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Post by Jesse on Aug 7, 2017 14:47:58 GMT -5
I was recently reading through some issues of Flash Comics and noticed that Jay Garrick didn't keep his identity as The Flash a secret as early as his first appearance. Not only was Joan aware but criminals seemed to know who he was as well. I'm wondering if this is one of the earliest superheroes to not have a secret identity? There are a couple I thought of right away like the Fantastic Four, probably Captain America and Doctor Strange too. I know Iron Man used to but at what point does Tony Stark reveal to the world that he's Iron Man? How many other superheros are there without Secret Identities?
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Post by LovesGilKane on Aug 7, 2017 15:22:10 GMT -5
probably tons. Nexus, for one. Grimjack. Dr. Strange. Adam Warlock. the list goes on.
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Post by Confessor on Aug 7, 2017 16:02:02 GMT -5
There are a couple I thought of right away like the Fantastic Four... There's the weird situation in the early '60s though where Johnny Storm is widely known as the Human Torch in FF, but is keeping his identity secret over in the pages of Strange Tales. That was just a goof on Stan Lee's part though. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 7, 2017 16:56:52 GMT -5
There are a couple I thought of right away like the Fantastic Four... There's the weird situation in the early '60s though where Johnny Storm is widely known as the Human Torch in FF, but is keeping his identity secret over in the pages of Strange Tales. That was just a goof on Stan Lee's part though. I'm not so sure that was Stan's fault. Stan just plotted those stories. Larry Lieber scripted them and my understanding is that he worked with full scripts not Marvel method. I suspect it was probably Lieber's fault. On the other hand, Stan was the editor of the book, so he should have caught it. But given his work-load at the time I don't think that there was a ton of editing going on. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2017 17:04:34 GMT -5
And, in the Iron Man movies starring Robert Downey Jr. ... he told the world that's he's Iron Man!
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 7, 2017 17:09:02 GMT -5
Elongated Man ditched his secret ID.
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Post by batusi on Aug 7, 2017 22:06:06 GMT -5
Luke Cage, Power Man.
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 8, 2017 0:21:23 GMT -5
Janet Van Dyne and Hank Pym
T'Challa
Ralph Dibny
Zatara
Zatanna
Hulk (more or less)
Stephen Strange
Ted Knight (at least, in later years)
Ted Grant (in later years)
Post-Crisis Wonder Woman
Wonder Man
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 1:02:03 GMT -5
except Luke Cage is an alias a name he adopted after escaping prison, his real name he never uses or lets people know. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2017 8:09:54 GMT -5
Does Wonder Girl/Donna Troy use her ID anymore? Isn't she just known as Donna Troy now? I recall a panel in the NTT series where she muses that she didn't do much to protect her ID and was surprised more people hadn't connected Donna and Wonder Girl.
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Post by batusi on Aug 8, 2017 8:57:17 GMT -5
Do any of the Legion of Super Heroes have secret identities?
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 8, 2017 10:11:40 GMT -5
Do any of the Legion of Super Heroes have secret identities? Not in any meaningful way. Depending on who did the writing, it seemed to be public knowledge; certainly when Colossal Boy's mother was the President of Earth. The superhero names were standard comic book stuff; but, they tended to be used more like a pilot's call sign. |
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Post by Jesse on Aug 15, 2017 13:04:15 GMT -5
And, in the Iron Man movies starring Robert Downey Jr. ... he told the world that's he's Iron Man! I'm curious at want point in the comics does Tony Stark reveal that he's Iron Man. Was in pretty early or is it a more modern issue? Elongated Man ditched his secret ID. Was that as early as the Carmine Infantino run? Does Wonder Girl/Donna Troy use her ID anymore? Isn't she just known as Donna Troy now? I don't think the current new 52/Rebirth version has ever gone by Wonder Girl. |
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Post by dbutler69 on Aug 15, 2017 13:16:55 GMT -5
Elongated Man ditched his secret ID. Was that as early as the Carmine Infantino run? I don't know exactly when he ditched his secret identity, but it was pretty early on. In the 60's, I think. |
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Post by MDG on Aug 15, 2017 13:24:09 GMT -5
Was that as early as the Carmine Infantino run? I don't know exactly when he ditched his secret identity, but it was pretty early on. In the 60's, I think. It was before he got his solo strip in Detective. |
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