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I'm thinking of starting up a YKTTW, but I figured I'd check to be sure it doesn't already exist. Specifically, I'm thinking about a variance of Legacy Character in which the person who takes up the Legacy is far more well known than the person who started it. Examples would be something like the Human Torch—everyone remembers Johnny Storm, but few actually know that the original Torch was a Golden Age android named Jim Hammmond. Another example would be Steel. Most people think of John Henry Irons, the black engineer who became a superhero after Superman's death, but few people outside of comics (or even those inside) remember Henry Heywood, who came long before that.