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* A precursor to Superboy-Prime appears in the ''[[The Flash|Flash]]'' storyline "Return of Barry Allen," Mark Waid's response to fans asking him to bring back Barry. He brings back Barry all right--except it's really {{spoiler|the young Eobard Thawne, future Professor Zoom}}, retconned into a fanboy so obsessive he gets plastic surgery to look exactly like Barry Allen. When various psychological shocks {{spoiler|such as discovering he goes on to be a villain and be killed by his former idol}} leave him convincing himself he ''is'' Barry, he is furious to discover that people grew to think of Wally West as the Flash in the years after Barry died, and he eventually leaves Wally in a deathtrap for "stealing his name."
* [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2012/01/17-1/dcs-robama-ad-sends-out-battle-cry-to-discourage-manga-sales This ad,] funded by DC, is already a petty jab at [[Manga]], but takes it a few steps further by saying "[[Barack Obama|Robama]](who is just [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Cyborg]]) [[Unfortunate Implications|wants you to buy American!]]" The [[Patriotic Fervor|overly patriotic tone]] doesn't help.
* During alternate universe shenangians ''[[Justice League]]'' introduced [[One-Scene Wonder]] the "Brown Bomber": a man who looks a lot like Marvel's Brian Bendis and transforms into [[Luke Cage]] upon saying "Black Power!" (Bendis is regularly accused of wanting to be black and using Luke Cage as a self insert). This doubles as a [[Mythology Gag]] about the Black Bomber concept (a white racist who [[Involuntary Shapeshifter|unknowingly changed]] into a super powered black man) that was scrapped in favor of Black Lightning.
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