Alliterative names: a superhero alter ego list

In alphabetical order:

  1. Billy Batson
  2. Bruce Banner
  3. Lois Lane (I know she’s not technically a superhero)
  4. Matt Murdock
  5. Otto Octavius (he wasn’t always a villain)
  6. Peter Parker
  7. Reed Richards
  8. Scott Summers
  9. Sue Storm
  10. Warren Worthington III

Can you come up with such a list?

10 Comments

  1. Posted March 6, 2009 at 2:26 pm | Permalink

    Dan Dreiberg
    Pepper Potts (allowed on list if Lois Lane is)

  2. Posted March 6, 2009 at 2:48 pm | Permalink

    Agreed. Both shall be included in future lists. Pepper Potts — wotta name!

  3. Posted March 6, 2009 at 2:53 pm | Permalink

    You might find this article on alliterative character names interesting! It has many of the ones you listed.

    http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlliterativeName

  4. Jeremy Lambshead
    Posted March 7, 2009 at 12:19 pm | Permalink

    If Peter Parker and other civilian names are allowed and not just the names of the alter egos, and if alliteration consists of sound repetition rather than mere repetition of consonants (which I contest that it does), then I add to the list one classic mammoth of secret identity: Clark Kent! There it was, hiding all that time, right beneath my nose…

  5. Posted March 10, 2009 at 10:42 am | Permalink

    @Heather: What a treasure trove! Thanks for effective googling.

    @Jeremy: Well done, sir. We’ll now return to more substantive blogging, I promise.

  6. creddy
    Posted March 12, 2009 at 9:42 am | Permalink

    um, comment unrelated to this post buy related to one of mollusc’s twitter comment about the photographic dictionary! – i’ve only been through the a’s, but so far i like, “art” (i like that one A LOT.), “away,” and “airport.”

    also, lev and negin are awesome! and so is the fast! general cheering!

  7. Posted March 12, 2009 at 12:16 pm | Permalink

    Yay creddy! general cheering! we refer you all to:
    http://www.thephotographicdictionary.org/home.html

    (also available for a brief while in the twitter feed above right.)

  8. Posted March 17, 2009 at 12:43 pm | Permalink

    Wally West? Guy Gardner? Bugs Bunny? Roger Rabbit? Mickey Mouse? Oh, wait…

  9. Posted March 17, 2009 at 2:41 pm | Permalink

    Aside from your cartoonish ramblings, Mr. Johnson, we gratefully acknowledge your contributions from the DC (‘Detective Comics’) universe.

  10. jahsa
    Posted March 18, 2009 at 4:31 pm | Permalink

    Don’t forget Rebecca Romijn ;-)

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