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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
it is illegal in most settings for people to have a secret identity.
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What makes you say that? It's not illegal in the real-world modern US, for instance* (which is a pretty typical starting point for comics). I'm not enough of a comics fan to know whether the fictional settings usually outlaw secret identities. I'd expect that in the supers-hunting futures/alternate histories, but not in the main lines, given how popular secret identities are in the comics.
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* consider stage names, pseudonyms, or "Doing Business As". Operating publically under a fictitious name is generally legal, unless you're intentionally doing so for fraudulent purposes. This is distinct from forged IDs or identity fraud/theft (using someone else's ID).