tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post3478634999697486150..comments2023-12-30T01:46:52.888-05:00Comments on The Roar of Comics: On Secret IdentitiesStevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14772087090448461047noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-16556146904634459562007-10-10T11:48:00.000-04:002007-10-10T11:48:00.000-04:00Personally, I think no face of Superman/Kal-El/Cla...Personally, I think no face of Superman/Kal-El/Clark Kent is entirely false/dominant/true. No matter what persona he is in, he is essentially still the same: a good man. Not a perfect man or a wholly moral man (yes, I said it, he <I>does</I> lie after all!). But a good one. He is truly a hero at heart, but as Superman there are times it's just bravado or stoicism for the sake of keeping face Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-78404826313573144812007-10-09T11:43:00.000-04:002007-10-09T11:43:00.000-04:00Superman's an interesting case. Many writers take ...Superman's an interesting case. Many writers take the tack that he's really Clark Kent at heart, and Superman is the secret persona, the part that the real man hides away.<BR/><BR/>Other writers approach it from the opposite side -- Superman, Kal-El, maintains a "Clark Kent" façade. In one of his Superman novels, Eliot S! Maggin described Clark Kent as Superman's "hobby." Superman would come up Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394506162058527592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-7541380181938613282007-10-08T08:33:00.000-04:002007-10-08T08:33:00.000-04:00Great post (and blog, I've been lurking for quite ...Great post (and blog, I've been lurking for quite a while). :) One of my fave things about Superman is the Clark Kent persona. I think he would have been less intriguing and interesting to me if he had no secret identity. It's through Clark Kent that I really got to know him better.<BR/><BR/>Secret identities fascinate and excite me. Also, the moment the character blows their cover and another Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-81025422489077919932007-10-06T08:22:00.000-04:002007-10-06T08:22:00.000-04:00I don't think they're worried about the generic ma...I don't think they're worried about the generic major culture. I think they're worried about the 33.1's, the "Company" and other such small organizations. Once you're on the books, or on the radar, the comic and TV universes all have various well-funded will-do-anything organizations that would gladly take you away from Star labs and study you. <BR/><BR/>You can almost imagine some sick and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24364674.post-52134857520664993172007-10-06T07:46:00.000-04:002007-10-06T07:46:00.000-04:00Having a secret identity is a fantasy of mine :), ...Having a secret identity is a fantasy of mine :), mother/housewife by day leather clad supervillain by night!, but i guess the secret identity its there to add some normality to the character a humanistic side that we can realte to, a job, a love intrest some vunerablity that makes them less then perfect.Just Another Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08815425511591438719noreply@blogger.com