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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]]'' 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 the Real Monsters|(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.
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* 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.
* 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 (comics)]] has a different shield and costume in his first issue.
* [[Captain America (comics)]] 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.
* [[Knights of the Dinner Table]]: The series started as a comic strip in the back of SHADIS gaming magazine and as such, the character were flat and Sara had not been added yet. The Knights were simple gamer stereotypes shifting to fit the gag of the strip (for example, Dave, Bob and Brian all knowing the stats for a monster whereas in later strips, only Brian had stats and charts memorized like that.)
* [[Knights of the Dinner Table]]: The series started as a comic strip in the back of SHADIS gaming magazine and as such, the character were flat and Sara had not been added yet. The Knights were simple gamer stereotypes shifting to fit the gag of the strip (for example, Dave, Bob and Brian all knowing the stats for a monster whereas in later strips, only Brian had stats and charts memorized like that.)
* This can be applied era to era in comics but especially the [[Silver Age]] which generally has the silliest and most over the top plots and really sticks out from the other eras with many of the most popular characters of today being invented or taking on their most recognizable forms in that era.
* This can be applied era to era in comics but especially the [[Silver Age]] which generally has the silliest and most over the top plots and really sticks out from the other eras with many of the most popular characters of today being invented or taking on their most recognizable forms in that era.
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