# Superpeople With Multiple Super-Identities **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 15, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpeople-with-multiple-super-identities/452974 "2008-06-15T01:58:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpeople-with-multiple-super-identities/452974/41 "2008-06-16T21:08:40Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] 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. [/QUOTE] Tripps also had Aquarian and a couple other ‘active’ ones, although it was later found that: 1. They weren’t really him. They became ‘placeholders’ for him when he changed, and, if allowed to stay long enough, would begin to remember things from other worlds on which they lived. 2. Durring the Monster transformation, Mark (Tripps’ real name) finds out that there are, theoretically, almost an infinite ammount of heroes he -could- summon, if he could just figure out how. 3. Mark’s original incarnation was ‘The Movement’, and he tried to re-establish that form to no avail for the rest of his metahuman career. Also in Wildcards there was Mister Wall-walker. He had two secret identities; one was a normal guy, and the other was a man with -many- more superpowers than simply walking up walls (he could negate any energy. He used the ‘wall walker’ thing by negating gravity on himself, just to throw off suspicions). I don’t recall if his other ‘powered’ persona had a specific name or not. (Can you tell I was a bit of a wildcards geek at first?) ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpeople-with-multiple-super-identities/452974/42 "2008-06-16T21:34:35Z")
Gah, would’ve edited, but time ran out- Sleeper, in the second (lordawful) series was shown to have one constant power that always stayed with him no matter what he woke up with. The entire second series sucked rocks, though, so I prefer to think of it as non-canon. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpeople-with-multiple-super-identities/452974/43 "2008-06-16T21:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=JThunder] Jeff Mace was the Patriot before becoming the third Captain America. He is known known as the USAgent. Oh, and John Walker was initially known as the non-heroic Super-Patriot, but he later became the sixth Captain America. [/QUOTE] Close. Jeff Mace is dead and was never USAgent. John Walker/Super-Patriot became USAgent. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpeople-with-multiple-super-identities/452974/44 "2008-06-16T22:54:21Z")
Both Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson have used the established alias of “Matches” Malone. Lots of superheroes have used a one-off undercover alias, but this one is recurring. Dr. Stephen Strange has used the aliases of Stephen Sanders and The Strange. He was also the Red Rajah once. Hey, has anybody mentioned the early Thunderbolts yet? ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpeople-with-multiple-super-identities/452974/45 "2008-06-16T23:43:06Z")
**Moon Knight** (Marc Spector) used the aliases of **Jake Lockley** and **Steven Grant**. Not costumed identities but certainly different personas. Namor is referred to as both **Namor** and **Sub-Mariner,** as well as referring to himself as the **Avenging Son.** **Dr. Stange’s** official mantle is **Sorcerer Supreme.** Several X-Women’s own names have superceded their “superhero” names: **Phoenix / Jean Grey; Shadowcat / Kitty Pryde; White Queen / Emma Frost.** ---
**Author:** ![freekalette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/50afbb/32.png) [@freekalette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freekalette)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpeople-with-multiple-super-identities/452974/46 "2008-06-17T02:35:42Z")
Just a side note here, but y’all realize that different names for the same person don’t count, right? Same goes for people who USED to be \_\_\_\_\_, and now they are \_\_\_\_\_. Reading comprehension. It’s what’s for dinner! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superpeople-with-multiple-super-identities/452974.md?page=2)