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> Because, from where I stand, even though kids are more than willing to suspend their disbelief for stupid tropes that THEY like, they have ZERO tolerance for tropes that they're even so much as lukewarm about, especially if those tropes are seen as older than their own generation.
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They seem to be OK with the idea of a secret identity for Spider-Man, since all three of his films have raked in over a billion dollars. Batman, too, seems to be doing OK for himself.
How many Manga characters use the idea of a secret identity? The Sailor Moon franchsie had them. Power Rangers too.
Technically, the entire mythology of Harry Potter is an extension of the idea of a secret identity, since the average person doesn't even seem to know magic exists in that world (or at least didn't in the two books I read).
Secret identities as a plot device aren't going anywhere.
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... In that, in all of the examples you cited, the "secret identity" isn't anywhere near as secret as guys like Quesada think it should be, since - as I already pointed out, in my original post - all of those "secret identities" are surrounded by entire support crews of people who know their secrets (since you're alluding to the movie versions of Spider-Man and Batman). Thus, I would contend that the "secret identity" that's kept hidden indefinitely, from everyone, including the "one true love" of the protagonist(s), is already well on its way out, in most places except for American superhero comics. Hell, one of the things my mom's students like about Ultimate Spider-Man (and I can't believe I'm saying good things about Bendis) is the fact that literally every single one of Peter's close school friends, AND Aunt May, now know his "secret identity."
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