Back from the beyond

Post – February 4, 2003

I know very little about comic books. But in thinking about the upcoming “Daredevil,” something occurs to me. Jennifer Garner plays Elektra Natchios, whose superhero alter ego name is…”Elektra.” I mean, she does have a cool name and all, but won’t it be easy for people to figure out who she is? Isn’t that sort of like Clark Kent’s alter ego being “Clark”?

Just wondering.

4 Comments

  1. Lisa

    Snicker.

    Judging from the pictures in EW, she doesn’t even wear a mask. What kind of disguise is that?

    I’m not too familiar with the series, but maybe they figure that, since Daredevil is blind, she gets to go without a mask because he can’t see her anyway. Don’t you think, though, that Mr. Super-attenuated other senses would recognize the sound of her voice?

  2. Sparky

    I guess Daredevil no longer retains the airtight logical foundations of other superhero comics.

  3. Matt

    Either that, or they just aren’t really trying …

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    I go now.

  4. Xkot

    Elektra isn’t really a secret identity type. She’s not exactly a superhero, either. I think she has a little of a secret identity but doesn’t put much effort into it – sort of like Nathan Lane.

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