Last time we took a look at superheroes who had yet to be publically unmasked but on part
two of this list, I wanted to look at superheroes who have yet to have their identity revealed
to readers or in some cases have yet to know who they truly are, and have gone without
their own true identity in the comics for quite awhile.
These characters have been steeped in mystery and it may have taken us years to figure out
who they are or we may not yet know.
In fact, we may never know some of their identities!
So much intrigue.
So join me as we explore some of the comic book world's most secretive and mysterious
characters as we count down the top 10 superheroes whose identity has never been revealed part
2.
That's right part two.
So if you haven't checked out our part one which explores characters whose identities
remain a secret to the general in comic public, be sure to check it out.
Also be sure to stick around till the end of this video where I will have some bonus
content coming your way.
Alright, let's get counting.
10 Wolverine
Okay so sure.
We do know who Wolverine is.
He is Logan.
He is James Howlett.
We know!
But Wolverine doesn't know.
Well he does but it took him awhile to remember.
Allow me to explain.
While Wolverine may know who he is now.
He didn't always.
And in fact neither did we.
Wolverine has been around in the comics since the 70s but it wasn't until around the early
2000s that we got to know who he truly was.
This was also because even Logan had forgotten due to trauma he suffered in his past.
Logan's healing factor essentially gives him amnesia sometimes.
This is how he is able to live through so many traumatic experiences.
And trust me, he has lived through a ton of trauma!
Who knows how much of his past could still be lost.
Or either identities that he lived in.
He fathered a bunch of children and seemed to have forgotten them.
His brain seeks to mentally heal him from any horrific memories by essentially causing
him to forget them.
But beyond that Wolverine has been alive since the 1800s, so it's no surprise that he may
have forgotten some things.
He's pretty old in actuality.
9 Black Noir
While we may have uncovered the secret identity of the Black Noir in the comics, it took us
a long time to get there.
For a long time, no one knew who Black Noir was or where he came from.
He was silent, often fully covered and his identity remained a mystery.
We eventually found out that he was the crazed clone of fellow seven member Homelander, tasked
with taking out the original version of himself, should Homelander step out of line.
But we have yet to know if the same identity will apply to the character in the Amazon
Prime series.
There have been some notable differences from the comics and the actor who plays Black Noir
is not the same one that plays Homelander.
Anthony Starr plays Homelander while Black Noir is currently played by Nathan Mitchell.
Only time will tell if the show will follow suit but for now the identity of Black Noir
in the tv series remains a mystery.
8 Impossible Man
Impossible Man is more imp than hero really but he has helped out the Fantastic Four on
a few occasions and attempted to save planet Earth from Galactus, so I'm going to let him
claim superhero status for his attempts at heroism.
He often behaves like a small child, needing attention and becoming obsessed with television
at one point.
But unlike a small human child, he has no real identity.
As such his identity can never really be revealed as it does not exist.
Impossible Man hails from the planet Poppup which does not use names.
Impossible Man claims that on his planet his people simple know who they are.
I guess on Poppup knowing who you are is all the matters and whether or not someone else
knows you is moot.
So although we know Impossible Man and we know about him, his identity will forever
remain a mystery as it doesn't really exist in the same way we earthlings categorize an
identity.
8 Bloodshot
While many may think they know Bloodshot's identity, the truth is no one really does.
Bloodshot was manipulated by Project Rising Spirit into working for them as a super soldier.
The process he underwent--whether he agreed to it or not is still unknown--to become a
superpowered soldier, involved filling his bloodstream with tiny nanites which granted
him an enhanced healing factor and allowed him to shapeshift but also wiped his memory.
Project Rising Spirit then decided to give their soldier memories of different backstories
during missions to help motivate him, meaning he never really knew who he was.
And wasn't even aware that they were manipulating him this way for quite awhile.
When he did eventually uncover this secret, he turned on them, aiming to retrieve his
true identity.
He currently believes that he is likely Ray Garrison.
Though even the truth he managed to uncover has later been brought into question in terms
of if the information he has can even be trusted.
7 The Question
Not Vic Savage who we evidently do know, but the Question of the new 52.
This version of the question is part of the Trinity of Sin and his identity has yet to
be revealed.
The Seven Wizards of the Rock of Eternity decided to pull up the three worst sinners
in Earth's history to judge.
Why?
I don't know just for fun, I guess?
What else are wizards supposed to do to pass their time?
The Question was one of the people they brought forth but he was not intimidated and claimed
that regardless of the punishment, if they let him live, he would just rise to power
again, cause some mayhem and make the wizards regret punishing him to begin with.
The wizards were none too pleased to they erased his name from his mind and wiped it
from history and wiped his features off his face as well.
Note to self, do not get on the bad side of the seven wizards.
6 Dolphin
Dolphin is a DC superhero who you may know through her connections to Aquaman and Aqualad
who she has both teamed up with and been a romantic interest of.
For both heroes.
As a young girl she fell off a cruise ship and was saved from drowning by a mysterious
alien race.
The aliens used her as a test subject and altered Dolphin so that she could survive
underwater.
She spent most of her adolescent life underwater away from Atlantean culture or humanity, it
was revealed that she was mute when rescued from a shark attack by an oceanography crew.
She eventually learned sign language and later how to speak though never seemed to be able
to recall her original identity or parents, only ever being known in the comics as Dolphin.
4 Phantom Stranger
The Phantom Stranger is an entity whose original identity has never been revealed, pre new
52 reboot anyways.
Even the character's back story seemed to be a wash in his original incarnation as all
we had are theories in regards to how the Phantom Stranger came into their power.
Most of the stories suggested that the Phantom Stranger's powers derive from a religious
heritage and that often the time he has spent on earth was part of some kind of penitence
or punishment.
One story suggested that the Phantom Stranger's origins could actually be based more in the
cosmos, that he was all that remains of previous universe and passed on his powers to one of
the scientists who ended up viewing the end of the universe which he originated from.
With new relaunch we'll likely never know the original Phantom Stranger's identity.
3 Hooded Justice
Coming to us from the original Minutemen out of Watchmen, Hooded Justice was known for
being the first masked vigilante.
He maintained a secret identity even with his fellow Minutemen.
No one truly knew who the Hooded Justice was.
A brutal vigilante, all that we know is that he was likely German.
Hooded Justice was a violent vigilante who was also secretely gay.
So many secrets!
He ended up having a relationship with fellow hero, Captain Metropolis.
But even then did not disclose his identity, not even to Nelson.
Originally it was thought that Hooded Justice disappeared to avoid the government's mandatory
unmasking policy for all known vigilantes.
This however turned out to be untrue.
In reality it was Comedian's plot to frame Hooded Justice for child murders which led
to his death at the hands of the original Nite Owl.
2 The Female of the Species
The Female of the Species who is part of the vigilante group looking to take down the Seven,
the Boys.
This Dynamite comic book character's true identity has not really been explored in the
comics or the television series.
What we do know is that the Female has superhuman strength and compulsion to kill.
While she is a good person, she will even harm her friends if made to feel uncomfortable.
She was originally thought to be mute but has on occasion spoken.
She received her powers as a small child after she was brought into her mother's work and
left unattended, where she crawled into a bucket and was thereby exposed to Compound
V. The small child killed many people at the facility before she was apprehended and spent
a good amount of her life in captivity, heavily sedated.
1 Judge Dredd
So here's the thing with Judge Dredd, we know his identity, Joseph Dredd, and yet his identity
also alludes us in terms of his facelessness.
He has never been unmasked.
Or that's not really true.
What I should say is even when he has been unmasked, the audience was not privy to seeing
his true face.
Even when he's been unmasked, his face has been censored.
Why?
Because John Wagner, co-creator of Dredd, preferred it that way.
Wagner wanted Dredd to represent justice and the fact that you never see his face is supposed
to symbolize how impartial Dredd is, the "facelessness of justice."
To Wagner justice should have no face, no soul.
And this has become a rule in the comics.
One that was sadly broken in the 90s film, Judge Dredd.
JK.
Apparently Sylvester Stallone was Dredd the whole time!
Thank you so much for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you enjoyed delving into some of these more mysterious heroes and their lack of identities
with me.
Who do you think is the most mysterious character in comics?
Are there any other superheroes who have yet to have their identity revealed to readers?
Do you prefer your characters to have a wealth of secrets or do you prefer to know everything
about them?
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