10 Comic Book Hero Solutions To Fix Your Financial Problems
5. Adopt A Dead Person's Identity (The Martian Manhunter)
Sometimes the best thing you can do when you move to a new town is the perfectly viable thing of taking on a recently-deceased person's identity. Sure, you may have other identities already on the side such as cats, and using an actual person's identity is an admittedly tricky thing to line up, but if you can find the right person to shadow, it's well worth it. Sporadically pretending to be people you fabricated is all well and good, but when you actually become a person, you get all their stuff, and if you already have related employment experience, even better! Furthermore, the documentation is already taken care of, whoever could have gotten hurt is already dead, and it's all not even your fault! You're being noble and doing people a favor. If you can find someone with a name that already sounds exactly like yours, that makes the transition process even easier. J'onn J'onzz didn't intend to use the identity of Detective John Jones on a permanent basis, but even in a time when documentation didn't matter as much, even J'onzz, a being from another planet, saw the benefits of the opportunity. You'd think that people would notice the new Mr. Jones not being around for extended periods of time, but apparently they don't, so J'onzz's job is pretty much always guaranteed! It seems that when you're someone else, you don't even have to control time to have all the time in the world supporting steady material security.
Ian Boucher is many things when he is not writing for WhatCulture.com -- explorer, friend of nature, and librarian. He enjoys stories of many kinds and is fascinated with what different mediums can bring to them. He has developed particular affections for movies and comic books, especially the ones that need more attention, taking them absolutely seriously with a sense of humor. He constantly strives to build his understanding of the relationships between world cultures, messages, and audiences.