Gather round, comic lovin’ Dopers!! I’m hankerin’ to have some ignorance fought, and you’re just the group to do it!!
I’m reading the Avengers now. The entire thing, starting from issue #1. Until lately, I’ve only ever read newer stuff, and not much of it. But I’ve loved everything Avengers that I’ve ever read, so at the hubby’s request, I’ve gotten my grubby little paws on the entire run from start to…well, now!
Long story short(ish), my question is this: Other than Hank Pym (Ant Man / Giant Man) are there other people who are more than one superhero? I’m not counting folks like Jamie Madrox, who can make copies of the one person who they are. I’m also not counting anyone like draws mental blank the guy who was Robin for years, and then became Nightwing. (Can ya tell I don’t read much DC?) Anywho, I’m just looking for superheroes - or supervillains - who have more than one super-identity at a time.
On a related side note, it would be cool as hell if there was someone who had a split personality, and one half had a hero identity, while the other half had an evil one. Neil Gaiman could do wonders with the charcters in that world!!
I believe it’s been done. Certainly Jason Blood/Etrigan fits that personality (Blood isn’t exactly a hero, but he does try to fix things).
There was also the Bruce Gordon/Eclipso in the early days of the Eclipso character.
As for the same persons being multiple heros, there’d Dick Grayson, who was both Robin and Nightwing (similar to Henry Pym, he changed from one to another), though his powers were the same. There was also Triplicate Girl, who became Duo Damsel when one of her selves was killed.
Clint Barton has been both Hawkeye and Goliath. Oh, and he once adopted a one-time persona named “The Golden Archer,” but this was merely a ruse on his part.
RealityChuck, Hank Pym was Ant Man and Giant Man interchangeably. He’d go from one to the other and back again in the course of one battle. Wasn’ Nightwing Grayson’s alterego after he was done being Robin?
JThunder, I can’t believe Hawkeye is a dual hero! He’s hubby’s second favorite comic charachter evar - he’s a huge fan - and he didn’t know that!! Now I get to lord it over him. evil glee
Biffy, the pic of that comic on the Wiki page looks really cheesy. I love it! Would someone who isn’t interested at all in the JLA heroes be able to enjoy it?
Spider Man has assumed a few different identities. At one point there was a million dollar reward on his head so he became Ricochet, Hornet, Prodigy, and Dusk. Depending on how you look at it, he also may have been the Scarlet Spider.
Captain America went by just the Captain complete with a different costume. Erik Masterson was Thor, then Thunderstrike. Iron Fist acted as Daredevil for a time.
ETA: Didn’t see at the same time. Of those, Spider Man would be the only same time multiple, having used all of the identities briefly to avoid fortune seekers.
And on a flipside the Martian Manhunter has had many secret identitiesall over ther world, just diffirent lives he can jump into and out of if he needs to or the mood strikes him.
Jason Todd has been Robin, the Red Hood and Nightwing.
From the Wild Cards stories, we have Captain Trips, who could turn into various superhumans by taking various drugs. I recall Jumpin Jack Flash, Cosmic Traveller, Moon-something-or-other, and when he took a bad batch once, Monster.
There was also the Sleeper, who every time he slept woke up looking different with different powers.
From Marvel, the various members of the Power Pack switched powers several times, often changing names in the process.
Ben in the current kids’ cartoon of Ben 10 is a wonderful example. His super power is the the ability to become any of 10 different super characters. At least that’s the impression I have gotten by surfing past the cartoon.
At the same time? Yeah, a lot of people are mentioning just different identities. Aside from the aforementioned Spider-Man ones…hmmm.
Superman, as was said, adopted the Gangbuster identity while still Superman, but he wasn’t aware he was doing it. Oh, he was Nightwing when he went into Kandor to fight crime.
The various owners/users of the “Dial H for Hero” gadget, which transformed them into different heroes each time it was used. I recall there was a villainous version at one point as well.
The Badger had multiple personality disorder, but his other personalities were non-heroic ( to include a dog, a little girl, and a few others)
MPD is a pretty tragic disease, so it’s hard to integrate it into a superhero comic. The Badger was heroic and funny and disturbing, usually all at once. Curiously, it never really caught on like Superman.