About Comic Book characters
Practically every comic book character has an alternate identity. Many have more than one. Here’s a list of well-known comic book characters, both comic book superheroes and comic book villains, Marvel, DC, and others, and their real-life identities.
| Superhero/Villain Name | Real Name/True Identity |
| 4-D | Captain Lea Corbin |
| 6 Million Dollar Man | Steve Austin |
| Abattoir | Arnold Etchison |
| Abel | Abel, Keeper of Secrets |
| Access | Axel Asher |
| Ace | Female Android, Male Android |
| Ahwehotah | Max Crandall |
| Air Wave | Larry Jordan, Helen Jordan, Harold “Hal” Jordan |
| Alchemist | Jan Arrah |
| Alias the Spider | Tom Ludlow Hallaway |
| Alpha Centurion | Marcus Aelius |
| Amanda Waller | Amanda Waller |
| Amazing Man | Will Everett, Will Everett Junior |
| Amazo | Armen Ikarus |
| Ambush Bug | Irwin Schwab |
| Americommando | Tex Thompson |
| Americop | Bartholomew “Bart” Gallows |
| Anarchist | Tike Alicar |
| Anarky | Lonnie Machin |
| Angle Man | Angelo Bend |
| Animal Man | Bernhard “Buddy” Baker |
| Anole | Victor Borkowski |
| Ant-Man | Scott Lang |
| Anti_Monitor | Mobius |
| Aquagirl | Tula, Lorena Marquez |
| Aqualad | Garth, Jackson Hyde |
| Ares | Ares |
| Argent | Toni Monetti |
| Armor | Jack Keaton |
| The Arrow | Ralph Payne |
| Arrowette | Cissie King-Jones |
| Arsenal | Roy Harper |
| Artemis | Artemis |
| Atlas | Jim Randall |
| Atom | Ray Palmer, Ryan Choi |
| Atom Smasher | Albert Rothstein |
| Atomic Knight | Gardner Grayle |
| Atomic Man | Adam Mann |
| Atomic Sub | Dr.Noah Talbot |
| Atomic Thunderbolt | William Burns |
| Atrocitus | Atros |
| Azrael | Jean Paul Valley |
| Aztek | Uno Falconer, Curt Falconer |
| Backhand | Greg Mattingly |
| Backlash | Marc Slayton |
| Bad Kitty | Catherine Bell |
| Badrock | Thomas John McCall |
| Bagabond | Suzanne Melotti |
| Balder | Balder |
| Ballistic | Cassandra Lane |
| Bane | Unknown |
| Banshee | Sean Cassidy |
| Batgirl | Barbara Gordon, Helena Bertinelli, Cassandra Cain, Barbara Wilson (shop Batgirl products) |
| Batman | Bruce Wayne (shop Batman products) |
| Battalion | Jackson King |
| Battering Ram | Unknown |
| Batwing | Lucas “Luke” Fox |
| Batwoman | Katherine “Kate” “Kathy” Rebecca Kane |
| Beast | Henry “Hank” P. McCoy |
| Beast Boy | Garfield “Gar” Logan |
| Big Barda | Barda Free |
| Big E | Percy Pilbeam |
| Bizarro | Bizarro |
| Black Adam | Teth-Adam, Theo Adam |
| Black Canary | Dinah Drake-Lance, Laurel Lance |
| Black Condor | Richard Grey Jr., Ryan Kendall |
| Black Hand | William H and |
| Black Lightning | Jefferson Pierce |
| Black Manta | David Hyde |
| Black Mask | Roman Sionis |
| Black Panther | T’Challa (Shop Black Panther products) |
| Black Racer | Sgt. Willie Walker |
| Black Spider | Johnny LaMonica |
| Black Widow | Natalia Allanovna Romanova (Shostakova) (Shop Black Widow products) |
| Blackbird | Anissa Pierce |
| Blackhawk | Janos Prohaska, Andrew Lincoln |
| Blue Beetle | Dan Garrett, Ted Kord, Jaime Reyes |
| Blue Devil | Daniel Patrick Cassidy |
| Blue Jay | Jay Abrams |
| Booster Gold | Michael Jon Carter |
| Brain Wave/Brainwave | Henry King Sr., Henry King Jr. |
| Brainiac | Vril Dox |
| Brainiac 5 | Querl Dox |
| Brimstone | Joseph “Joe” Chamberlain |
| Bronze Tiger | Benjamin “Ben” Turner |
| Brutale | Guillermo Barrera |
| Bulletgirl | Susan Kent-Barr |
| Bulletman | Jim Barr |
| Bumblebee | Karen Beecher-Duncan |
| Bushido | Ryuko Orsono |
| Cain | Cain, Keeper of Mysteries |
| Captain America | Steven Rogers (Shop Captain America products) |
| Captain Atom | Captain Allen Adam, Nathaniel Adam |
| Captain Boomerang | George “Digger” Harkness |
| Captain Britain | Brian Braddock |
| Captain Canada | Daniel Eaton |
| Captain Cold | Leonard Snart |
| Captain Canuck | Tom Evans |
| Captain Canuck (00s) | David Semple |
| Captain Canuck (90s) | Darren Oak |
| Captain Cold | Leonard Snart |
| Captain Comet | Adam Blake |
| Captain Conquest | Flash Dale |
| Captain Flag | Tom Townsend |
| Captain Flash | Keith Spencer |
| Captain Freedom | Don Wright |
| Captain Marvel | Billy Batson |
| Captain Marvel Jr. | Freddy Freeman |
| Captain Triumph | Lance Gallant |
| Casey Brinke | Casey Brinke |
| Catgirl | Carrie Kelley |
| Catwoman | Selina Kyle (shop Catwoman products) |
| Celsius | Arani Desai-Caulder |
| Charaxes | Drury Walker |
| Charlie the Doll | The Inner Child |
| Cheshire | Jade Nguyen |
| Chief | Niles Caulder |
| Cinnamon | Katherine Manser |
| Circe | Circe |
| Clayface | Basil Karlo, Matt Hagen, Preston Payne, Sondra Fuller, Cassius “Clay” Payne |
| Clotho | Charlie |
| Coagula | Kate Godwin/Clark Godwin |
| Collective Man | Han, Chang, Lin, Sun and Ho Tao-Yu |
| Colossus | Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin |
| Commander Steel | Henry “Hank” Heywood I |
| Commissioner Jim Gordon | James “Jim” Gordon |
| Coronary | James Sharp |
| Crazy Jane | Kay Challis |
| Creeper | Jack Ryder |
| Crimson Avenger | Lee Travis, Albert Elwood |
| Crimson Fox | Vivian D’Aramis, Constance D’Aramis |
| Cyborg | Victor “Vic” Stone |
| Cyborg Superman | Henry “Hank” Henshaw |
| Cyclops | Scott Summers |
| Damage | Grant Emerson, Ethan “Elvis” Avery |
| Danny the Street | Unknown |
| Daredevil | Matthew Michael Murdock |
| Dark Archer | Malcolm Merlyn |
| Darkseid | Uxas |
| Deadman | Boston Brand |
| Deadpool | Wade Winston Wilson (Shop Deadpool products) |
| Deadshot | Floyd Lawton |
| Deathstroke, the Terminator | Slade Wilson |
| Detective Chimp | Bobo T. Chimpanzee |
| Doctor Doom | Victor Von Doom |
| Doctor Druid | Anthony Ludgate Druid |
| Doctor Fate | Kent Nelson, Eric and Linda Strauss, Inza Nelson, Hector Hall |
| Doctor Light | Dr. Kimiyo Hoshi, Arthur Light |
| Doctor Manhattan | Jonathan Osterman |
| Doctor Midnight | Dr. Beth Chapel |
| Doctor Mid-Nite | Dr. Charles McNider, Dr. Pieter Cross, Beth Chapel |
| Doctor Mist | Nommo |
| Doctor Occult | Richard Occult |
| Doctor Poison | Marina Maru |
| Doctor Sivana | Thaddeus Sivana |
| Doctor Strange | Stephen Strange (Shop Doctor Strange products) |
| Doctor Who | Doctor Who (or The Doctor) (Shop Doctor Who products) |
| Doll Girl | Martha Roberts |
| Doll Man | Darrell Dane |
| Donna Troy | Donna Troy |
| Doomsday | None |
| Doorman | DeMarr Davis |
| Dove | Don Hall, Dawn Granger, Wiley Wolverman |
| Dracula | Vlad Tepes Dracula |
| Dragon | Ricardo Diaz |
| Dragon King | Dr. Ito |
| Drax the Destroyer | Arthur Douglas |
| Dreadknight | Bram Velsing |
| Dyna-Mite | Daniel Dunbar |
| Eclipso | Kalaa |
| Egghead | Elihas Starr |
| El Diablo | Chato Santana |
| Elasti-Girl | Rita Farr |
| Electro | Francine Frye |
| Elektra | Elektra Natchios |
| Elongated Man | Ralph Dibny |
| Emma Frost | Emma Grace Frost |
| Empress | Anita Fite |
| Enchantress | Amora, June Moone |
| Enforcer | Charles L. Delazny Jr. |
| Eradicator | David Connor |
| Etrigan the Demon | Jason Blood |
| Etta Candy | Etta Candy |
| Executioner | Skurge |
| Falcon | Sam “Snap” Wilson |
| Fast Forward | Ted Bruder |
| Fate | Jared Stevens |
| Fever | Shyleen Lao |
| Fire | Beatriz DaCosta |
| Firebrand | Rod Reilly, Dannette Reilly, Alex Sanchez |
| Firehawk | Lorraine Reilly |
| Firestorm | Ronald “Ronnie” Raymond, Professor Martin Stein, Jason Rusch, Jefferson Jackson |
| Flamebird | Bette Kane |
| Flash (The Flash) | Jay Garrick, Bartholomew Henry “Barry” Allen, Wallace Rudolph “Wally” West, Bart Allen (Shop Flash products) |
| Flex Mentallo | Flex Mentallo |
| Flux | Benjamin Tibbetts |
| Foolkiller | Ross G. Everbest |
| Forge | Unknown |
| Freak | Ava |
| Frog Man | Eugene Paul Patillo |
| Frost | Emma Frost |
| Fury | Helena Kosmatos, Lyta Hall |
| Gabriel, Devil Hunter | Possibly Gabriel Rosetti |
| Galactus | Galan |
| Gambit | Remy LeBeau |
| Gambler | Steven Sharpe III, Steven Sharpe V |
| Gamora | Gamora |
| Gargoyle | Isaac Christians |
| Gauntlet | Joseph Green |
| General Glory | Joseph Jones |
| General Zod | Dru-Zod |
| Genesis | Tyler Dayspring |
| Geo-Force | Brion Markov |
| Ghost Rider | John “Johnny” Blaze |
| Giganta | Doris Zuel |
| Glob | Major Dan Stone |
| Gold | Mike Magnus |
| Golden Eagle | Charley Parker |
| Golden Glider | Lisa Snart |
| Gorilla Grodd | Grodd |
| Grace | Grace Choi |
| Green Arrow | Oliver Jonas Queen, Connor Hawke |
| Green Goblin | Phillip Urich, Norman Osborn |
| Green Lantern | Alan Scott, Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart, Guy Gardner, Jessica Cruz, Simon Baz (Shop Green Lantern products) |
| Grim Reaper | Eric Williams |
| Grunt | Henry Bucher |
| Groot | Groot |
| Guardian | Jim Harper, James MacDonald Hudson |
| Gypsy | Cindy Reynolds |
| Hammerhead | Unknown |
| Harley Quinn | Dr. Harleen “Harley” Quinzel (Shop Harley Quinn products) |
| Hawk | Henry “Hank” Hall |
| Hawkeye | Clinton “Clint” Barton |
| Hawkgirl | Shiera Saunders, Kendra Sanders |
| Hawkman | Carter Hall |
| Hela | Hela |
| Heat Wave | Mick Rory |
| Hercules | Hercules, Harry Cleese, Herc |
| Hippolyta | Hippolyta |
| Hourman | Rex Tyler, Ricky Tyler, Matthew Tyler |
| Howard the Duck | Howard ? |
| Hulkling | Theodore “Teddy” Altman/Dorrek VIII |
| Human Torch | Jonathan “Johnny” Lowell Spender Storm |
| Huntress | Paula Brooks, Helena Wayne, Helena Bertinelli |
| Hush | Tommy Elliot |
| Husk | Paige Elisabeth Guthrie |
| Ice | Tora Olafsdotter |
| Iceman | Robert “Bobby” Louis Drake |
| Impossible Man | Unknown |
| Impulse | Bart Allen |
| Incredible Hulk | Bruce Banner (Shop Hulk products) |
| Inferno | Dante Pertuz |
| Invisible Woman | Susan Storm Richards |
| Ion | Kyle Rayner |
| Iris West | Iris Ann West |
| Iron Fist | Daniel Thomas Rand-K’ai, Daniel Thomas Rand |
| Iron Man | Anthony “Tony” Stark (Shop Iron Man products) |
| Iron Monger | Obadiah Stane |
| Iron Patriot | Norman Osborn |
| Isis | Andrea Thomas |
| J. Jonah Jameson | J. Jonah Jameson |
| Jack of Hearts | Jonathan “Jack” Hart |
| Jade | Jenny-Lynn Hayden |
| Jarella | Jarella |
| Jean Grey | Jean Grey-Summers |
| Jessica Jones | Jessica Jones |
| Jester | Jonathan Powers |
| Jimmy Olsen | James “Jimmy” Olsen |
| John Constantine | John Constantine |
| Joker | Jack Napier? (Shop Joker products) |
| Jonah Hex | Jonah Hex |
| Jubilee | Jubilation Lee |
| Juggernaut | Cain Marko |
| Kaine | Kaine Parker |
| Kang | Nathaniel Richards |
| Karma | Wayne Hawkins |
| Katana | Tatsu Yamashiro |
| Kid Flash | Wallace “Wally” Rudolph West, Bart Allen |
| Kid Slick | Vic Darge |
| Kingpin | Wilson Grant Fisk |
| King Shark | Nanaue |
| Killer Croc | Waylon Jones |
| Killer Frost | Caitlin Snow |
| Kitty Pryde | Katherine “Kitty” Pryde |
| Kraven | Sergei Kravinoff |
| Lady Deathstrike | Yuriko Oyama |
| Lady Shiva | Sandra Wu-San |
| Left-Winger | Hector Lennox |
| Lena Luthor | Lena Luthor |
| Lex Luthor | Alexander Joseph “Lex” Luthor |
| Lifeguard | Heather Cameron |
| Lightning | Jennifer Pierce |
| Lightspeed | Julie Power |
| Lilith | Unknown |
| Livewire | Leslie Willis |
| Lizard | Dr. Curtis Connors |
| Lodestone/The Pupa | Rhea Jones |
| Loki | Loki Laufeyson (Shop Loki products) |
| Longshot | Unknown |
| Luke Cage | Carl Lucas |
| Mach-X | Abner Jenkins |
| Mad Hatter | Jervis Tetch |
| Madame Hydra | Elisa Sinclair |
| Madame Masque | Countess Giulietta Nefaria (Whitney Frost) |
| Madame Web | Julia Carpenter |
| Madman | Philip Sterns |
| Maelstrom | Unknown |
| Magma | Amara Aquilla |
| Magik | Illyana Nikolievna Rasputin |
| Magneto | Maz “Magnus” Eisenhardt |
| Magpie | Margaret “Margot” |
| Magus | Adam Warlock |
| Major Victory | Vance Astro |
| Man-Bat | Robert Kirkland ‘Kirk’ Langstrom |
| Mandrill | Jerome Beechman |
| Man-Thing | Ted Sallis |
| Manifold | Eden Fesi |
| Mantis | Unknown |
| Marrow | Sarah Rushman |
| Marrina | Marrina Smallwood |
| Martian Manhunter | J’onn J’onzz |
| Marvel Boy | Noh-Varr |
| Mary Marvel | Mary Batson |
| Master of the World | Eshu |
| Master Pandemonium | Martin Preston |
| Mathemaniac | unknown |
| Maxwell Lord | Maxwell Lord IV |
| Mayhem | Brigid O’Reilly |
| Medusa | Medusalith Amaquelin |
| Meltdown | Tabitha Smith |
| Menace | Lily Hollister |
| Mentallo | Marvin Flumm |
| Mento | Steve Dayton |
| Mesmero | Vincent |
| Metamorpho | Rex Mason |
| Microship | Linus Lieberman |
| Millie the Model | Millicent “Millie” Collins |
| Mimic | Calvin Rankin |
| Mindworm | William Turner |
| Miracle Man | Joshua Ayers |
| Miss America | America Chavez |
| Miss Sinister | Claudine Renko |
| Miss Thing | Darla Deering |
| Missing Link | Lincoln Brickford |
| Mockingbird | Barbara “Bobbi” Morse Barton |
| Modok | George Tarleton |
| Mole Man | Harvey Elder |
| Molecule Man | Owen Reece |
| Molten Man | Mark Raxton |
| Moondragon | Heather Douglas |
| Moon Girl | Lunella Louise Lafayette |
| Moon Knight | Marc Spector |
| Moonstone | Dr. Karla Sofen |
| Morbius | Dr. Michael Morbius |
| Mr. Fantastic | Reed Richards |
| Mr. Hyde | Calvin Zabo |
| Mr. Miracle | Scott Free |
| Mr. Sensitive | Guy Smith |
| Mr. Sinister | Nathaniel Essex |
| Mr. Terrific | Terry Sloane, Michael Holt, Curtis Hold |
| Ms. Marvel | Kamala Khan (Shop Ms. Marvel products) |
| Multiple Man | James Arthur “Jamie” Madrox |
| Mystique | Raven Darkholme |
| Namor the Sub-Mariner | Namor McKenzie |
| Negative Man | Larry Trainor |
| Negative Woman | Valentina Vostok |
| Nemesis | Jane St. Ives |
| Nick Fury | Nicholas Joseph Fury |
| Night Crawler | Kurt Wagner |
| Nighthawk | Hannibal Hawkes |
| Nightwing | Richard “Dick” Grayson, Jason Todd (shop Nightwing products) |
| Nudge | Mi-Sun Kwon |
| Odin | Odin |
| Oracle | Barbara Gordon |
| Ozymandias | Adrian Veidt |
| Overwatch | Felicity Smoak |
| Parallax | Hal Jordan |
| Pepper Potts | Virginia Potts |
| Phat | William Robert Reilly |
| Painkiller | Khali Payne |
| Plastic Man | Patrick “Eel” O’Brian |
| Power Girl | Kara Zor-L, Karen Starr |
| Professor X | Charles Francis Xavier |
| Prometheus | Adrian Chase |
| Punisher | Mack Bolan (Shop Punisher products) |
| Radioactive Man | Dr. Chen Lu |
| Rebis | Larry Trainor, Dr. Eleanor Poole |
| Red Guardian | Aleksey Lebedev, Alexei Shostakov, Dr. Tania Belinsky, Josef Petkus, Krassno Granitsky, Anton, Nicolai Krylenko (Shop Red Guardian products) |
| Reverse-Flash | Eobard Thawne |
| Riddler | Edward Nygma |
| Robotman | Cliff Steele |
| Rorschach | Walter Kovacs |
| Robin | Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown |
| Rogue | Anna Marie |
| Sasquatch | Dr. Walter Langkowski |
| Savage Dragon | Kurr |
| Scarlet Witch | Wanda Maximoff (Shop Scarlet Witch products) |
| Scorch | Scott Fischer |
| Shamrock | Molly Fitzgerald |
| Shiv | Cindy Burman |
| Shazam | [See Captain Marvel] |
| Slapstick | Steven Harmon |
| Solomon Grundy | Cyrus Gold |
| Songbird | Melissa Joan Gold |
| Spartan | John Diggle |
| Spectre | James Brendan “Jim” Corrigan, Hal Jordan, Crispus Allen |
| Speedball | Robert “Robbie” Baldwin |
| Speedy | Thea Queen |
| Spiderman (Spider-Man) | Peter Parker (Shop Spider-Man products) |
| Spirit of ’76 | William Nasland |
| Sportsmaster | Lawrence “Crusher” Crock, Victor Gover |
| Stargirl | Courtney Whitmore |
| Starman | Ted Knight, David Knight, Jack Knight |
| Steel | Henry Heywood I, Henry “Hank” Heywood III, John Henry Irons, Natasha Irons, Nate Heywood |
| Storm | Ororo Monroe |
| S.T.R.I.P.E. | Pay Dugan |
| Sunfire | Shiro Yoshida |
| Superboy | Clark Kent/Kal-El, Conner Kent/Kon-El |
| Supergirl | Kara Zor-El, Linda Danvers, Cir-El, Ariella Kent (shop Supergirl products) |
| Superman | Clark Kent, Kal-El (Shop Superman products) |
| Swamp Thing | Alec Holland |
| Takion | Joshua Sanders |
| Tempest | Joshua Clay |
| The Atom | Albert “Al” Pratt, Ramond “Ray” Palmer, Adam Cray |
| The Avenger (1930’s adventurer) | Richard Henry Benson |
| The Avenger (1980’s enemy of Ultra-Man) | Paul Cannon |
| The Badger | Norbert Sykes |
| The Bee | Barry Eames |
| The Cheetah | Barbara Ann Minerva |
| The Chief | Doctor Niles Caulder |
| The Hulk | Robert Bruce Banner (Shop Hulk products) |
| The Joker | Unknown, Jack Napier (from the Batman movie) |
| The Leader | Samuel Sterns |
| The Monitor | Mar Novu |
| The Penguin | Oswald Cobblepot (shop Penguin products) |
| The Question | Charles Victor Szasz, Vic Sage |
| Thing | Benjamin Grimm |
| Thor | Dr. Donald Blake (Shop Thor products) |
| Thunder | Anissa Pierce |
| Tigres | Zatara Foe, Paula Brooks, Artemis Crock |
| Troia | Donna Troy |
| Two-Face | Harvey Dent |
| Tyroc | Troy Stewart |
| U-Go-Girl | Edith Constance Sawyer |
| Valkyrie | Samantha Parrington |
| Venom | Eddie Brock (host of the alien symbiote) (Shop Venom products) |
| Vixen | Amaya Jiwe, Mari McCabe |
| Vortex | Unknown |
| Vox | Malcolm Duncan |
| Warrior | Guy Gardner |
| Wiccan | William “Billy” Kaplan |
| White Canary | Sara Lance |
| Wildcat | Yolanda Montez |
| Wild Dog | Rene Ramirez |
| Wolfie | Mona Wu |
| Wolverine | James Logan Howlett (Shop Wolverine products) |
| Wonder Girl | Donna Troy, Cassie Sandsmark |
| Wonder Woman | Princess Diana, Queen Hippolyta (Shop Wonder Woman products) |
Feel free to shoot me any missing entries and I’ll add them to the list!
