10 Comic Book Characters Who Have NEVER Had Their Identities Exposed
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Clark Kent? Superman's identity is out, but these are still secret.
Superheroes have been associated with secret identities from the very beginning, and while most characters do everything they possibly can to protect them, they usually get out sooner or later. Even Superman revealed who he was to the world in December 2019's Superman #18.
Granted, his identity has been revealed more than once but retconning being what it is; he's been able to keep his identity as Clark Kent pretty close to the vest for most of his 80+ years of publication. Other characters haven't been as careful with theirs as the Man of Steel.
Peter Parker finally told the world who he was in Civil War, and while Tony Stark played the 'Iron Man is my bodyguard' game for years, his secret wasn't much of a secret for long. As it happens, there are relatively few examples of superheroes who have managed to keep their secret identities an actual secret from the public, as exposure tends to happen sooner or later.
Comics have been a major source of entertainment for the better part of a century, and despite featuring hundreds of thousands of characters, these ten are the exception when it comes to keeping their secret identities a secret from the rest of the world.
10. Bloodshot
Bloodshot made his first appearance in Valiant's Eternal Warrior in 1992 before taking over his own title the following year. Ever since he was first published, he's been a popular character, and he's making his feature film debut via Vin Diesel's performance in February 2020, but if you don't know who he is, neither does the public... at least, not in the Valiant Universe.
Bloodshot was once a member of the mob, but after he entered the Federal Witness Protection program, he was betrayed by a member of the FBI to an experimental program called "Project Rising Spirit." He was injected with a billion nanites, that took complete control of his body, giving him powers of regeneration and shapeshifting as they course through his bloodstream, hence the name, Bloodshot.
In some way, he's like Wolverine in the Marvel Universe, as he was the product of a government program intent on creating the ultimate killing machine. He also had his memories wiped, forgetting that he was once Angelo Mortalli.
The secret of Bloodshot's true identity was erased from his mind, but it's also never been leaked to the public. In subsequent volumes, his identity and past were tweaked, but they remain a secret from him, and the rest of the world.