8 Superheroes Who Had Their Identities Exposed

7. Batgirl

Of all the members of the Bat-Family to have a secret identity, Barbara Gordon potentially has the most precarious. She doesn't live with Bruce Wayne, her father's Commissioner Gordon, and she doesn't have the same resources as Batman and Robin - at least not at first.

The fact that Babs is Gordon's daughter has proven to be a major source of tension between Batman and his most trusted ally for years, and so it should come as no surprise to hear that multiple stories have explored what would happen if the commish ever discovered the truth, both in and out of mainstream continuity.

Before Crisis on Infinite Earths, it's revealed that her father had deduced her identity as Batgirl just as Babs decided to tell him the truth. Furthermore, stories depicted in Batman: The Animated Series (Over the Edge), and Injustice: Gods Among us (the comic) have shown just how devastating that revelation could become, with it causing a rift not just between Gordon and his daughter in one instance, but also between the entire police force and Batman.

Her identity is once again under wraps in DC Rebirth, but only time will tell if her father learns the truth once more.