2) SPARX – Real Name: D.C. FORCE
As the non-super child of a metahuman dynasty, Donna Carol “D.C.” Force was bitten by an alien parasite during the ‘New Blood’ crossover of 1993. She ended up being one of the most successful of the New Bloods (second only to HItman, who got a well-regarded solo book and maaaaaybe Gunfire), ending up serving with both the Blood Pack and The Ravers over the course of a couple of years. Either way, a girl named DC Force getting electrical powers heralds back to the oldest of old-school comic book tropes.
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Although fun set, Matthew, thank you!
Fun trivia: there’s actually a word for this. An aptonym is a name that corresponds to a career or skills.
From the webcomic world, Goblins Comics takes an interesting approach to this. The central characters are from a village with a shaman, who names every newborn according to her visions of the child’s future. So there’s Complains Loudly, who protests every nonsensical thi g about the world; Dies Horribly, who lives in constant fear; and… Chief. Who is now the village chief. Because he was named Chief upon birth.
Ha! That sounds really cool…