Behind the Mask: The Superhero Alter-Ego Quiz

That was your freebie! Kent was, of course, the bespectacled nerd who turned into Superman.

He loved to shout "Shazam!" Billy Batson was a radio news reporter and awfully similar to Clark Kent. No wonder there were claims of copyright infringement.

The film was, well, dreadful. Sylvester Stallone played the role of Joe Dredd in 1995.

Roger that! Steve Rogers went from ill to Ill (with a capital I!) when a serum transformed him into the magnificent Captain America.

Yet another gimme. Maybe you know more about Batman and comic books than you thought?

His wicked red costume sends chills down the spines of gangsters. Matt Murdock is Daredevil.

Kind of a bummer to be a superpowerless hero. But The Phantom was awfully smart.

It's Spidey to the rescue! Parker sometimes got himself into sticky situations when he donned the Spiderman suit.

She was royalty, indeed. Princess Diana of Themyscira was a princess of the Amazon with amazing superpowers.

It was another one of those lab-accidents-gone-wrong scenarios that turned Barry Allen into a human drag racer.

These comics were made during some banner years in the industry. Bruce Banner was an antisocial genius who went "hulk" on the bad guys.

He often goes by Logan, but his real name is James Howlett.

His similarly masked partner, Kato, helped Britt Reid take on criminals -- while being branded as criminals themselves.

This concludes the "green" section of our quiz. Queen goes Green when he takes on the baddies.

Doctor Doom thinks she's just the greatest. But Susan Storm Richards uses her superpowers against the likes of him.

Spawn is a shapeshifter and apparently his alter ego is, too. Jim Downing is the current name used for Spawn's alter ego.

He was also the first popular black superhero in American comics. The Black Panther also had a Ph.D and mastery in martial arts.

The Shadow knows! And now, so do you.

Sometimes he makes Bruce Wayne look like a wuss. Tony Stark is awash in money, which he uses to build the Iron Man machine.

Sometimes, you just can't stop nerding it up. Reed Richards is also a huge nerd.