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** ''[[All-Star Squadron]]'', a DC super-teamup comic in the 1980s (taking place during World War II), had similar acronym issues.
*** This was lampshaded by the Golden Age Superman in one of the first few issues, where he says that people should be careful how they abbreviate the group's name.
:* S.H.I.E.L.D. also had a (now disbanded) splinter group called W.A.N.D., the Wizardry Alchemy Necromancy Department, which is in charge handling of magic-related threats to national security.
* S.T.A.R. Labs (Itself an acronym for Scientific and Technological Advanced Research) has a device called the '''A'''mbient '''N'''uclear '''U'''ltra '''S'''pectrograph. Lampshaded when Jimmy Olsen says that it's an overly long name and they should just use the acronym. The scientist operating it replies "You just think about that..."
* The ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes]]'' character Wildfire was originally known as '''E'''nergy '''R'''elease '''G'''enerator 1, or E.R.G.-1.
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