Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is one of the most influential media franchises in the world, and is famous for its superhero comics in particular. Throughout the various comic runs published by Marvel, there are a number of notable plural characters, even among some of the most famous characters in its roster.

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of plural characters in Marvel! This is a small selection, and we're on the lookout for more.

Green Goblin

Once an influential chemical scientist, Norman Osborn created a serum designed to give himself super strength, but due to tampering by his son Harry, it instead drove him insane. Becoming the Green Goblin, he turned into one of Spider-Man's most famous enemies, and it was later revealed that both Osborn and the Goblin were separate entities, with the Goblin serving as a powerful influence on Osborn's mind.

Hulk

After an accident in a gamma radiation experiment caused scientist Bruce Banner to turn into the green monstrosity known as the Hulk any time he becomes enraged, he went on the run, alternately joining and leaving various hero teams including being a founding member of the Avengers. It was later revealed that Banner had DID but had never been diagnosed, and the Hulk was an alter that had existed prior to the accident but was changed and enhanced by it.

Legion

The son of the X-Men's Professor Charles Xavier, David Haller developed DID due to the trauma of a terrorist attack in which his stepfather was killed. At the same time, his latent psychic powers activated and killed the terrorists, absorbing the consciousness of their leader Jemail Karami as an alter. Years later, Karami regained his sense of self, and began working to reintegrate the fractured parts of their collective mind, though he was resisted by two other alters, Jack Wayne and Cyndi. Various stories involving Legion revolve around their battles, as well as Legion's ability to absorb others' consciousnesses as first happened to Karami.

Moon Knight

Possibly Marvel's most famously plural character, Moon Knight is the superhero identity of a diagnosed DID system, with alters including Marc Spector, Steven Grant, Jake Lockley, and others. They also have a spiritual alter in the form of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon, and serve as his avatar.

Moon Knight is a relatively minor character in most of the comics, and is best known to the wider public through the Netflix miniseries about them.

Ms. Marvel

While overseeing the Kree spy Mar-Vell (Captain Marvel)'s activities on Earth, ex-Air Force pilot Carol Danvers was captured by a villain and exposed to a machine which unlocked her latent half-Kree DNA. Initially unaware she had gained superpowers, Carol began to black out when presented with danger and be replaced by Ms. Marvel, and even after discovering Ms. Marvel's existence, Carol was unable to access her powers without handing over control. The two would later merge, as Carol gained control of her powers and Ms. Marvel was no longer needed.

However, this would not be the end of Carol's experiences with plurality, as Rogue later accidentally absorbed her memories along with her powers. While her memories were restored by Professor X and she would go on to become Binary and later Captain Marvel, her original memories and powers manifested in Rogue as an alter. This introjected version of Carol alternately clashed with and worked with Rogue until she was eventually separated into a new body, though she would end up being killed not long after.

Superior Spider-Man

After realizing he was nearing his death, Otto Octavius (Doctor Octopus) developed a machine that allowed him to transplant his mind into the body of his nemesis, Peter Parker (Spider-Man), leaving Peter to die in Otto's failing body. However, Peter's consciousness was still linked to Otto's and did not die, using the link to force Otto to experience all of the painful memories of his time as Spider-Man and realize the responsibility Spider-Man holds. Reformed by the experience, Otto swore to Peter he would carry on the legacy of Spider-Man, and even surpass Peter himself.

Peter seemingly disappeared after this, but was later discovered to have simply gone dormant, at which point Otto unsuccessfully attempted to fully erase him; however, Peter survived and later pushed Otto to save a young child who he had considered abandoning, leading Otto to realize he had failed to surpass Peter, as he had not truly understood what it meant to be Spider-Man. With this revelation, he chose to erase himself and return Peter's body to its rightful owner.

Typhoid Mary

After being repeatedly attacked by her father from infancy, Mary Walker developed DID, with her most well-known alter, Typhoid Mary, gaining powers as a mutant. They endured years of medical abuse before being freed by Elektra, and later went on to become Kingpin's deadliest enforcer. They were also romantically involved with both Daredevil and the Kingpin, eventually becoming reintegrated before marrying the latter and moving to the mutant-only island country of Krakoa.

Venom

Venom is an alien symbiote from the planet Klyntar, which first bonded with Spider-Man (Peter Parker) before being driven off due to its negative influence on him, and bonding with its most famous host, Eddie Brock. In various depictions, Eddie and Venom interact with each other to varying extents, and their relationship is very much akin to headmates in a system. Venom has also had a number of other hosts, including Flash Thompson and Eddie's son Dylan, and in this list also serves as a stand-in for other famous symbiotes such as Carnage and Anti-Venom.

Minor Characters / Alternate Realities

The following characters are very minor presences in the comics, or are only notably plural in specific alternate realities.

• Arachknight — RQ ★★★★☆, RC 5/5
  During the Warp World incident in which the world was folded in half and its inhabitants fused with each other, Spider-Man and Moon Knight were fused into Arachknight, a version of Peter Parker with DID and four known alters: the light-hearted Arachnid, the darker and more aggressive Knight, as well as C.E.O. Peter and Science Peter.
• Aurora — RQ ★☆☆☆☆, RC 5/5
  Jeanne-Marie Beaubier grew up orphaned in a Catholic school, and developed DID due to being abused by the nuns for talking about her mutant powers, with her alter Aurora holding their powers. The two strongly disliked each other, and repeatedly merged and re-split due to various plotlines while serving as members of Alpha Flight.
• Captain America (Earth-23291) — RQ ★★★☆☆, RC 4/5
  Granted superpowers when her husband forcibly subjected her to the super-soldier serum, Roberta Mendez is the Captain America of Earth-23291 and a member of Alchemax's Avengers, but is unaware of her superhero identity, transforming into Captain America when given a specific trigger phrase.
• Cloak & Dagger (Earth-TRN1444) — RQ ★★★☆☆, RC 4/5
  In the universe of the hero shooter game Marvel Rivals, Tyrone Johnson (Cloak) and Tandy Bowen (Dagger) were fused by timestream entanglement and now exist in the same space, with only one able to corporeally exist at a time but retaining the ability to communicate and switch places at will.
• Darkhawk — RQ ★★☆☆☆, RC 2/5
  After discovering an ancient amulet in an abandoned amusement park, teenager Chris Powell gained the ability to exchange his body with that of a sentient android he could then control, becoming the hero Darkhawk. The android was later revealed to be named Raptor, and took on increased agency alongside Chris.
• Gabriel Stacy — RQ ★★☆☆☆, RC 3/5
  Created as a clone son of Norman Osborn and Gwen Stacy in a plot by Norman's son Harry, Gabriel and his twin sister Sarah died and were cloned or resurrected numerous times due to their accelerated lifespans. One incarnation of Gabriel stole Harry's American Son armor, and committed various crimes as Gabriel while cleaning up after them as American Son, with both being unaware they were one and the same.
• Minion (Earth-8410) — RQ ★★☆☆☆, RC 4/5
  A cyborg created by AIM, Minion was designed to absorb the knowledge and capabilities of 106 targets before killing them. However, on absorbing his final target, the mechanoid bounty hunter Death's Head, his programming was scrambled, rewriting his personality and creating introjects of each of his victims.
• Mister Negative — RQ ★★★☆☆, RC 5/5
  After being subjected to an experimental drug alongside the future heroes Cloak and Dagger, Martin Li developed the second personality of Mister Negative, who attempted to become the de facto ruler of New York's Chinatown, often coming to blows with Spider-Man, Kingpin, and others.
• Outlaw Kid — RQ ★★★☆☆, RC 4/5
  Lance Temple created the Outlaw Kid persona in order to fight crime in the Wild West without his father's knowledge. However, when his father discovered his deception and died of shock, Lance blamed himself and swore revenge on Outlaw Kid due to his memories being obscured by trauma, and the two began to operate independently until recognizing each other just before their death.
• Punisher (Earth-928) — RQ ★★☆☆☆, RC 5/5
  After his lover was turned to glass and shattered in his arms, Jake Gallows, the Punisher of Earth-928, became increasingly unstable as the Punisher took on a will of his own, and the two later struggled against each other over whether to kill their sidekick Matt Axel for sheltering one of their enemies.
• Scarlet Spider — RQ ★★☆☆☆, RC 3/5
  In the Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider comic run, repeated deaths and resurrections have caused Peter Parker's clone Ben to converse and interact with various past incarnations of himself, though it is unclear whether they are alters or hallucinations.
• Sleepwalker — RQ ★★☆☆☆, RC 2/5
  A member of a race of supernatural dream police, who was tricked by his enemy Cobweb and trapped in the mind of a human named Rick Sheridan. The two can converse through dreams, with Sleepwalker taking Rick's place to act as a superhero while Rick sleeps.