Alter ego

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Alter Ego has multiple meanings:

Alter Ego is a game for the Commodore 64 and Apple II computers.
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,
Thor's is Dr. Don Blake,
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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