# Comic book names in real life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621 "2011-06-07T14:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/21 "2011-06-07T17:12:27Z")
I always thought the pitcher Rollie Fingers had a superhero name. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/22 "2011-06-07T17:34:30Z")
I once saw the name **Horatio Superman** on a memorial commemorating veterans of the Civil and Spanish American Wars. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/23 "2011-06-07T19:41:32Z")
Of course, there is always this guy… [batman bin suparman](http://cdn.inquisitr.com/wp-content/batman-and-superman-love-child.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/24 "2011-06-08T08:23:31Z")
I work with someone whose surname translates as “steel chest”. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/25 "2011-06-08T08:36:11Z")
This guy: [THE ATOM BOMB (WORLD HISTORICAL PROGRAMME) by DAVID KILLINGRAY](http://www.amazon.com/ATOM-BOMB-WORLD-HISTORICAL-PROGRAMME/dp/0245521747/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307522097&sr=1-8) He’s a guy called Professor Killingray, who writes about nuclear weapons. ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/26 "2011-06-08T09:24:43Z")
From the world of British politics we have [Lord Adonis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Adonis) and [Vince Cable](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Cable). I don’t care what their political leanings are but I feel like they should be ruling over us with an iron fist. ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/27 "2011-06-08T09:47:26Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > I was reading a review of the new X Men movie, and it occurred to me that it might be the first movie in which the actor playing a role has a name that is more comic-booky than the character (January Jones playing Emma Frost). Which led me to think about other people with comic book names in real life, such as > > Wolf Blitzer (no explanation needed) > Lucy Liu (Silver Age Superman’s mysterious Oriental girlfriend?) > Howard Hughes (see also: Tony Stark) > > Others? My Nephew - Zak Steell - always said it sounded superhero or spyish… ---
**Author:** ![Hogfather65](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7bcc69/32.png) [@Hogfather65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hogfather65)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/28 "2011-06-08T09:53:51Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > And perhaps some day Sheriff Slaughter. Was watching surviving D-Day and a Marine 1st Sargent was interviewed - Cant remember his first name but his surname was Slaughter - Sargent Slaughter - marine corpe ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/29 "2011-06-08T10:01:48Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Cracked’s no 1 pick for ‘[manliest name in the world](http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_the-9-manliest-names-in-world.html)’, is perhaps too comic even for comics: Staff Sgt Max Fightmaster. That’s the first name I thought of too. I once met a South African man with the first name of Wonderboy. His parents must have had high ambitions for him. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/30 "2011-06-08T10:44:09Z")
I know someone named Daniel Knight, which is a name I’ve always thought sounded like the secret identity of a superhero’s sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/31 "2011-06-08T10:55:30Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > Cracked’s no 1 pick for ‘[manliest name in the world](http://www.cracked.com/article_14982_the-9-manliest-names-in-world.html)’, is perhaps too comic even for comics: Staff Sgt Max Fightmaster. Heh, that’s the guy I was coming in to mention. Really hard to top. > [@Hogfather65](#): > > Was watching surviving D-Day and a Marine 1st Sargent was interviewed - Cant remember his first name but his surname was Slaughter - Sargent Slaughter - marine corpe In the same vein, one of the Airborne guys at Ia Drang was Sergeant Savage. Alliterations are always awesome. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/32 "2011-06-08T10:59:00Z")
Comic-book writer Doug Moench likes to explain that he didn’t yet have a secret identity picked out for his latest cape-and-tights creation, but knew a real-world guy named Marc Spector and obviously couldn’t resist. (For bonus points, Moench hadn’t realized “Marc Spector” was a Jewish name, and so only _ **later** _ filled in the backstory by writing Moon Knight as the son of a somewhat disappointed rabbi.) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/33 "2011-06-08T13:18:36Z")
We used to have a young neighbor named Kent Clark. He was about 13-14 when I knew him. Very enterprising young man, used to do odd jobs and always helping people out around the neighborhood. We would joke that his name was backward, because he really was a super kid. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/34 "2011-06-08T14:37:58Z")
In the anti-hero vein, there’s a hockey player named Miroslav Satan (pronounced “Shuh-tan,” I believe). ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/35 "2011-06-08T16:03:23Z")
Greg Killmaster, visual effects artist ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/36 "2011-06-08T16:09:54Z")
I have a friend with the last name “Haight”. He’s a doctor, so now he’s “Doctor Haight”. There’s a supervillain name for you. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/37 "2011-06-08T16:52:31Z")
You’d reject the name [Canaan Banana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan_Banana) as too over-the-top if you came across it in a comic book. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/38 "2011-06-08T17:33:35Z")
From a [2003 article about the Iraq war](http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/27/iraq/main575441.shtml): > [@](#): > > Staff Sgt. Max Fightmaster, a computer technician, is one of thousands of Army National Guard and Reserve members who could soon be called up to active duty in Iraq. The guy’s name is “Sergeant Max Fightmaster” ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/39 "2011-06-08T18:04:35Z")
There was a basketball player several years ago who was named God Shamgod. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-names-in-real-life/584621/40 "2011-06-08T18:22:30Z")
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