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For better or worse, the Secret Identity trope has been part of the superhero genre since the very beginning, and as such there's been tons and tons of scenes that involve it - from Ben Urich telling Peter Parker "I'm an award-winning investigative journalist, and we've worked side by side for over a decade - it's a little insulting to think I wouldn't know", to Barry Allen shocking Wally West out of catatonia by unmasking on live TV for a single frame, to Matt Murdock claiming that Daredevil is his twin brother Mike, to Zatanna disguising herself as a Red Cross volunteer named "Evig Doolb", to Archie mindwiping Veronica, to Steve Rogers and Tony Stark going public post-9/11, to Oliver Queen screaming "CLARRRRRRRRRRRK" while stuck on a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean with his dying son. Post your favorite moments that depend on the concept of secret identities: someone revealing it, or discovering that it's already known, or going to insane lengths to hide it, or whatever. To start with: Tommy Monaghan vs Kyle Rayner.
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Feb 24, 2020 23:46
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I posted:Zatanna disguising herself as a Red Cross volunteer named "Evig Doolb" the Daily Planet was holding a blood drive, and they didn't respect their employees' bodily autonomy so Clark Kent wasn't allowed to say "no, I don't want to donate blood" (because syringes would shatter on superskin).
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Feb 26, 2020 05:56
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Skwirl posted:Batman physically throwing Superman anywhere, that nightclub apparently makes their drinking glasses out of some sort clear lead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass
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Mar 20, 2020 07:16
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Silver Age DC really loved wallowing around in the secret identity muck. Borgonia's mandatory Superman costumes are ridiculous enough as is (no, I have no idea what happens in the story, just the cover), but having them threaten Clark Kent puts it over the top.
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Apr 3, 2020 16:42
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Splint Chesthair posted:It seems like half of those Silver Age Superman stories were all about Superman messing with people to keep his secret identity. Busiek did a whole bunch of great stuff with secret identities, including the bit where a random henchman learns Jack-in-the-Box's secret identity and then realizes that any attempt to monetize it will get him killed, so he leaves town forever. " 'All Around the Mulberry Bush' keeps playing in my head. Ka-plink... ka-plink... ka-plinkety-plink."
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Apr 4, 2020 06:46
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Chris "MightyGodKing" Bird" posted:Action Comics #309 is noteworthy among Silver Age Superman comics. The story is nothing particularly out-of-the-ordinary – your usual “Superman is being celebrated by the public and Lois/Lana use the opportunity to try and prove that he is also Clark Kent but he comes up with a clever method of fooling them” story. (The fact that a trope this complex is a stock Superman plot is one of the many things that is gloriously weird about the Silver Age.) Lois and Lana are prepared for all of Superman’s previous tricks and eliminate Superman Robots, Batman posing as Clark Kent, Chameleon Boy of the Legion of Super-Heroes shapeshifting into Superman, etc., by process of elimination.
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Jul 16, 2020 00:07
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How often do villains have secret identities? I'm thinking in particular of the time that the Red Skull managed to become Secretary of Defense as "Dell Rusk". Weren't there a few Spider-Man villains for whom their identities were a Startling Revelation?
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Sep 6, 2020 17:47
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MorningMoon posted:loving what "Well, there's no record of you having existed before last week, but we'll assume the President knew what he was doing when he nominated you. Congratulations, Secretary Rusk." "Thank you, Senator McConnell." Which reminds me of Black Condor. As an infant, he was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the desert, after which he was raised by condors who taught him to fly like them. Years later, there was another plane crash in the desert, and everyone on board was killed, including a US Senator who happened to be the exact double of the man who had been raised by condors. So the nameless condor man took the identity of the Senator and rejoined civilization, where he fought villains as the Black Condor while also serving in the Senate. In an amazing case of nominative determinism, Black Condor's first appearance was in "Crack Comics".
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Sep 6, 2020 23:14
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FilthyImp posted:I keep thinking of this dude What was his secret identity?
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Sep 8, 2020 23:17
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Jerusalem posted:It's been a long time since I read it, but if I remember correctly Magneto was using a drug (which itself was generated by a mutant, or actually the mutant WAS the drug? I can't exactly remember) that upped his powers but made him dangerously unstable mentally which was the explanation for why he was pulling the dumb poo poo? One of the details they kept was - appropriately enough given the thread - Xavier outing himself to the world as a mutant.
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Sep 13, 2020 05:06
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Endless Mike posted:Chuck loving Austen secret identity, "Sam Clemens" (I'm pondering whether to do a Worldwatch thread)
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Sep 18, 2020 07:41
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Selachian posted:Uh huh. It was during the Geoff Johns run on Avengers. See, "Dell Rusk" is an anagram of "Red Skull," and it was all so terribly clever. It has been almost thirty years and I am still pissed off about that. It was worse than Identity Crisis, because at least Meltzer had the culprit's identity planned from the beginning, and stuck with it.
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Sep 29, 2020 05:33
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who remembers Milestone Comics? who remembers their "Worlds Collide" crossover with DC - specifically, the Superman books? Some members of Blood Syndicate ("they're not a team, they're a gang") are talking about the weird events resulting from, basically, a god tearing a hole between universes. "Some people are saying they saw Superman flying around." "Superman?! Like on television?" "Like on television." This eventually leads to a confrontation between Superman and Blood Syndicate, with the following exchange: "Who are you people!" "Who the gently caress are you! Does your momma know you left the house looking like Clark Kent?!"
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Oct 19, 2021 04:37
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