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* [[Captain America (comics)]]'s original name was 'Super-American'.

* There was supposed to be a legitimate prequel series to Watchmen, The Minutemen, which would have been of equal length and created by Alan Moore and David Gibbons. Moore's falling out with DC ended the prospects of this. Stranger still, going by comments made by Gibbons and Moore at the time, the tone would have been very different, attempting to recreate Golden Age comics as realistically as possible (if not an actual [[Reconstruction]]). This would have had far-reaching effects, since imitation of Watchmen's style was responsible for some of the worst excesses of the Dark Age of Comics.

* In 1962, [[DC Comics]] published a ''[[Dr. No]]'' comic, which failed to garner attention. [http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_12_03.html#012517 Only 10 years later], as the rights were about to expire, DC noticed they had the rights for more [[James Bond]] comics. [[Jack Kirby]] and Alex Toth were even contacted, but the higher-ups ultimately discarded as [[Sean Connery]] left the series and [[It Will Never Catch On|they did not know if 007 would still be popular.]]

* In 1962, [[DC Comics]] published a ''[[Dr. No]]'' comic, which failed to garner attention. [https://web.archive.org/web/20111021094626/http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2006_12_03.html#012517 Only 10 years later], as the rights were about to expire, DC noticed they had the rights for more [[James Bond]] comics. [[Jack Kirby]] and Alex Toth were even contacted, but the higher-ups ultimately discarded as [[Sean Connery]] left the series and [[It Will Never Catch On|they did not know if 007 would still be popular.]]

* ''Runaways'' went through a few changes before publication. One of the big ones was Nico's source of power. Originally, she found a book of dark magic hidden in a shed in her backyard. Being heavily Christian, she hated it but sacrificed her beliefs to use one of the spells during the first fight with the Pride. Some aspects of this were left, including her being a former alter girl and a comment when she first sees her parents as dark magicians ("This isn't like you, Mom! We go to church every Sunday!") Also, Chase's name was originally "John".

* ''[[Marvel 2099]]'' was originally planned to have kept going after a certain point, being rebranded ''Marvel 2101'' and featuring many of the characters living in the Savage Land after a great disaster.