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*** And in the end, the cycle closes with {{spoiler|the Amish community where Not!Supes lives being involved in the conflict. Jimmy kills Not!Supes's [[Muggle Foster Parents]] in front of him, thus he ends up adopted again... by the Kents.}}
** Another well-known Elseworlds comic, ''[[Superman: Red Son]]'' has a slight difference in the rotation of the Earth as the "nail", so Superman lands in the Soviet Union, eventually rising to become leader of the union. Similarly, ''Superman: True Brit''... you get the idea.
** Other examples, ''[[Superman: Speeding Bullets]]'' is a timeline where Kal-El is found by Thomas and Matha Wayne, resulting in Superman with Batman's more tragic origin; then there's ''[[Batman: In Blackest Knight]]''; in this reality, when GLC member Abin Sur iss mortally wounded and needed to find a new holder for his ring, he chooses Bruce Wayne rather than Hal Jordan, and the result is [[Green Lantern]] with [[Batman]]'s origin.
* ''[[Star Wars]]'' did its own spin on this with the limited [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|comic series]] ''Star Wars: Infinities'', each story exploring how such a change would affect each of the Original Trilogy films. In specific...
** In ''[[A New Hope]]'', Luke fails to destroy the Death Star because one of his torpedoes malfunctions. As a result, the Empire catches several Rebels trying to escape Yavin, including Leia, who Vader trains as his apprentice. In the meantime Luke trains with Yoda, and after five years he confronts Vader and Leia, ultimately ending when Yoda [[Colony Drop]]s the Death Star on top of the Emperor's palace.