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en-wikipedia-org-813		Secret identity - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	572	95	59	Secret identity Wikipedia Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Find sources: "Secret identity" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) A secret identity is a person's alter ego which is not known to the general populace, most often used in fiction. Brought into popular culture by the Scarlet Pimpernel in 1903, the concept is particularly prevalent in the American comic book genre, and is a trope of the masquerade.[citation needed] In American comic books, a character typically has dual identities, one public and secret. Non-official cover No More Secret Identities: The Trouble With Alter Egos Hidden categories: Articles that may contain original research from September 2017 Articles needing additional references from September 2017 All articles needing additional references	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-813.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-813.txt