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* The two most famous examples both involve [[The DCU]]. Has happened repeatedly to [[Green Lantern]], and the [[Reset Button]] has been pressed every time. The great Power Battery exploded, leaving only a few Lanterns active. ...but then the Guardians were brought back, rebuilt, and recruited new Corps members. ...so a few years later, Hal Jordan [[Face Heel Turn|went crazy-evil]] and killed off most of the Corps, leaving Kyle Rayner as the only one with the power. ...until he got a copy of Hal's original ring, which could create new copies, brought back the Guardians, and recruited new Corps members. And so on.
* The biggest [[Post-Crisis]] change to [[Superman (Comic Book)|Superman]] was the decision that "last son of Krypton" meant ''last'', as in no other Kryptonians ever, period. General Zod becomes a Russian, Kandor becomes an alien ghetto and thus devoid of actual Kryptonians, and [[Supergirl]] becomes... uh, [[Continuity Snarl|you'd better see that entry for yourself]]. They've lightened up on that in recent years, without returning to constantly tripping over one more Kryptonian a la pre-Crisis comics (or ''[[Smallville]]''), as various writers attempted to reclaim the concepts ''without'' hitting the [[Reset Button]] -- [
** [[Superman the Animated Series]] handled this by making Supergirl from a nearby planet (thus getting the same powers and suffering the same fate as Krypton). And Krypto is [[Mythology Gag|Bizarro's pet...thing.]]
* Done to the entire [[Justice Society of America]] in ''The Last Days of the Justice Society'', to get rid of the extra [[Flash]], extra [[Green Lantern]], extra Hawkman, etc. Naturally, they were brought back a few years later. And then most of them were killed off in ''Zero Hour'' [[C List Fodder|just to crank up the drama]], leaving Wildcat, Jay Garrick (the original [[Flash]]), Ted Knight (the original [[Starman (Comic Book)|Starman]]), and Alan Scott (the original [[Green Lantern]]).
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