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Jiggaman Tiga
March 21st 2006, 11:17 PM
besides the normal suspects (fellow heroes, a couple of classic villains and loved ones), does anyone else know superman is clark kent and batman is bruce wayne?

emphasis on Lex and Perry White (superman) and Montoya and Gordon (Batman)

i remember lex's computers one time revealed it, but he thought it was rubbish. and perry seems to be too good a reporter not to notice...

And Montoya and Gordon were both excellent dectectives....

any help would be greatly appreciated.

bugsypal86
March 22nd 2006, 02:35 AM
I'm not sure about most of them. I believe Gordon doesn't know who Batman is though he does know that Babs was Batgirl.

Fanatix
March 22nd 2006, 02:52 AM
Gordon's knowledge has been the source of some...mystery for awhile. Ever since No Man's Land when Gordon told batman he didn't want to see who was under the mask, that he could have investigated it and found out if he really wanted to know(and maybe he had already).

Same goes with Perry, It was mentioned in the hush storyline the similarities between perry and gordon, and how they both may know who they are, but respect their secrets too much to give them away.

I'm pretty sure Lex and Montoya don't know though.

S.A. Parvaze
March 22nd 2006, 03:33 AM
Montoya, I'm almost sure, doesn't know. Like Fanatix says, Gordon's been something of a grey zone on that issue. My own feeling is that he does know.

Justin Byrd
March 22nd 2006, 10:33 AM
I don't think Perry knows at all, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did. He probably just doesn't care to know, Superman's too important for something like that to be blown open.

Luthor used to know, now I'm not so sure. He was helping Ruin, who knew, so maybe he does?

Montoya I'm positive doesn't know.

Gordon, I think he knows but prefers not to think about it. I don't think he's researched it, I think he just suspects. I mean he was on the heels of Wayne during Year One, and probably still thinks it's him, but chooses not to find out for sure. I am pretty sure he knows that Babs was Batgirl, and is Oracle now. Gordon's one of the smartest guys in Gotham, like Perry, it wouldn't surprise me if he just said "hey Bruce" to Batman one night :)

Blake Petit
March 22nd 2006, 12:09 PM
Lex knew, but Manchester Black wiped that memory from his brain.

Perry -- Probably doesn't know, but I wouldn't be surprised if he figured it out on his own.

Montoya -- Definitely doesn't know.

Gordon -- Like Fanatix said, they've kept this deliberately vague. Personally, I like to believe that he deduced it a long time ago, but has kept it to himself out of respect for his friend.

Beyond the Justice League, Titans, etc. and not counting cosmic-type folks or whoever may have read the OMAC files before Ted Kord managed to delete them, here's the folks I know of off the top of my head who know each of their identities:

Superman: Steel (John Henry), Jonathan and Martha Kent, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Superboy, Supergirl, Linda Danvers (wherever she is)

Batman: Obviously the Bat-family, Alfred Pennyworth, Dr. Hugo Strange (deceased), Hush, the Riddler, Ra's Al Ghul (deceased), Talia Head, Catwoman, Silver St. Cloud, Sasha Bordeaux