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*** The reprints of the early issues have been subjected to a bit of [[Orwellian Retcon]]; the plots are obviously unchanged, but the design and naming continuity errors have been edited.
*** The reprints of the early issues have been subjected to a bit of [[Orwellian Retcon]]; the plots are obviously unchanged, but the design and naming continuity errors have been edited.
* ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' was just as bad. For a while it was full of one-shots that barely related to each other, often with [[Off-Model]] drawings. It took several issues for it to become plot-orientated, and even afterwards it took a while for it to drop the oneshot routine.
* ''[[Sonic the Comic]]'' was just as bad. For a while it was full of one-shots that barely related to each other, often with [[Off-Model]] drawings. It took several issues for it to become plot-orientated, and even afterwards it took a while for it to drop the oneshot routine.
* ''[[Usagi Yojimbo (Comic Book)|Usagi Yojimbo]]'' had a bit of unevenness in the beginning: in addition to being a bit more violent than it is now, non-mammals and humans are seen in crowd shots and two human/oids have speaking roles [[Humans Are Bastards|(they're both villains)]]. Currently the only non-mammal characters are Lord Hebi, [[Snakes Are Evil|a giant snake]], and his human boss Lord Hikiji, [[The Faceless|whose face hasn't been seen in ages.]] I can only speculate what foreigners could look like since [[Misplaced Wildlife|lions, tigers, and rhinos]] already live in Japan.
* ''[[Usagi Yojimbo]]'' had a bit of unevenness in the beginning: in addition to being a bit more violent than it is now, non-mammals and humans are seen in crowd shots and two human/oids have speaking roles [[Humans Are Bastards|(they're both villains)]]. Currently the only non-mammal characters are Lord Hebi, [[Snakes Are Evil|a giant snake]], and his human boss Lord Hikiji, [[The Faceless|whose face hasn't been seen in ages.]] I can only speculate what foreigners could look like since [[Misplaced Wildlife|lions, tigers, and rhinos]] already live in Japan.
** Stan Sakai has stated that he regrets having made Hikiji human.
** Stan Sakai has stated that he regrets having made Hikiji human.
* The first few ''[[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]'' stories are very odd to read in comparison to later installments, thanks to [[John Byrne]]'s writing. Under Byrne, Hellboy uses a [[Private Eye Monologue]] to describe the story, tying him more closely into the [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] archetype. When Byrne left and Mike Mignola, the series' creator, took over dialogue in addition to plotting and art, this form of exposition vanished.
* The first few ''[[Hellboy (comics)|Hellboy]]'' stories are very odd to read in comparison to later installments, thanks to [[John Byrne]]'s writing. Under Byrne, Hellboy uses a [[Private Eye Monologue]] to describe the story, tying him more closely into the [[Nineties Anti-Hero]] archetype. When Byrne left and Mike Mignola, the series' creator, took over dialogue in addition to plotting and art, this form of exposition vanished.
* While [[Neil Gaiman|Neil Gaiman's]] ''[[The Sandman (Comic Book)|The Sandman]]'' has always taken place in the [[The DCU|DC Universe]], early issues were much less shy about depicting the title character interacting with other DC characters. Hell, the first story arc features Dr. Destiny as the [[Big Bad]], as well as [[Hellblazer|John Constantine]], [[New Gods|Mr. Miracle]], [[Martian Manhunter]], [[Etrigan]], and [[Batman|the Scarecrow]] in supporting roles and/or cameos. For the bulk of the series, the Endless and associated characters more or less exist in their own continuity.
* While [[Neil Gaiman|Neil Gaiman's]] ''[[The Sandman]]'' has always taken place in the [[The DCU|DC Universe]], early issues were much less shy about depicting the title character interacting with other DC characters. Hell, the first story arc features Dr. Destiny as the [[Big Bad]], as well as [[Hellblazer|John Constantine]], [[New Gods|Mr. Miracle]], [[Martian Manhunter]], [[Etrigan]], and [[Batman|the Scarecrow]] in supporting roles and/or cameos. For the bulk of the series, the Endless and associated characters more or less exist in their own continuity.
** In addition, while the comic was always very dark, the first story arc was closer to a straight-up horror comic.
** In addition, while the comic was always very dark, the first story arc was closer to a straight-up horror comic.
* First two [[Nemesis the Warlock]] stories - ''Terror Tube'' and ''Killer Watt'' - refers to Torquemada as chief of Tube Police, while later he is referred to as "Grand master Of Termight". Nemesis spends both stories inside his ship, with no clue about his identity or appearance, saying nothing but his [[Catch Phrase]] ''Credo!'', which he tends to use at odd moments. A lot implies it wasn't even established that Nemesis is even an alien back then, with narration referring to him as "not ordinary man" at best.
* First two [[Nemesis the Warlock]] stories - ''Terror Tube'' and ''Killer Watt'' - refers to Torquemada as chief of Tube Police, while later he is referred to as "Grand master Of Termight". Nemesis spends both stories inside his ship, with no clue about his identity or appearance, saying nothing but his [[Catch Phrase]] ''Credo!'', which he tends to use at odd moments. A lot implies it wasn't even established that Nemesis is even an alien back then, with narration referring to him as "not ordinary man" at best.
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* ''Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' was done very early in the life of the [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate universe.]] As a result, a lot of characters like Hulk and [[Iron Man]] appeared before they were given headlining roles in The Ultimates and are noticeably different then what would come.
* ''Ultimate Marvel Team-Up'' was done very early in the life of the [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate universe.]] As a result, a lot of characters like Hulk and [[Iron Man]] appeared before they were given headlining roles in The Ultimates and are noticeably different then what would come.
* After his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39, [[Iron Man]] spent the next few issues travelling back in time to visit Cleopatra, fighting a robot caveman built by aliens, preventing a race of people who lived inside the Earth from invading the surface world, and having several other wacky adventures. It wasn't until Tales of Suspense #45 (the first appearance of Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan, and supervillain Blizzard) that he started to edge more towards superhero territory.
* After his first appearance in Tales of Suspense #39, [[Iron Man]] spent the next few issues travelling back in time to visit Cleopatra, fighting a robot caveman built by aliens, preventing a race of people who lived inside the Earth from invading the surface world, and having several other wacky adventures. It wasn't until Tales of Suspense #45 (the first appearance of Pepper Potts, Happy Hogan, and supervillain Blizzard) that he started to edge more towards superhero territory.
* Notably, Bruce Banner originally turned into the [[Incredible Hulk (Comic Book)|Incredible Hulk]] at night. He was also originally coloured grey, but this changed to green, as grey was hard to reproduce consistantly in the 1960's.
* Notably, Bruce Banner originally turned into the [[Incredible Hulk]] at night. He was also originally coloured grey, but this changed to green, as grey was hard to reproduce consistantly in the 1960's.
* [[Captain America]] has a different shield and costume in his first issue.
* [[Captain America]] has a different shield and costume in his first issue.
* Upon reading [http://www.reading-room.net/SC22/SC22p1.html the first] [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] ''[[Green Lantern]]'' story, you get the impression that the Green Lantern Corps (referred to only as space-patrolmen in the story) do not generally call themselves Green Lanterns -- in fact, "Green Lantern" was only an alias Hal adopts for himself.
* Upon reading [http://www.reading-room.net/SC22/SC22p1.html the first] [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] ''[[Green Lantern]]'' story, you get the impression that the Green Lantern Corps (referred to only as space-patrolmen in the story) do not generally call themselves Green Lanterns -- in fact, "Green Lantern" was only an alias Hal adopts for himself.
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