Characters who have special nicknames in Comic Books.
- All superhero codenames count as this if the hero in question becomes famous enough.
- Aquaman: Aquaman is the King of the Sea(s). He's also been called "The Sea Sleuth".
- Baker Street: Even though Sharon Ford has not been an active member of the gang scene for years, she is best among punk circles — where she is regarded as an elder statesman — by her gang moniker of 'Harlequin'.
- Batman:
- Depending on the continuity, he is referred to as the Caped Crusader, Masked, Manhunter, Dark Knight (which came from Darknight Detective), and occasionally just The Detective, usually by Ra's al Ghul. A more obscure one, but no less alliterative, was Gotham Gangbuster.
- More ominously, in the criminal world he's also known as "The Bat" emphasizing his role as The Dreaded among criminals.
- Robin was originally known as the Boy Wonder, and later as the Teen Wonder.
- Batgirl was the "Dazzling Daredoll" in the sixties.
- Collectively, Batman and Robin are the Dynamic Duo. Batman, Robin and Batgirl are the Terrific Trio, though this hasn't seen use in a long time.
- Batman holds the title of "World's Greatest Detective" in The DCU.
- In Batman '66 #41, a robot Batman is created, gaining the nicknames "Cathode Crusader" and "Spark Knight".
- Some of Batman's foes also have nicknames; The Joker is occasionally referred to as "the Clown Prince of Crime" and Bane, as the man who delivered the most brutal beating Batman ever experienced, up to and including a broken back, is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bat."
- Joker has also received (or given himself) the titles of "the Ace of Knaves", "the Harlequin of Hate", and "the Jester of Genocide".
- "Two-Face" was originally the nickname used to identify Harvey Dent once his face was half-scarred by acid and he became a criminal. Later versions of the character used this as a persona Dent adopted as part of his multiple personality disorder.
- Scarecrow is "The Master of Fear" while The Riddler is "The Prince of Puzzlers", "the Duke of Dilemmas", "the Wizard of Quiz", and "the Count of Conundrums". Mr. Freeze has been known as "The Crown Prince of Chilblains".
- Cassandra Cain was named 'The One who is All' by the League of Assassins, since she's been trained by nearly every member and could carry on their legacy by herself.
- In the Tales from the Dark Multiverse story based on Batman: Hush, Batman the Silenced is commonly known by other characters as "Arkham's Devil".
- Depending on the continuity, he is referred to as the Caped Crusader, Masked, Manhunter, Dark Knight (which came from Darknight Detective), and occasionally just The Detective, usually by Ra's al Ghul. A more obscure one, but no less alliterative, was Gotham Gangbuster.
- Black Canary: The Black Canary is the Sonic Siren.
- Caballistics, Inc.: Solomon Ravne, an immortal former Nazi, became known as "Der Teufel" (The Devil) to his victims during the Holocaust.
- Captain America: Captain America has been called "The Sentinel of Liberty" and "The Star Spangled Avenger." He's also retroactively known as "The First Avenger", because although he's the fifth member of the actual team, his heroics in World War II are considered their inspiration.
- Chassis: Several of the Aero-run racers are much better known by their nicknames than their real names. These include Covergirl, Sabotage and Sky Fish.
- Daredevil: Daredevil has been known as 'The Devil of Hell's Kitchen', 'The Scarlet Swashbuckler', 'Hornhead' and, most famously, as 'The Man Without Fear'.
- Deadpool: Speaking of which, everybody give a great big hello to the Merc with the Mouth, the Regeneratin' Degenerate, the Crimson Comedian, iiiiiiiiiiit's...Deadpool!!!
- Disney Ducks Comic Universe: Some of the chapter titles in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck are implied to be nicknames Scrooge has acquired during his adventures. To wit, he's variously known as "The King of the Klondike", "The Buckaroo of the Badlands", "The Pizen of Pizen Bluff", and "The Master of the Mississippi".
- Not a chapter title, but commonly used as Scrooge's nickname during his cowboy days is "Glasgow Kid".
- Dungeon Twilight: Marvin goes by the name of Dust King, he earned the name by raising an army of undead.
- El Cazador: Pirate Girl protagonist Donessa Cinzia Elena Marie Esperanza Diego-Luis Hidalgo is better known as 'Lady Sin'.
- Elongated Man: Ralph Dibny was often referred to as the 'Ductile Detective', especially during his stories from the 1960s and 70s.
- Enemy Ace: Hans von Hammer, an Expy of the original Red Baron, is the Enemy Ace to comics readers, but was known In-Universe as "The Hammer of Hell."
- Fantastic Four: Annihilus likes to describe himself as "The Living Death That Walks."
- The Flash: is The Scarlet Speedster, or sometimes just The Speedster. Also The Fastest Man Alive. Less-common titles used during The Silver Age were The Sultan of Speed and The Monarch of Motion.
- Professor Zoom, conversely, is the Sinister Speedster.
- Actually discussed in-universe in The Flash (2014). The Flash of Earth-2, Jay Garrick, reveals they called him the "Crimson Comet." They then question the consistent use of alliterative names.
- Ghost Rider: The original Ghost Rider was known as the "Frontier Phantom". Also "He-who-rides-the-night-winds", courtesy of the natives.
- The newer, more familiar Ghost Riders are collectively known as the Spirits of Vengeance, though this is more than a mere title in most cases.
- Green Arrow:
- The Green Arrow is the Emerald Archer.
- The first Speedy, Roy Harper, was the Cyclone Kid.
- The Incredible Hulk: The Hulk lives and breathes these, since his name itself is always an example. He has gained other epithets in the recent past, such as "Indestructible" and "Immortal". His traditional Stan Lee-given kennings are "Jade Giant" and "Green Goliath". His cousin, meanwhile, is the Green Glamazon and is usually accompanied by the adjective "Sensational". Hulk's Mini Marvels counterpart is the Jade Juvenile.
- Iron Man: Iron Man has been called "The Ironclad Avenger."
- He was also called the Golden Avenger long after his armor ceased to be entirely golden.
- When his armor was red and silver, he was called the Silver Centurion. This became the name for that particular armor.
- And most commonly, 'Shellhead', one that has stood the test of time, appearing in Avengers: Age of Ultron.
- Lady Death: Lady Death has been referred to as "the Pale Queen", "the Godslayer", "the Diva of Death" and "the Goddess of All That Is Dead And Dying".
- The Scorpion: Armando Catalano is universally known as 'the Scorpion'.
- Lobo: Subverted with Lobo, as his actual name is unpronounceable by humans but translates to "He Who Devours Your Entrails and Thoroughly Enjoys It".
- One character in the Marvel Universe is referred to by Mooks as "The Anti-Life" and "The Slayer of All That Breathes". That character is Squirrel Girl.Big Bertha: She's sort of beaten M.O.D.O.K.... and Doctor Doom... and Thanos... single-handedly.
Deadpool: Oh, c'mon, those stories can't actually count in continuity. - Marvel Noir:
- In X-Men Noir, newspapers call Professor Xavier "the Professor of Crime"; his X-Men all have nicknames of their own, but they seem to have given them to each other. There's also the various criminals who taught young Tommy Halloway the tricks of the trade: Horace "Harlem Houdini" Hobbs, Orville "The Gentleman" Whitwell, and Cain "The Juggernaut" Marko.
- In Iron Man Noir, there is the infamous pirate Captain Namor, also known as the Beast of the Blue and the Blood Mariner.
- In Luke Cage Noir, Luke Cage received the name "Power-Man" after taking two bullets in the chest and getting up as if nothing had happened.
- The Mighty Thor: It was actually a fairly common thing in the early days of the comic for especially nasty villains to be declared/declare themselves 'The enemy of all who live!' (exclamation point mandatory).
- Thor himself has a few, inheriting the title of 'The Golden Avenger' from Iron Man, 'the Thunderer' and 'the Lightning Giver.'
- The Phantom: The Phantom is usually called "The Ghost Who Walks", but has also been called "The Man Who Cannot Die"; each scion of the Walker family has donned the garb upon the death of his predecessor, resulting in Legacy Immortality.
- Shazam!: The artist formerly known as Captain Marvel is the World's Mightiest Mortal or The Big Red Cheese.
- Spider-Man: Spider-Man is referred to as either the "Web-Slinger" or "Wall-Crawler", based on his two main methods of transportation, or, more simply, Webs. A less common name is "The Arach-Knight", as a pun on Batman's "The Dark Knight". He's also occasionally been called the "Web-Spinner", though this is extremely rare in the modern day compared to the 60s-early 90s, where it was more common.
- He's also been referred to, a touch more sinisterly, as 'The Spider'.
- Spidey's Captain Ersatz The Fury from Alan Moore's 1963 is known as the Roof-Runner.
- Venom has been occasionally referred to as the "Lethal Protector" since the launch of his solo title by the same name.
- Strontium Dog: Most of the main characters shed their old names and take up new ones. Very few people in-universe know who John Kreelman and Archibald Mac Nulty are, but will be wetting themselves if you refer to them as Johnny Alpha and The Tartan Terror.
- Suicide Squad: Before her Face–Heel Turn, June Moone's Enchantress was known as "the Switcheroo-Witcheroo", "the Charming Charmer, "the Magic Maiden" and "the Wizard Girl".note
- Superman: Superman is the Man of Steel, the Man of Tomorrow, the Last Son of Krypton, the Metropolis Marvel, the Action Ace, the Big Blue Boy Scout, and the Man of Might (you may notice a trend with some of these). His cousin, Supergirl, is either the Girl of Steel, the Maid of Might, the Stanhope Sensation or the Blonde Blockbuster. His alternate universe daughter, Ariella, is called R'E'L, the Destroyer of Worlds. Even Jimmy Olsen has been sometimes called Mr. Action.
- Watchmen: Adrian "The World's Smartest Man" Veidt, formerly Ozymandias.
- Wonder Wart Hog: Gilbert Shelton's Wonder Wart-hog was called the 'Hog of Steel', in an obvious parody of Superman.
- Wonder Woman: Wonder Woman is sometimes called "the Amazing Amazon" or "the Spirit of Truth".
- X-Men: Wolverine used to be just "Wolverine". Then we learned his name was Logan. And then we learned his real name was James Howlett. Originally, his official code-name (given to him by the Canadian government) was "Weapon-X". "Wolverine" was a name he chose for himself, apparently.
