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Superheroes with alter egos

  • BatmanIn early 1939, Bob Kane drew a character with red tights and bat wings. Bill Finger suggested a cowl and cape instead. They watched a bat fly through the…
  • SupermanIn January 1933, a young writer named Jerry Siegel published a short story titled The Reign of the Superman in his amateur science fiction magazine.
  • Spider-ManIn August 1962, the comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 hit newsstands with a cover featuring a young man in a red and blue suit swinging through New York City.