppose it would also have been Lamont Cranston since the radio show probably made the biggest imprint in the public's mind
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Post by chadwilliam on Sept 26, 2016 0:26:22 GMT -5
The Tick Dr. Claw (from Inspector Gadget - and what about Inspector Gadget, did he have a name? Or an origin?). What about The Red Skull? I know he has a name, but have we ever seen his face other than as an aged man 'round about Captain America 300 and perhaps in flashbacks as a bellhop? Judge Dredd How about The Gentleman Ghost? Real name, yes; but have we seen his real face? Bane
The Green Turtle was an interesting golden age super hero whose face was apparently never even shown in the comics. Instead, the artist always chose to have it be obscured by something. I heard a recent theory that the hero was meant to be Asian. This supposedly wasn't considered acceptable and so rather than change the character's race, his face was almost always conveniently blocked by something.
I should note that there is at least one cover where his face can be seen, but given that this was such a rare occurrence I think the oddity's still worth remarking upon. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2016 0:48:48 GMT -5
Well a lot was "revealed" about the Green Turtle in the Shadow Hero OGN and strips by Gene Yang and Sonny Lieu...    published by First Second in 2014. -M |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 26, 2016 2:17:31 GMT -5
this likely should go in the Ask a Question thread, as that will get you more answers, I'd bet. but did we ever find out who truly is behind the Kang mask? Kang has been shown unmasked several times. He's supposedly Nathaniel Richards, a 30th century descendant of Reed Richards's father. |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 26, 2016 2:21:02 GMT -5
It is my understanding that when The Shadow originally began to appear in the pulp magazines, his identity remained ambiguous. It could have been a number of people who helped him on his cases. When the radio show began, I guess to simplify things a bit, his ID was established as Lamont Cranston. Not sure if that ID became definitive as well later on in the pulps. And I don't recall how DC Comics established his ID either, though I suppose it would also have been Lamont Cranston since the radio show probably made the biggest imprint in the public's mind As I understand it, the Shadow's original name was Kent Allard, a soldier of fortune. Lamont Cranston is a socialite whose identity he took on much as the Golden Age Wonder Woman 'borrowed' the identity of Diana Prince. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Sept 26, 2016 4:04:20 GMT -5
this likely should go in the Ask a Question thread, as that will get you more answers, I'd bet. but did we ever find out who truly is behind the Kang mask? Kang has been shown unmasked several times. He's supposedly Nathaniel Richards, a 30th century descendant of Reed Richards's father. Basically any time Rama-Tut or Immortus shows up, we see Kang unmasked. Have we ever learned Rogue's real name? (Anna Raven is obviously an alias). |
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Post by tingramretro on Sept 26, 2016 4:11:04 GMT -5
Kang has been shown unmasked several times. He's supposedly Nathaniel Richards, a 30th century descendant of Reed Richards's father. Basically any time Rama-Tut or Immortus shows up, we see Kang unmasked. Have we ever learned Rogue's real name? (Anna Raven is obviously an alias). Her name is Anna-Marie, but we don't know her last name. |
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Post by pinkfloydsound17 on Sept 26, 2016 6:25:44 GMT -5
The Tick Dr. Claw (from Inspector Gadget - and what about Inspector Gadget, did he have a name? Or an origin?). What about The Red Skull? I know he has a name, but have we ever seen his face other than as an aged man 'round about Captain America 300 and perhaps in flashbacks as a bellhop? Judge Dredd How about The Gentleman Ghost? Real name, yes; but have we seen his real face? Bane
The Green Turtle was an interesting golden age super hero whose face was apparently never even shown in the comics. Instead, the artist always chose to have it be obscured by something. I heard a recent theory that the hero was meant to be Asian. This supposedly wasn't considered acceptable and so rather than change the character's race, his face was almost always conveniently blocked by something.
I should note that there is at least one cover where his face can be seen, but given that this was such a rare occurrence I think the oddity's still worth remarking upon. Bane has an identity that was explored. He was also shown unmasked several times during Knightfall if memory serves me. |
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Post by shaxper on Sept 26, 2016 7:25:21 GMT -5
Any character who lasts long enough will eventually get unmasked and named, if only to sell a few more comics in the short term. Didn't they even do this for the Joker recently?
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Post by Cei-U! on Sept 26, 2016 7:32:27 GMT -5
IIRC, the Mole Man's real name has never been revealed. There are also scores of Golden Age villains who never received civilian identities (or origins, for that matter).
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Post by wildfire2099 on Sept 26, 2016 8:20:52 GMT -5
this likely should go in the Ask a Question thread, as that will get you more answers, I'd bet. but did we ever find out who truly is behind the Kang mask? Kang has been shown unmasked several times. He's supposedly Nathaniel Richards, a 30th century descendant of Reed Richards's father. Didn't that back off they to make him the Vision in the future? I think that's what they did in Young Avengers, anyway(he was also 'Iron Lad')...and I feel like they went with that in Waid's ANAD Avengers book. For Judge Dredd... I thought there was an origin story out there for him, they just don't ever show the top half of his face. I can' really think of any semi-major characters where we don't know all about them... that's kinda sad. |
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Post by Dizzy D on Sept 26, 2016 8:35:35 GMT -5
IIRC, the Mole Man's real name has never been revealed. There are also scores of Golden Age villains who never received civilian identities (or origins, for that matter). Cei-U! I summon the ID card! Mole Man's real name was of course Hans. (More seriously, I remember people calling him "Harvey" but I don't know if his last name was ever mentioned). |
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Post by Dizzy D on Sept 26, 2016 8:39:20 GMT -5
Kang has been shown unmasked several times. He's supposedly Nathaniel Richards, a 30th century descendant of Reed Richards's father. Didn't that back off they to make him the Vision in the future? I think that's what they did in Young Avengers, anyway(he was also 'Iron Lad')...and I feel like they went with that in Waid's ANAD Avengers book. For Judge Dredd... I thought there was an origin story out there for him, they just don't ever show the top half of his face. I can' really think of any semi-major characters where we don't know all about them... that's kinda sad. Kang's timeline basically goes: Nathaniel Richards > Iron Lad > Kid Immortus > Rama Tut > Kang > Rama Tut (again) > Kang&Immortus. (Avengers Forever made it so he split into 2 persons, with one incarnation becoming Immortus and another remaining Kang. And then there is another split where he becomes the Scarlet Centurion.) Problem is that Kang and his various versions repeatedly recross their own timelines so that they change their past leading to different versions (Iron Lad knows who Kang is and works (and fails) to prevent himself from ever becoming Kang. Likewise Kang and Immortus) |
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