History AgeLift / ComicBooks

* In the original ''WesternAnimation/TheJetsons'' cartoon, Elroy was an adolescent boy, albeit a very smart one. In the [[ComicBook/TheJetsons 2017 comic book adaptation]], he's a teenager.

* Among the ''many'' changes done to the Condiment King when he became a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' to the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comics is becoming a teenager.[[note]]The original Condiment King was an adult stocky, BrainwashedAndCrazy comedian named Buddy Standler who wore mostly blue and white, whereas the comics character was Mitchell Mayo, a willing criminal who started out as a teenaged former fast food worker and was RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver. That said a version of Standler did appear in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' #1000[[/note]]

*** The series placed ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, Harry Osborn, and Gwen Stacy in high school with Peter when he started out his career as ComicBook/SpiderMan, whereas the mainstream versions didn't meet Peter until college. The ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' cartoon, ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', and ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'' have followed its lead to varying degree, either removing one to save for later[[note]]with the original film trilogy having Peter and MJ meeting Gwen in college; the ''Amazing'' films having Gwen in high school, Peter reunite with Harry (and in deleted scenes meet MJ) in the summer before college[[/note]] or adding more to be classmates[[note]]''Loves Mary Jane'' making pre-ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy a transfer student with them; ''Spectacular'' likewise having Glory Grant and Randy Robertson go to school with him and pre-ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock as a recent graduate; the ''Ultimate'' cartoon making many of Spidey's allies like Luke Cage and Iron Fist and enemies like Rhino his age; and the 2017 cartoon giving Age Lifts to ComicBook/AnyaCorazon, ComicBook/MilesMorales, and many of his enemies to make them Peter and Harry's age[[/note]].

*** ComicBook/MilesMorales, an original character of the Ultimate universe, is a teenager. The Miles Morales native to the Marvel universe was introduced in ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'', and he's an adult.

* Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/EarthOne'' line sees two examples: in ''ComicBook/SupermanEarthOne'', ComicBook/JimmyOlsen is presented as being ''older'' than Franchise/{{Superman}} rather than younger, while ''ComicBook/BatmanEarthOne'' makes Lucius Fox ''younger'' than Batman as opposed to older (especially notable considering ''Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy'' and, following the example made by it, ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' and ''Series/{{Gotham}}'', had Lucius as an old friend of Thomas Wayne before he and Martha were killed [[DeathByOriginStory on that fearful night]]).

*** The series placed ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, Harry Osborn, and Gwen Stacy in high school with Peter when he started out his career as Franchise/SpiderMan, whereas the mainstream versions didn't meet Peter until college. The ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan2012'' cartoon, ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', and ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'' have followed its lead to varying degree, either removing one to save for later[[note]]with the original film trilogy having Peter and MJ meeting Gwen in college; the ''Amazing'' films having Gwen in high school, Peter reunite with Harry (and in deleted scenes meet MJ) in the summer before college[[/note]] or adding more to be classmates[[note]]''Loves Mary Jane'' making pre-ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy a transfer student with them; ''Spectacular'' likewise having Glory Grant and Randy Robertson go to school with him and pre-ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock as a recent graduate; the ''Ultimate'' cartoon making many of Spidey's allies like Luke Cage and Iron Fist and enemies like Rhino his age; and the 2017 cartoon giving Age Lifts to ComicBook/AnyaCorazon, ComicBook/MilesMorales, and many of his enemies to make them Peter and Harry's age[[/note]].

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

** The Franchise/JusticeLeague generation in the ''ComicBook/New52'''s Prime Earth are "around 25" rather than "around 35". In ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' this actually gets explained as someone having stolen a decade of their history. On ''ComicBook/Earth2'', the ComicBook/{{JSA}} heroes have been de-aged by ''several ''decades, dropping the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII connection. Subverted with Wonder Woman, she’s initially one of the younger members of JL being explicitly 23 years old, but this got contradicted in ''ComicBook/DarkseidWar'' which reaffirms Diana that is Really700YearsOld like most comics.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

*** [[Characters/MagnetoMarvelComics Magneto]]’s backstory makes him quite a bit younger than other versions, who are Holocaust survivors. In fact, ''Ultimate Origins'' sees him as a young man in the 1980s.

*** ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'s backstory makes him quite a bit younger than other versions, who are Holocaust survivors. In fact, ''Ultimate Origins'' sees him as a young man in the 1980s.

** The original ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, Barbara Gordon, was in her late teens to mid-twenties when Dick Grayson was in his early-to-mid teens. Post-Crisis, however, they established her as only a little older than him, and having retired from being Batgirl by the time he's established as ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}. In her ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'' and ''ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth'' series she's the same age than Dick Grayson.

** ComicBook/WonderWoman and Steve Trevor actually meet as children in this continuity, in most comics Diana was created (or born in later telling) literally thousands of years before Steve even was born.

** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was originally Superman's younger cousin, having been born on a section of Krypton that survived the extinction, making her an actual teenager when she was introduced in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton''. Her more well-known ''[[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004 Post-Crisis]]'' ''[[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton origins]]'' however have her as his [[OlderThanTheyLook chronologically]] ''[[OlderThanTheyLook older]]'' [[OlderThanTheyLook cousin]] by having her be born on Krypton itself some time before the cataclysm.

** The original ComicBook/{{Batgirl}}, Barbara Gordon, was in her late teens to mid-twenties when Dick Grayson was in his early-to-mid teens. Post-Crisis, however, they established her as only a little than him, and having retired from being Batgirl and become ComicBook/{{Oracle}} by the time he's established as ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}. In her [[ComicBook/Batgirl2011 New-52]] and [[ComicBook/BatgirlRebirth Rebirth]] series she's the same age than Dick Grayson.

** In Pre-Crisis ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' comics, Lucius Fox's daughter Tiffany appears in one story, where she's an adult running the Wayne Foundation's anti-drugs program. She appears in much the same role in the post-Crisis ''ComicBook/RedRobin'', where she's the older sister of one of Tim's love interests, the teenage Tam Fox. In ''ComicBook/TheNew52'', she's a precocious pre-teen, the BrattyHalfPint younger sister of ''ComicBook/{{Batwing}}'''s Luke Fox. Additionally, Tam still retains her pre-Flashpoint age, which now makes her the ''older'' of the two Fox daughters.

*** In the 616 continuity, the Juggernaut is ComicBook/ProfessorX's older stepbrother. Ultimate Juggernaut, however, is a young man around the same age as ComicBook/{{Rogue}}, and actually grew up with her in the same trailer park.
*** In the original continuity, ComicBook/{{Storm}}, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} and ComicBook/{{Dazzler}} are already adults when they join the X-Men. Their ''Ultimate'' versions are teenagers.

*** In his backstory in 616, ComicBook/{{Bishop}} was born almost a century after the X-Men fell due to one of their own and traveled in time as a man in his prime. Here, he's already a young man during the present and his time-travelling self is a middle-aged man.

*** The series placed ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, Harry Osborn, and Gwen Stacy in high school with Peter when he started out his career as Franchise/SpiderMan, whereas the mainstream versions didn't meet Peter until college. The ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'', ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries'', the ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' cartoon, ''ComicBook/SpiderManLovesMaryJane'', and ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'' have followed its lead to varying degree, either removing one to save for later[[note]]with the original film trilogy having Peter and MJ meeting Gwen in college; the ''Amazing'' films having Gwen in high school, Peter reunite with Harry (and in deleted scenes meet MJ) in the summer before college[[/note]] or adding more to be classmates[[note]]''Loves Mary Jane'' making pre-ComicBook/BlackCat Felicia Hardy a transfer student with them; ''Spectacular'' likewise having Glory Grant and Randy Robertson go to school with him and pre-ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock as a recent graduate; the ''Ultimate'' cartoon making many of Spidey's allies like Luke Cage and Iron Fist and enemies like Rhino his age; and the 2017 cartoon giving Age Lifts to ComicBook/AnyaCorazon, ComicBook/MilesMorales, and many of his enemies to make them Peter and Harry's age[[/note]].

* In ''Comicbook/BlackCanaryIgnite'', Dinah Lance is a mere 13-years-old when she becomes the new Black Canary, rather than a young adult.

** Barbara is the adoptive daughter of Batman in this continuity and is his first protege (instead of Dick Grayson), making Babs a great younger than she was originally. In her debut during the Silver Age she was already an adult when Batman and Robin met her.

* When she became a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', ComicBook/{{X 23}} was reimagined from a little girl to a teenager, which crossed over to other incarnations -- expect ''Film/{{Logan}}'', which went TruerToTheText and presented X-23 as an eleven-year-old.

** The Franchise/JusticeLeague generation in the ''ComicBook/New52'''s Prime Earth are "around 25" rather than "around 35". In ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' this actually gets explained as someone having stolen a decade of their history. On ''ComicBook/Earth2'', the ComicBook/{{JSA}} heroes have been de-aged by ''several ''decades, dropping the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII connection.

* Among the ''many'' changes done to the Condiment King when he became a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' to the ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' comics is becoming a teenager.[[note]]The original Condiment King was an adult stocky, BrainwashedAndCrazy comedian named Buddy Standler who wore mostly blue and white, whereas the comics character was Mitchell Mayo, a willing criminal who started out as a teenaged former fast food worker. That said a version of Standler did appear in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' #1000[[/note]]

** ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is the creator of the ComicBook/TheVision. Here, he Vision actually came ''before'' Ultron, with [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] taking Ultron's role as Vision's creator and Ultron himself being designed to replace Vision as Hank's assistant.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanDeadEarth'': Rather than being Diana's twin this version of Nubia is an older Amazon.

* Unlike the [[ComicBook/MarvelComics2 Red Queen]] and [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Hope van Dyne]], [[ComicBook/UnstoppableWasp Nadia Pym]] is quite a bit younger--mostly because she's in the [[ComicBookTime "present day"]] unlike the former and Hank Pym was still very much in his prime and didn't undergo his own Age Lift like in the latter.

* ''ComicBook/{{Trouble}}'' attempts to retcon that [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]'s parents, Uncle Ben, and Aunt May were teenagers when [[spoiler:[[TeenPregnancy he was conceived]] ([[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo and his real birth mother was really May via an affair she and Richard had]])]]. This in-turn led to a case of WritersCannotDoMath, as given Richard and Mary died a couple of years after Peter's born, there's no way they can be spies by that time. Likewise, there's no way May can be a senior citizen (like in the classic Marvel Universe) or middle-aged (like in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel one) by the time Peter becomes Spider-Man.

* ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' has two examples. In the tradtional Marvel Universe, Reed Richards is a middle-aged man and ComicBook/{{Ultron}} is the creator of the ComicBook/TheVision. In the ''HR'' reality, Reed is closer in age to Sue and The Vision actually came ''before'' Ultron, with [[ComicBook/AntMan Hank Pym]] taking Ultron's role as Vision's creator and Ultron himself being designed to replace Vision as Hank's assistant.

* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' has seen this done:

** ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour'' makes ''all'' of the titular four and ComicBook/DoctorDoom teenagers, as opposed to just Johnny Storm being a teenager.

** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was originally Superman's younger cousin, having been born on a section of Krypton that survived the extinction, making her an actual teenager when she was introduced in ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton''. Her more well-known ''[[ComicBook/SupermanBatman Post-Crisis]]'' ''[[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton origins]]'' however have her as his [[OlderThanTheyLook chronologically]] ''[[OlderThanTheyLook older]]'' [[OlderThanTheyLook cousin]] by having her be born on Krypton itself some time before the cataclysm.
** When she was introduced in ''Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane'' #23, Lena Thorul was a grown woman instead of a teenager who could hang around with Linda Danvers and Dick Malverne. When asked about it in a letter in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' issue #298, Mort Weisinger admitted Lena had been quietly deaged in ''ComicBook/TheGirlWithTheXRayMind'' because they thought her character would work better as a friend to Supergirl.

* In ''Marvel Action: Chillers'' (part of the all-ages ''Marvel Action'' line from IDW), ComicBook/ElsaBloodstone is introduced as a teenage girl around the same age as ComicBook/{{Ironheart}}.

* Jack [=McGee=] from ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' was the same age as Bruce. Among the many changes made when the character was reimagined as a [[RaceLift black]] [[GenderFlip woman]] was deaging Jackie; she's still an adult in the present day, but was a teenager during one of the Hulk's earlier rampages.

** ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was originally Superman's younger cousin, having been born on a section of Krypton that survived the extinction, making her an actual teenager when she was introduced in ''ComicBook/ActionComicsNumber252''. Her more well-known ''[[ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton Post-Crisis]]'' ''[[ComicBook/LastDaughterOfKrypton origins]]'' however have her as his [[OlderThanTheyLook chronologically]] ''[[OlderThanTheyLook older]]'' [[OlderThanTheyLook cousin]] by having her be born on Krypton itself some time before the cataclysm.

** As mentioned below, Azrael was a college student when he debuted in the comics. The version of Azrael from ''ComicBook/BatmanCurseOfTheWhiteKnight'' is a middle-aged veteran of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar with gray hair.

* In the Post-Crisis ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics, ComicBook/LexLuthor goes from a contemporary of Clark (they grew up in Smallville together) to a contemporary of Perry White (about twenty years older). In the 00s, he was retconned back to being Clark Kent's schoolmate.
* A few examples pop up in ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells''. Notably, ComicBook/LoisLane is reimagined as a 17-year-old newspaper hawker, which removes any potential squickiness when she begins dating ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} in the follow-up.
* ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} was originally Superman's younger cousin, having been born on a section of Krypton that survived the extinction, making her an actual teenager. Her more well-known Post-Crisis origin however has her as his [[OlderThanTheyLook chronologically]] ''[[OlderThanTheyLook older]]'' [[OlderThanTheyLook cousin]] by having her be born on Krypton itself some time before the cataclysm.

* ''ComicBook/TheNew52'':