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Alter ego
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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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