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* In the [[The Dark Age of Comic Books|'90s]], Guy Gardner had his own solo series. After losing ''two separate rings'' to a Parallax-influenced Hal Jordan, he rechristened himself "Warrior" and somehow became the [[Last of His Kind|last descendant]] of an alien race, which gave him the power to [[Arm Cannon|turn his arms into guns]]... for some reason. Writers ignore this era at their peril, though: despite the gawdaful concept (apparently submitted as a joke), and equally bad '90s art, Beau Smith's run on ''Warrior'' is responsible for much of Guy's development from [[Jerkass]] to [[Boisterous Bruiser]].
* ''[[The Spectre]]'' had a storyline about Uncle Sam, starting with the basis that, as he was the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of America, he hadn't always been Uncle Sam, instead being [[The American Revolution|the Minuteman]], or [[Antebellum America|Brother Jonathan]], or [[American Civil War|split in two as Billy Yank and Johnny Reb]], depending on the era. All very reasonable. Somehow, that led to him being reinvented as The Patriot, who wore a white bodysuit with red stripes on one shoulder and a blue patch with stars on the other, and a golden space helmet with an eagle on top. Eventually somebody realized that, by their own rules, he should keep being Uncle Sam until a new "Spirit of America" image took root naturally, and he reverted to his old look.
* [[Shazam|Captain Marvel]] and the rest of the Marvel Family underwent one not too long ago.{{when}} Essentially, [[Dan DiDio]] has systematically destroyed everything related to the actual heroes of the Marvel Family, while letting their villains like Black Adam, Dr. Sivana, Mr. Mind and Captain Nazi prosper. Shazam was killed off, Captain Marvel had to assume the mantle of Wizard (which effectively removed him from the DCU, trapping him in the Rock of Eternity), and every Marvel not named Black Adam (because the DC writing staff has a massive mancrush on him) was depowered. Then Freddy Freeman, the former Captain Marvel Junior, then undergoes a series of trials that involves him saying that he blames Captain Marvel for ruining his life, taking the name Shazam as a code name, and dedicating himself to fighting only mystical threats, because why would a person with the powers of the gods fight crime and save people from mundane threats? (Answer: Because it's the right, heroic thing to do, YOU MORON.)<br /><br />Then, poor Mary Marvel gets turned evil, redeems herself, but then willingly chooses evil again. Then Captain Marvel gets de-powered, he gets turned evil along with Mary, the Wizard Shazam comes back and depowers EVERYBODY, turning them good again; however, he then claims that Billy had failed him, turns Black Adam to stone, and leaves in a huff. Meanwhile, Freddy Freeman hasn't done anything even remotely relevant in over a year, suffice to say, and fans of the characters are
** Ironically, while the last few years have been horrible for the characters in the comics, they've been doing very well in other media, with the classic Captain Marvel appearing in video games (''[[Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe]]'') and cartoons (''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'', ''DC Showcase - Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam'', ''[[Young Justice (animation)|Young Justice]]'').
** Currently,{{when}} the [[New 52]] reboot is providing some hope, as it's restarting from scratch and includes some well-received [[Canon Immigrant|Canon Immigrants]] from the ''[[Flashpoint (comics)|Flashpoint]]'' event. But fans are still wary of some [[Darker and Edgier]] elements that have come up, so we'll see if the Dork Age is truly over yet.
* During the [[The DCU|DC Universe's]] ''One Year Later'' event, someone on the editing staff decided that the ''[[Catwoman (comics)|Catwoman]]'' comic series needed to be [[Younger and Hipper]] -- and the best way to do that, they decided, was to replace the main character entirely. Selina Kyle had a daughter with Sam Bradley Jr. ([[Ship Sinking|much to the upset of many Selina/Bruce shippers]]), and retired to motherhood before passing on the Catwoman mantle to sidekick Holly. The fans were not pleased, and it wasn't long before DC sent in [[Zatanna]] to [[A Wizard Did It|magically]] [[Cosmic Retcon|retcon]] it all away -- and it wasn't ''fully'' retconned until the [[New 52]], where it was confirmed that Catwoman's daughter had been wiped from existence.
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