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** In nine issues, ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' has already had three separate revelations about familial bonds between heroes and villains.
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* ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'': Rose Walker's grandfather in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' is Desire, who impregnated the comatose Unity Kinkaid during Dream's imprisonment.
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* The plot of ''ComicBook/BatmanRIP'' essentially involves multiple {{Mind Rape}}s piled on top of each other to see how many it takes to make Batman crack. The cherry on top? Enigmatic villain Simon Hurt claims that he is actually Thomas Wayne, and that he faked his own death after hiring Joe Chill to kill his faithless whore of a wife. The truth of his story hasn't been determined, but Bruce decides to reject it at the end of the arc. [[note]] This was later revealed to be a lie; Simon Hurt was actually a distant relative of Thomas Wayne, who'd achieved immortality through satanic rituals.[[/note]]
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* The plot of ''ComicBook/BatmanRIP'' ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman RIP]]'' essentially involves multiple {{Mind Rape}}s piled on top of each other to see how many it takes to make Batman crack. The cherry on top? Enigmatic villain Simon Hurt claims that he is actually Thomas Wayne, and that he faked his own death after hiring Joe Chill to kill his faithless whore of a wife. The truth of his story hasn't been determined, but Bruce decides to reject it at the end of the arc. [[note]] This was later revealed to be a lie; Simon Hurt was actually a distant relative of Thomas Wayne, who'd achieved immortality through satanic rituals.[[/note]]
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* A ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' mini-series in the '80s started with the premise that R. J. Brande, the team's billionaire sponsor, was dying, and in order to save him, the Legionnaires had to figure out which one of them was secretly his child -- an idea that had never been even hinted at before. It finally turned out to be Durlan shapeshifter Chameleon Boy; Brande was revealed to also be a Durlan who'd contracted a disease that [[ShapeshifterModeLock froze him into human form]].
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* A ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' mini-series in the '80s started with the premise that R. J. Brande, the team's billionaire sponsor, was dying, and in order to save him, the Legionnaires had to figure out which one of them was secretly his child -- an idea that had never been even hinted at before. It finally turned out to be Durlan shapeshifter Chameleon Boy; Brande was revealed to also be a Durlan who'd contracted a disease that [[ShapeshifterModeLock froze him into human form]].
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* In ''Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood'', ComicBook/{{Huntress}} gets an old photo of her deceased mother, Maria Bertinelli, ''in flagrante delicto'' with mob boss (and rival to mob boss Franco Bertinelli, Maria's husband) Santo Cassamento, and demands to know what they were doing in that hotel room together. His answer: "Isn't it obvious? We were conceiving you, Helena Rosa." Even worse: when he was instructed to kill the rival mobs, the Bertinelli, he saw a chance to MurderTheHypotenuse, and instructed his henchman to kill all the family "except the sister" (meaning, María Panessa, sister of the mob leader Tomasso Panessa). But the henchman, who was not used to the usual mob words, saw a regular family (a man, a woman, a male child and a female child) [[ExactWords and spared the female child, the "sister"]] (yes, Helena). You can be sure that, after hearing this, no threats or manipulations could possibly keep Cassamento alive for very long. [[AndThisIsFor The blood cries for blood]].
* The plot of ''ComicBook/BatmanRIP'' essentially involves multiple {{Mind Rape}}s piled on top of each other to see how many it takes to make Batman crack. The cherry on top? Enigmatic villain Simon Hurt claims that he is actually Thomas Wayne, and that he faked his own death after hiring Joe Chill to kill his faithless whore of a wife. The truth of his story hasn't been determined, but Bruce decides to reject it at the end of the arc. [[note]] This was later revealed to be a lie; Simon Hurt was actually a distant relative of Thomas Wayne, who'd achieved immortality through satanic rituals.[[/note]]
* In ''ComicBook/BoosterGold One Million'', it is revealed to the audience -- but not to any of the other characters -- that Booster's mentor Rip Hunter is actually Booster's son.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':
** In nine issues, ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' has already had three separate revelations about familial bonds between heroes and villains.
** In ''Green Lantern Corps #35'', Sinestro tells Soranik Natu that she is his daughter. He left her in the care of her foster family to keep her away from the dangers of being associated with him; making this one of the only semi-decent things he's ever done in his life. Since it's ''[[BigBad Sinestro]]'', it's not clear if he's lying or not, but the last page of ''Green Lantern'' #36 makes it pretty obvious that he's telling the truth.
* A ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' mini-series in the '80s started with the premise that R. J. Brande, the team's billionaire sponsor, was dying, and in order to save him, the Legionnaires had to figure out which one of them was secretly his child -- an idea that had never been even hinted at before. It finally turned out to be Durlan shapeshifter Chameleon Boy; Brande was revealed to also be a Durlan who'd contracted a disease that [[ShapeshifterModeLock froze him into human form]].
* Rose Walker's grandfather in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' is Desire, who impregnated the comatose Unity Kinkaid during Dream's imprisonment.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Subverted with super-villain Lesla-Lar, who claims to be ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s long-lost twin sister in ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore''. However, Supergirl points out they ''cannot'' be sisters (Lesla was born several years before Kara's parents met each other) and guesses Lesla has became crazy ''[[ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind after being disintegrated]]'' and spending years surviving as a bodyless, wandering spirit.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in Creator/PeterDavid's ''Supergirl'' #57:
--->'''Buzz:''' Dominique... I am your father... Oh, I'm certain ''that'' didn't sound too "Darth Vader".
** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2011 #24'', super-villain Cyborg Superman gets his memories back... and remembers what he is Supergirl's father. Several months later, in ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth #2'' he tells Kara he is her father (who she had previously thought dead).
** ''ComicBook/LastSon'': Chris Kent, Superman's adopted son, was found in a rocket similar to his. It was revealed during an invasion that the rocket was sent from the PhantomZone, and he was the son of Zod and Ursa.
* Lilith from the ComicBook/TeenTitans knew nothing about her past. Nothing at all. Until [[ComicBook/TheOriginOfLilith her mother kidnapped her]], to rule Olympus together. Her identity? Oh, nothing important: it was Thia, a Titan of Myth and goddess of the sun. Which implies that Lilith is a demigoddess.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1987}}'' Vol 2: Diana is quite distressed when Ares informs her that he's her grandfather, given their long history of fighting each other and Ares' very violent nature. Ares himself only recently learned of the fact, as his parentage of Hippolyta had been hidden from him. While Ares never becomes a "good" guy, he does occasionally go out of his way to prevent Diana's death due to this revelation.
** Pre-Flashpoint, ([[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Vol 3]]) Diana was told that one of the [[EldritchAbomination Hechatonkaires]] was her "father": the clay that was used to create her came from his imprisoned body. Whether or not this counts is up for debate, but the Hechatonkaires in question latched onto the idea as another reason to hate her.
** In [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 The New 52]], she learns that the whole clay story is a lie, and she's the daughter of Hippolyta and Zeus.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': Cassandra Cain was "[[TrainingFromHell raised]]" by the assassin David Cain, never knowing the identities of her true parents. In the final arc of the Kelley Puckett run of ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'', she finally comes to the realization that Cain ''was'' her real father, but her mother's identity is left unknown until the final arc of the entire book, where she confirms, as she has suspected for some time, that ComicBook/LadyShiva is her mother. Her Post-Flashpoint counterpart knew that David was her father the entire time, but it is only during the ''League of Shadows'' arc in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' that Shiva reveals that she is Cassandra's mother, sending Cass into a HeroicBSOD.
* ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'': The demon Barbatos claims that he manipulated Bruce Wayne's entire life to get him on the path to become Batman. He claims this makes him Batman's true father.
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' has a particularly twisted example of this. Laurie, the second Silk Spectre, knows from a tell-all book written years earlier that the recently-deceased Comedian [[AttemptedRape tried to rape her mother]], the first Silk Spectre. Then Laurie finds out that after the near-rape, her mother had consensual sex with him anyway, and that the Comedian is in fact her father.
* In ''Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood'', ComicBook/{{Huntress}} gets an old photo of her deceased mother, Maria Bertinelli, ''in flagrante delicto'' with mob boss (and rival to mob boss Franco Bertinelli, Maria's husband) Santo Cassamento, and demands to know what they were doing in that hotel room together. His answer: "Isn't it obvious? We were conceiving you, Helena Rosa." Even worse: when he was instructed to kill the rival mobs, the Bertinelli, he saw a chance to MurderTheHypotenuse, and instructed his henchman to kill all the family "except the sister" (meaning, María Panessa, sister of the mob leader Tomasso Panessa). But the henchman, who was not used to the usual mob words, saw a regular family (a man, a woman, a male child and a female child) [[ExactWords and spared the female child, the "sister"]] (yes, Helena). You can be sure that, after hearing this, no threats or manipulations could possibly keep Cassamento alive for very long. [[AndThisIsFor The blood cries for blood]].
* The plot of ''ComicBook/BatmanRIP'' essentially involves multiple {{Mind Rape}}s piled on top of each other to see how many it takes to make Batman crack. The cherry on top? Enigmatic villain Simon Hurt claims that he is actually Thomas Wayne, and that he faked his own death after hiring Joe Chill to kill his faithless whore of a wife. The truth of his story hasn't been determined, but Bruce decides to reject it at the end of the arc. [[note]] This was later revealed to be a lie; Simon Hurt was actually a distant relative of Thomas Wayne, who'd achieved immortality through satanic rituals.[[/note]]
* In ''ComicBook/BoosterGold One Million'', it is revealed to the audience -- but not to any of the other characters -- that Booster's mentor Rip Hunter is actually Booster's son.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':
** In nine issues, ''ComicBook/BrightestDay'' has already had three separate revelations about familial bonds between heroes and villains.
** In ''Green Lantern Corps #35'', Sinestro tells Soranik Natu that she is his daughter. He left her in the care of her foster family to keep her away from the dangers of being associated with him; making this one of the only semi-decent things he's ever done in his life. Since it's ''[[BigBad Sinestro]]'', it's not clear if he's lying or not, but the last page of ''Green Lantern'' #36 makes it pretty obvious that he's telling the truth.
* A ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}}'' mini-series in the '80s started with the premise that R. J. Brande, the team's billionaire sponsor, was dying, and in order to save him, the Legionnaires had to figure out which one of them was secretly his child -- an idea that had never been even hinted at before. It finally turned out to be Durlan shapeshifter Chameleon Boy; Brande was revealed to also be a Durlan who'd contracted a disease that [[ShapeshifterModeLock froze him into human form]].
* Rose Walker's grandfather in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' is Desire, who impregnated the comatose Unity Kinkaid during Dream's imprisonment.
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':
** Subverted with super-villain Lesla-Lar, who claims to be ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'s long-lost twin sister in ''ComicBook/StrangersAtTheHeartsCore''. However, Supergirl points out they ''cannot'' be sisters (Lesla was born several years before Kara's parents met each other) and guesses Lesla has became crazy ''[[ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind after being disintegrated]]'' and spending years surviving as a bodyless, wandering spirit.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in Creator/PeterDavid's ''Supergirl'' #57:
--->'''Buzz:''' Dominique... I am your father... Oh, I'm certain ''that'' didn't sound too "Darth Vader".
** In ''ComicBook/Supergirl2011 #24'', super-villain Cyborg Superman gets his memories back... and remembers what he is Supergirl's father. Several months later, in ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth #2'' he tells Kara he is her father (who she had previously thought dead).
** ''ComicBook/LastSon'': Chris Kent, Superman's adopted son, was found in a rocket similar to his. It was revealed during an invasion that the rocket was sent from the PhantomZone, and he was the son of Zod and Ursa.
* Lilith from the ComicBook/TeenTitans knew nothing about her past. Nothing at all. Until [[ComicBook/TheOriginOfLilith her mother kidnapped her]], to rule Olympus together. Her identity? Oh, nothing important: it was Thia, a Titan of Myth and goddess of the sun. Which implies that Lilith is a demigoddess.
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/{{Wonder Woman|1987}}'' Vol 2: Diana is quite distressed when Ares informs her that he's her grandfather, given their long history of fighting each other and Ares' very violent nature. Ares himself only recently learned of the fact, as his parentage of Hippolyta had been hidden from him. While Ares never becomes a "good" guy, he does occasionally go out of his way to prevent Diana's death due to this revelation.
** Pre-Flashpoint, ([[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 Vol 3]]) Diana was told that one of the [[EldritchAbomination Hechatonkaires]] was her "father": the clay that was used to create her came from his imprisoned body. Whether or not this counts is up for debate, but the Hechatonkaires in question latched onto the idea as another reason to hate her.
** In [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 The New 52]], she learns that the whole clay story is a lie, and she's the daughter of Hippolyta and Zeus.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}'': Cassandra Cain was "[[TrainingFromHell raised]]" by the assassin David Cain, never knowing the identities of her true parents. In the final arc of the Kelley Puckett run of ''ComicBook/Batgirl2000'', she finally comes to the realization that Cain ''was'' her real father, but her mother's identity is left unknown until the final arc of the entire book, where she confirms, as she has suspected for some time, that ComicBook/LadyShiva is her mother. Her Post-Flashpoint counterpart knew that David was her father the entire time, but it is only during the ''League of Shadows'' arc in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComicsRebirth'' that Shiva reveals that she is Cassandra's mother, sending Cass into a HeroicBSOD.
* ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal'': The demon Barbatos claims that he manipulated Bruce Wayne's entire life to get him on the path to become Batman. He claims this makes him Batman's true father.
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' has a particularly twisted example of this. Laurie, the second Silk Spectre, knows from a tell-all book written years earlier that the recently-deceased Comedian [[AttemptedRape tried to rape her mother]], the first Silk Spectre. Then Laurie finds out that after the near-rape, her mother had consensual sex with him anyway, and that the Comedian is in fact her father.
