Secret Identity

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A person leading a double life. Many comic book characters have one and sometimes the plot of their stories is keeping their secret identities a secret.

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Overview

A secret identity is an alternate identity a figure assumes to voluntarily hide who they are. For example, the comic book character Superman's secret identity is that of Clark Kent, a mild-mannered reporter that blends into the crowd. By maintaining his secret identity, Superman, as Clark, can maintain a life outside of fighting crime and take refuge from his foes.

A secret identity is often a closely guarded secret. Many comic book story arcs center around the idea of a character's secret identity being sought after by villains or being outed, willingly or not. In Marvel's Civil War event, the character Spider-Man chose to reveal his identity as Peter Parker to the world. However, this act was undone in a later story arc that revised Spider-Man's history.

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Concept details

Name

Secret Identity

Aliases

Alter Ego

Games

• 999: 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors (Game)
• AI: The Somnium Files (Game)
• Arkadian Warriors (Game)
• Batman Begins (Game)
• Batman: Arkham Origins (Game)
• Beneath a Steel Sky (Game)
• BioShock 2 (Game)
• Bookworm Adventures (Game)
• Broken Age (Game)
• Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (Game)
• Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (Game)
• Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Game)
• Club Penguin (Game)
• Coraline: The Game (Game)
• Dead Space (Game)
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• Dragonsphere (Game)
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• Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist (Game)
• Gemini Rue (Game)
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• Has franchises: Mario (Franchise), Mario RPG (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), Persona (Franchise), Batman (Franchise), DC Universe (Franchise), LEGO Batman (Franchise), Superman (Franchise), Batman: Arkham (Franchise), Spider-Man (Franchise), StarCraft (Franchise), Touch! Generations (Franchise), Jak and Daxter (Franchise), Paper Mario (Franchise), Zero Escape (Franchise), Dragon Quest (Franchise), Bookworm (Franchise), Resident Evil (Franchise), System Shock (Franchise), BioShock (Franchise), Fallout (Franchise), Ace Attorney (Franchise), Professor Layton (Franchise), Hotel Dusk (Franchise), Monkey Island (Franchise), Original Generation (Franchise), Super Robot Taisen (Franchise), LEGO (Franchise), Ouendan (Franchise), Peanuts (Franchise), Puzzle Quest (Franchise), Dead Space (Franchise), Tapper (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Batman (Character), Catwoman (Character), Flash (Character), Green Lantern (Character), Superman (Character), Zelda (Character), King Daphnes Nohansen Hyrule (Character), R.O.B. (Character), Steve Rogers (Character), Wolverine (Character), Deadpool (Character), Eddie Brock (Character), Peter Parker (Character), Red Hulk (Character), Black Cat (Character), Captain Marvel (Character), Daredevil (Character), Ghost Rider (Character), Moon Knight (Character), The Hulk (Character), Tony Stark (Character), Zoom (Character), Black Canary (Character), Green Arrow (Character), Superboy (Character), Tim Drake (Character), Bart Simpson (Character), Jason Todd (Character), Man-Bat (Character), Bullseye (Character), Taskmaster (Character), Samir Duran (Character), Bernie Crane (Character), Takuma Sakazaki (Character), Father Bella (Character), Jak (Character), Reeve Tuesti (Character), Piccolo (Character), Gohan (Character), Master Roshi (Character), The Great Saiyaman (Character), Videl (Character), Misty Fey (Character), Ini Miney (Character), Calisto Yew (Character), Tyrell Badd (Character), Vyers (Character), Garcian Smith (Character), Harman Smith (Character), Yoshimitsu (Character), Ryoji Mochizuki (Character), Messiah (Character), Red Tornado (Character), Benikage (Character), Margarete Zelle (Character), The Illusive Man (Character), Jack the Ripper (Character), L (Character), Light Yagami (Character), Mello (Character), Near (Character), War Machine (Character), Shiki Misaki (Character), Hannah Montana (Character), Snotty Ragsdale (Character), Galenth Dysley (Character), Raven (Character), Ophelia (Character), Robert Foster (Character), Zobek (Character), Thanatos (Character), King Bradley (Character), Darkwing Duck (Character), Adam Park (Character), Aisha Campbell (Character), Billy Cranston (Character), Kimberly Hart (Character), Rocky DeSantos (Character), Tommy Oliver (Character), Jason Lee Scott (Character), Kat Hillard (Character), Trini Kwan (Character), Zack Taylor (Character), Pharos (Character), Snoopy (Character), Ranma Saotome (Character), Question (Character), Rorschach (Character), Mizar (Character), Joachim Valentine (Character), Kallen Kozuki (Character), Villetta Nu (Character), Lelouch Lamperouge (Character), Flippy (Character), Ovan (Character), Cow (Character), Betty Ross (Character), Serenade.EXE (Character), Bryce Dawkins (Character), Wendy (Character), T-Bone (Character), Razor (Character), Dugu Ningke (Character), Pighead (Character), Vigilante (Character), Defender (Character), Hien (Character), Big Daddy (Character), The Red Mist (Character), Hit-Girl (Character), Kick-Ass (Character), Saizo Hattori (Character), Kid Riddle (Character), Olivia Dickens (Character), Skiad Ops Gash (Character), Ron DeLite (Character), Delphine (Character), Crow (Character), Arantir Karondor (Character), Cappi McTarnigal (Character), Nicole Pearce (Character), Perry the Platypus (Character), Billie Lurk (Character), Deep Violet (Character), Ravio (Character), Iosefka (Character), Kyoko Kuremi (Character), Yuuko Kamishiro (Character), Lady Friede (Character), The Voice (Character), Sybille Stentor (Character), Edelgard Hresvelg (Character), Ladybug (Character), Cat Noir (Character), Henry Hart (Character), Ms. Chihiro Morimura (Character), Hobo (Character), Chi-Chi (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Gotham City (Location), Timeless River (Location), Dorm (Location), Paragon City (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: Mask (Object), Glasses (Object), Trench Coat (Object)

People

• Has people: Lauren Tom (Person)

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Pseudonym (Concept), Superhero (Concept), FSB (Concept), Secret Past (Concept), Faceless Villain (Concept), Serial Killer (Concept), Disguise (Concept), Persona (Concept), Blackwatch (Concept)