Marvel 2099/YMMV


 * Authors Saving Throw - Fantastic Four 2099 was supposed to star the actual Fantastic Four, briefly brought to the year 2099 by accident and trying to find their way home/save the world. It ended with  Manifest Destiny gave a different explanation:
 * Dork Age: Cavalieri's firing and the ensuing Writer Revolt unsurprisingly led to this.
 * Hilarious in Hindsight - With a hint of irony. During his early Spider-Man works, Spider-Man 2099 writer Peter David "revealed" that Ned Leeds was the original Hobgoblin--which several fans thought was questionable given how Leeds died and the original Hobgoblin mystery writer, Roger Stern, came back and revealed that it wasn't the case. David had intended Father Jennifer to be the (Green) Goblin 2099, but it was revealed that . Someone had to appreciate the irony, even if (as the link shows) David himself doesn't.
 * This verse's Ghost Rider is named Kenshiro...who is technically already dead.
 * Magnificent Bastard – No matter the century, Doom is the all-powerful master of this trope.