Characters' Middle Names & Family Members' Names

[Slimybug]

This is something I'm a big enough geek to wonder about.

Superman
The Wedding Album lists Clark & Lois' full names as Clark Joseph Kent and Lois Joanne Lane. In Smallville, however, Clark's middle name is mentioned as Jerome.
Obviously, we know Clark's parents are Jor-El & Lara and Jonathan & Martha (or Eben & Sarah on Earth-2), and his uncle & aunt are Zor-El & Alura. Also, I have heard that his biological grandfather was also named Jor-El. On Smallville at least, his paternal grandparents were Hiram & Jessica, and his maternal grandfather is Bill Clark. The idea of Martha Kent's maiden name being Clark is certainly something that has permeated multiple adaptations, but I'm not sure it's ever been made comic book canon.

Batman
I have heard his middle name as Anthony somewhere. Also, of course, parents are Thomas & MARTHA!!!
I also believe Dick's middle name is John, after his father (mother: Mary)

Wonder Woman
Diana, daughter of Hippolyta. We don't even need to get into the Greek pantheon.

Flash
Bartholomew Henry Allen, son of Henry & Nora Allen.

Green Lantern
Harold Jordan, son of Martin & Jessica Jordan. Older brother is Jack, younger brother is Jim. Jim's wife is Susan, and their children are Howard and Jane.

And so on, and so forth. Add any other such information from across the universe that you feel is interesting!

[Lonewolf36]

Bruce Wayne's middle name is Thomas (Batman #20 (June, 2017) and you are correct Dick's is Richard John Grayson.

[WallyWestFlash]

Wallys full name is Wallace Rudolph West.

Parents are Rudolph and Mary west. Aunt is Iris West. Grandfather is Ira West. A brilliant scientist but forgetfull.

[Lonewolf36]

Guy Gardner's middle name(s) has been stated as both Darrin and Joseph in the comics. Jefferson Michael Pierce is supposedly Black Lightning's full name but i have been unable to locate that in print yet so not sure how official that is. Elongated Man's Randolph William Dibny.

[Johnny]

Aquaman
Arthur Joseph Curry, son of Tom Curry and Atlanna, half-brother of Orm Marius.

The Flash
Jason Peter Garrick, son of Joseph Garrick and I don't believe his mother's name has been mentioned.

The Flash
Wallace Rudolph West, son of Rudy and Mary West, nephew of Iris West.

Nightwing
Richard John Grayson, son of John and Mary Grayson, adoptive son of Bruce Wayne.

Green Lantern
Guy Darrin Gardner, son of Ebenezer and Gillian Gardner, brother of Gerard and Gloria Gardner.

Green Lantern
Jessica Viviana Cruz, sister of Sara Cruz and so far parents' names are unknown.

Robin/Red Robin
Timothy Jackson Drake, son of Jack and Janet Drake, adoptive son of Bruce Wayne.

Black Canary
Dinah Laurel Lance, daughter of Dinah Drake and Larry Lance.

Green Arrow
Oliver Jonas Queen, son of Robert and Moira Queen, half-brother of Emiko Queen.

Captain Marvel/Shazam
William Joseph Batson, son of Marilyn and Clarence Batson, adoptive son of Victor and Rosa Vasquez, adoptive brother of Mary Bromfield, Freddy Freeman, Darla Dudley, Eugene Choi and Pedro Peña.

Lex Luthor
Alexander Joseph Luthor, son of Lionel and Lillian Luthor, brother of Lena Luthor.


Damn, lots of Josephs.

[Lonewolf36]

Aquaman
Arthur Joseph Curry, son of Tom Curry and Atlanna, half-brother of Orm Marius.

The Flash
Jason Peter Garrick, son of of Joseph Garrick and I don't believe his mother's name has been mentioned.

The Flash
Wallace Rudolph West, son of Rudy and Mary west, nephew of Iris West.

Nightwing
Richard John Grayson, son of John and Mary Grayson, adoptive son of Bruce Wayne.

Green Lantern
Guy Darrin Gardner, son of Ebenezer and Gillian Gardner, brother to Gerard and Gloria Gardner.

Green Lantern
Jessica Viviana Cruz, sister of Sara Cruz and so far parents' names are unknown.

Robin/Red Robin
Timothy Jackson Drake, son of Jack and Janet Drake, adoptive son of Bruce Wayne.

Black Canary
Dinah Laurel Lance, daughter of Dinah Drake and Larry Lance,

Oliver Jonas Queen, son of Robert and Moira Queen, older brother to Emiko Queen.

Captain Marvel/Shazam
William Joseph Batson, biological son of Marilyn and Clarence Batson, adoptive son of Victor and Rosa Vasquez, adoptive brother of Mary Bromfield, Freddy Freeman, Darla Dudley, Eugene Choi and Pedro Peña.

Lex Luthor
Alexander Joseph Luthor, son of Lionel and Lillian Luthor, brother of Lena Luthor.


Damn, lots of Josephs.

I thought Arthur Joseph Curry was Aquaman II and that Aquaman I was just Arthur Curry.

[Johnny]

I thought Arthur Joseph Curry was Aquaman II and that Aquaman I was just Arthur Curry.

My memory could be deceiving me, but I think there was an outside media product where his middle name was mentioned to be Joseph. Young Justice maybe? I could be wrong but I believe Weisman once posted the characters' age and full names on his blog and Arthur's middle name was Joseph.

[Lonewolf36]

My memory could be deceiving me, but I think there was an outside media product where his middle name was mentioned to be Joseph. Young Justice maybe? I could be wrong but I believe Weisman once posted the characters' age and full names on his blog and Arthur's middle name was Joseph.

Thanks! I did not know that.

[Restingvoice]

Alfred Thaddeus Pennyworth

Tim Drake - Timothy Jackson Drake

New 52 Superboy of the future - Jonathan Lane Kent

[Lonewolf36]

Beast Boy (Garfield Mark Logan)
Red Arrow (Roy William Harper, Jr.)
Donna Hinckley Stacy Troy
Batwoman (Katherine Rebecca Kane)
Batgirl (Barbara Joan Gordon)
Lois Joanne Lane
Starman (Theodore Henry Knight)
Hawkgirl (Kendra Shiera Saunders)
Doctor Mid-Nite (Pieter Anton Cross)
Nuklon (Albert Julian Rothstein)
Huntress (Helena Rosa Bertinelli) - also sometimes Janice.
Man-Bat (Robert Kirkland Langstrom)
Red Hood (Jason Peter Todd)
Question (Charles Victor Szasz)
Question (Renee Maria Montoya)
Airwave (Harold Lawrence Jordan)
Harley Quinn (Harleen Francis Quinzel)
Captain Atom (Nathaniel Christopher Adam)
Fire (Beatriz Bonilla DaCosta)
Booster Gold (Michael Jon Carter)
Supernova (Daniel Jon Carter)
Blue Beetle (Theodore Stephen Kord)
Rocket Red (Dmitri Dmitriyevich Pushkin)
Pozhar (Mikhail Denisovitch Arkadin)
Nemesis (Thomas Andrew Tresser)
Poison Ivy (Pamela Lillian Isley)
Superboy (Jonathan Samuel Kent)
Spectre (James Brendan Corrigan)
Atom (Raymond Carson Palmer) - Legends of Tomorrow

[Adekis]

Obviously, we know Clark's parents are... Jonathan & Martha (or Eben & Sarah on Earth-2)

In actual fact, on Earth 2 their names are John and Mary, at least according to Secret Origins vol 2 # 1. I'm not actually aware how much detail they're given in earlier stories, as admittedly that comic comes out in 1986, which is about as late as an Earth 2 Superman story can get! But I expect that they either have the same names or no name at all in earlier stories like "Superboy Meets Clark Kent" from Superboy vol 2 # 15, which I've never managed to get ahold of... Most Earth 2 stories don't have much focus on the origin.

Eben and Sarah are their names in George Lowther's Superman novel and in both the Superman serials and Adventures of Superman show.

I always thought their names should have been Eben and Sarah on Earth 2 as well, to help contrast with Earth 1 alongside Jor-L and Lora, but in Superman # 1, Mr. Kent isn't given a name but Mrs. Kent is called Mary, so I guess in later Earth 2 stories like , the writers wanted to follow that. Mary stayed the same, and John was chosen probably because of its similarity to Jonathan on Earth 1.

Of course, it's not always easy to explain that Golden Age Superman and Earth 2 Superman are not actually the same character, the latter is designed to invoke the former and to be as different from Earth 1 Superman as they could manage. That desire for distinction is why Clark works at the Daily Star for his entire life on Earth 2 but in the actual Golden Age there are plenty of comics with Perry White and the Planet, or why Earth 2 Luthor has red hair all the way up until he dies in the Crisis, but most Golden Age Luthor stories, he's actually bald.

With that in mind, I can't think of any reason why Earth 2 Superman's parents shouldn't be Eben and Sarah, but oh well, I guess it's not surprising that Roy Thomas had different priorities.

EDIT: Er... I guess none of that was about middle names, was it? Oops.