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Alter ego

Alter Ego has multiple meanings:
  • Alter Ego is a game for the Commodore 64 computer.
  • An alter ego (from Latin, "other I") is another self, a second personality or persona within a person. The term is commonly used in literature analysis and comparison to describe characters who are psychologically identical.
  • Alter Ego is a brand of Wizards of the Coast.
  • Alter Ego is a Industrial-Rave techno group.

    The term and concept are also frequently used in popular fiction, like comic books, for the secret identity of a superhero, vigilante or crimefighter:

  • Superman's alter ego is Clark Kent,
  • Batman's is Bruce Wayne,
  • Spider-Man's is Peter Parker
  • Doctor Octopus's is Otto Octavius
  • The Hulk's is Bruce Banner
  • Dr. Jekyll's is Mr. Hyde in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson



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