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Let's just say for starters that Superman's disguise as Clark Kent is the the dumbest disguise in comics.

Who should get the runner up slot?

My money is on the Thing and his attempts at passing for a normal human by wearing a hat and trench coat.

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Originally posted by Omega Vision
Let's just say for starters that Superman's disguise as Clark Kent is the the dumbest disguise in comics.

Who should get the runner up slot?

My money is on the Thing and his attempts at passing for a normal human by wearing a hat and trench coat. You got it all wrong! sneer

Superman is the disguise, Clark Kent is who he is. biscuits

And leave Thing alone! Maybe he was dressing up like a private detective...mmm...or a flasher!? durthing



A for costumes/disguises, I'd say: Wolverine's old orange and brown costume, Mr. Terrific's jacket, Green Arrow's Robin Hood outfit, Herc's skirt, the Monitor's hair, Osborne's hair.

Originally posted by Badabing
You got it all wrong! sneer

Superman is the disguise, Clark Kent is who he is. biscuits

I personally think the truth is somewhere in the middle.

The problem is that there are two clark kents.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
I personally think the truth is somewhere in the middle. I was just bustin' on you.

Originally posted by Badabing
I was just bustin' on you.

Lol.

Never mind Superman. He gets by on the public belief that he wouldn't be down mixing with everyday people, and the use of robotic copies and shape changing stand-ins have given enough of an idea that Clark Kent is someone totally different.

This isn't about bad costumes. It's about bad disguises. So...

Hal Jordan's mask. And others who use that little domino mask - Miss Marvel, Robin, Nightwing, Green Arrow etc. If that's supposed to protect your identity, I don't buy that it would. Also a little pet peeve I had with a great movie like The Incredibles, where the whole family wears them. It's cheesy; only Kyle Rayner had the right idea with the first mask he generated. That covers a lot more of your face.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
My money is on the Thing and his attempts at passing for a normal human by wearing a hat and trench coat.
That reminds me of the TMNT movie where Raphael is running around in that disguise. He rolls over the hood of a taxi during a chase and the passenger goes "What was that?!" and the driver says "Looked like sort of a big turtle... In a trenchcoat."

Originally posted by Creshosk
http://www.cracked.com/article_18617_the-9-stupidest-superhero-secret-identities.html

Most of the people on that list never try to hide their identity. Kind of a puzzling list.

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/2643/98023-83952-kyle-rayner.jpg

Jade to obvious or does the public know? JSA is very open and loved....

Originally posted by Badabing
You got it all wrong! sneer

Superman is the disguise, Clark Kent is who he is. biscuits John Byrne, is that you?

Frog Man's.

When Wolverine goes to Madripoor disguised as Patch is brilliant. His hair and facial features are so distinctive, does he really believe that he is perfectly disguised with an eyepatch? If anything, it would draw attention to his face!

The other is Bruce Wayne as Matches Mallone. It's a strecth to think that a international playboy celeb wouldn't be recognised because of a tiny, tiny moustache.

Was it a hitler moustache?

Silk Spectre II. Is a choker with a skull and two S shaped earings going to hide your indentity from anyone?
Maybe the rest of the outfit made sure the eyes were elswhere.

Originally posted by Badabing
I was just bustin' on you.
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Originally posted by Mshinu
Silk Spectre II. Is a choker with a skull and two S shaped earings going to hide your indentity from anyone?
Maybe the rest of the outfit made sure the eyes were elswhere.
I don't think either of the Silk Spectres ever had a secret identity.

Originally posted by willRules

The other is Bruce Wayne as Matches Mallone. It's a strecth to think that a international playboy celeb wouldn't be recognised because of a tiny, tiny moustache.
And crappy clothes.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
Let's just say for starters that Superman's disguise as Clark Kent is the the dumbest disguise in comics.


After the singer Anastasia said people couldn't recognise her without her glasses I'm thinking that disguise isn't so bad.

Originally posted by Deadline
After the singer Anastasia said people couldn't recognise her without her glasses I'm thinking that disguise isn't so bad. Yes, because she's a compendium of knowledge regarding disguises. dur

Originally posted by Deadline
After the singer Anastasia said people couldn't recognise her without her glasses I'm thinking that disguise isn't so bad.
I don't actually think Superman's disguise is the flimsiest, it's just that when I made this thread I wanted to avoid everyone saying that because its the obvious choice.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
I don't think either of the Silk Spectres ever had a secret identity.


You are right. I thought only Sally was known to the public but her daughter was too. Thanks for pointing it out.

Originally posted by Creshosk
http://www.cracked.com/article_18617_the-9-stupidest-superhero-secret-identities.html

To be fair to Hulk's 'Joe Fixit' identity and Wolverine's 'Patch' persona in Madripoor, both were assumed after what looked like very public, real deaths. It started for Wolverine when he finally got his own title in 1988 under Chris Claremont, but a year later Peter David was making fun of the Patch identity when he took over, showing all his friends had been keeping secret the fact they knew, like a private running joke.
And when Hulk visited Madripoor as Joe Fixit, it wa a running gag the two knew each other, but kept up a public face otherwise.

Originally posted by Omega Vision
I don't actually think Superman's disguise is the flimsiest, it's just that when I made this thread I wanted to avoid everyone saying that because its the obvious choice. While i know why the disguise works, the whole idea of it i nthe first place is pretty dumb imo

Originally posted by steverules_2
Was it a hitler moustache?

More like Zorro without the curly ends.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B49rvfQPG60/SKp5Th8SEdI/AAAAAAAAAyY/Il-WBuBazcU/s400/Matches02.jpg

Originally posted by willRules
More like Zorro without the curly ends.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_B49rvfQPG60/SKp5Th8SEdI/AAAAAAAAAyY/Il-WBuBazcU/s400/Matches02.jpg
I think its a testament to how good Bruce is at acting. One more parallel to Sherlock Holmes.

I always imagined that he completely changed his voice and demeanor to the point that he would only resemble Bruce Wayne superficially.

They do a better job in the 90s show where Matches is always shown wearing dirty clothes like a wool cap that conceals his Bruce Wayne hair as well as fake five-o-clock shadow.