# Comic book question(s)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-question-s/92899>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 12, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-question-s/92899 "2001-11-12T08:25:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-question-s/92899/1 "2001-11-12T08:25:03Z")

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Ok so I started reading back issues of Spider-girl, and was wondering what Darkdevil’s secret identity is? It was explained in a mini series that obviously wasn’t that good or I’d have been able to find it myself.

And is it just me or are the dotcomics just about the best marketing moves I’ve seen in years? Thanks to them I’ve started buying comics again (I stopped when I was 11), and all up there’s about 50 bucks Marvel’s made off me that they wouldn’t have otherwise.

(for anyone who doesn’t know, [dotcomics.marvel.com](http://dotcomics.marvel.com) has bout 40-odd marvel comics posted online)

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**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-question-s/92899/2 "2001-11-12T15:39:51Z")

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Personally I can’t stand 'em, but I had already gotten back into the habit by the time they started them.

–Cliffy

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-question-s/92899/3 "2001-11-12T16:19:42Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \*  
> **Ok so I started reading back issues of Spider-girl, and was wondering what Darkdevil’s secret identity is? It was explained in a mini series that obviously wasn’t that good or I’d have been able to find it myself.**

Spoilers…maybe

As I recall (and I may be misremembering), Darkdevil was a Spider-Clone (I don’t think he was Ben Reilly, he was one of the others…Kaine?).

Fenris

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**Author:** ![The\_Mick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@The\_Mick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mick)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comic-book-question-s/92899/4 "2001-11-13T02:13:10Z")

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Dotcomics rule all. The fools at Marvel have let me read ever issue of Ultimate Spider-Man for free. A WINNER IS ME!