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* Another ''Legion Of Super-Heroes'' example: Sensor Girl, who was eventually revealed to be Princess Projectra, who had resigned after killing the man who had killed her husband, Karate Kid. Unusually for this trope, she kept her Charlie Brown name and costume well after her identity had been revealed.
** This is a classic case of [[Executive Meddling]], [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?id=1635&page=article the original plan for Sensor Girl] was her to be Kara [[Supergirl]] Zor-El I. The writer had to [[Hand Wave]] her some [[New Powers as the Plot Demands|new powers]] to make the revelation fit.
* [[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider -Man]] got in on the act too when he was accused of murder; Peter Parker temporarily retired Spider-Man and took on no less than ''four'' new superpowered personas - superheroes Prodigy and Hornet and, in a rarity for this trope, super''villains'' Dusk and Ricochet. [[Sticky Situation|The Trapster]] was heartbroken when he found out the real identity of his new BFF Dusk.
** Which has an added bit of trope, [[Fan Nickname|ol' Webhead]] was able to fight two of Wolverine's rogues, Roughouse the half-Troll and pseudo vampire Bloodscream, whilst [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action|changing outfits]] in between attacks, making them think [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|they were fighting all four]].
** Another example from [[Ultimate Spider]]-Man]]. After mutants fall even further out of public favour, Shadowcat starts operating under a new name and costume as {{spoiler|as "Shroud"}}. Cleverly, she's using her existing abilities in a new way that makes her look as if she has completely different powers.
* Who can forget the 1980's [[Captain America (comics)|''Captain America'']] storyline under Mark Gruenwald where he was stripped of the Captain America identity by the US government and forbidden to act as a superhero by {{spoiler|a commission whose acts were part of a [[Xanatos Gambit]] by the Red Skull}}. His reaction? Create a new costume and identity which was dubbed "The Captain" after he stopped himself awkwardly from calling himself Captain America. The government also appointed a new [[Anti-Hero Substitute|Captain America]], who later when on to wear the new costume as U.S. Agent.
 
 
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