History Fanon / ComicBooks

*** There's also the widely-held belief that Dog Logan from the limited series ''Origin'' (who was heavily implied to be Wolverine's half-brother, and was used as the basis for the films' portrayal of a young Sabretooth) was actually Sabretooth, even though the author of said comic [[WordOfGod went on record saying that he never intended this]]. This is exacerbated by the videogame adaptation of ''[[Film/XMenOriginsWolverine X-Men Origins]]'', since one of its load screen "facts" actually claims that Dog and Sabretooth are one and the same. [[note]]Not to mention the rather explicit in-universe evidence to the contrary: Dog's last appearance in the comic has him with three permanent scars on his face from Wolvie's claws (even though Wolvie himself has long since discovered his healing factor by this point) seeming to indicate that he doesn't have Sabretooth's healing powers.[[/note]]

** Due to his Romani heritage, [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] is often thought of as bilingual. Frequently, English is his second language. In canon, however, it's been shown that Dick actually doesn't know much about Romani culture since he lived with Bruce and concentrated on hero work.

* A TabletopGames tie-in for Franchise/TheDCU placed [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]] in New Jersey and [[{{Superman}} Metropolis]] in Delaware, but these details are never mentioned in any comic books despite numerous fans accepting it as fact. Metropolis has also been described (if only in our world) as New York in the day and Gotham City as New York at night, but that's for poetic reasons; New York exists as a separate entity.

*** The show ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' threw a wrench in the works by placing Metropolis within sight of Smallville, both of which are stated to be in Kansas. However, ''Smallville'' is clearly an adaptation and routinely deviates from other Superman media. Most Superman comics place Metropolis pretty darn close to Smallville, however.

* Much like River from ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', Gambit often refers to himself in the [[ThirdPersonPerson third person]] in fanfiction. This happened rarely if at all in the comics. This might, however, have stemmed from the ''WesternAnimation/XMen'' cartoon of the '90s, in which Gambit did this quite often.

*** The first two things can be explained by the fact that most of Russian fans of X-Men first got acquainted with them via ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', where in dub Gambit indeed was called Creole quite often and constantly tried to charm some casual girls. ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s not getting the same treatment may be connected to the fact that his [[GirlOfTheWeek Girls Of The Week]] usually played a significant part in the episode's plot and he didn't play up his "ladies' man" image. Two latter seem to be a result of the huge influence of the first generation fans.

*** The first two things can be explained by the fact that most of Russian fans of X-Men first got acquainted with them via ''WesternAnimation/XMen'', where in dub Gambit indeed was called Creole quite often and constantly tried to charm some casual girls. {{Wolverine}}'s not getting the same treatment may be connected to the fact that his [[GirlOfTheWeek Girls Of The Week]] usually played a significant part in the episode's plot and he didn't play up his "ladies' man" image. Two latter seem to be a result of the huge influence of the first generation fans.

** Tim Drake being addicted to coffee. There was a recurring plot point in the ''[[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]]'' comics that he never gets enough sleep thanks to his night-time superheroics, so the idea arose among fandom that he must be permanently dosed up to his eyeballs on [[MustHaveCaffeine caffeine]]. In the comics themselves, Tim's favorite caffeinated drink is [[BlandNameProduct Zesti cola]] and he drinks tea more often than coffee.

** Jughead is either gay (and possibly in love with Archie) or {{asexual}}. The latter is AscendedFanon as of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics2015''.

** While Metropolis's location still hasn't been given a canonical placement, there are at least two canon references to Gotham being in New Jersey -- ''ComicBook/{{Legion of Super-Heroes}},'' pre-Zero Hour, made reference to the Bat-Cave being located (by archaeologists) in the Jersey sector of Metropolis, and an issue of ''Shadow of the Bat'' showed a character's driver's license, giving him an address in "Gotham City, NJ".

* When Mercy Graves became a CanonImmigrant to ''Comicbook/{{Superman}}'' comics (along with new character Hope), they were shown as being able to go up against Superman in a fight, and he speculated they might be Amazons. In the absence of any other explanation, fans have latched onto this one, but it was never confirmed in the comics, and is arguably contradicted in ''Superman's Metropolis Secret Files and Origins'' (which reveals that Mercy has an Aunt Bo, and Hope had a grandmother who died in Metropolis General Hospital at the age of ninety-three.)

*** Then there is the belief that his eyes changing color, him becoming more violent because of the Lazarus Pits. Canon never shows the former (or its only a coloring issue) and while he did CameBackWrong, his attitude is under the belief that Bruce's moral code doesn't work on the costumed psychotics, and his psychotic breakdowns are caused by his WellDoneSonGuy attitude and DependingOnTheWriter scenarios than crazy inducing water.
*** There's also his FanNicknames Jaybird, Jay-Lad, and Little Wing. While Dick and Bruce did use the nicknames in canon, they stopped using it after his death and it's never referenced again. Whereas in fanon, Dick loves to use Little Wing to refer to Jason and Jay-Lad for Bruce in every second sentence. Meanwhile, Jaybird ''did'' become AscendedFanon but it became Roy's nickname for Jason instead.

** A particularly odd example is the belief that in ''ComicBook/TheKillingJoke'', Barbara Gordon was shot in the vagina. Despite the art clearly showing her being shot in the stomach, and the fact that being shot any lower than that wouldn't have caused her the spinal damage that resulted from the attack. One result of Babs's disability, is that she could not have children anymore; perhaps that had something to do with it? It probably doesn't help that the whole attack is presented much like a rape.

** Due to his Romani heritage, [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] is often thought of as bilingual. Frequently, English is his second language. In canon, however, it's been shown that Dick actually doesn't know much about Romani culture since he lived with Bruce and concentrated on Hero work.

*** Then there is the belief that his eyes changing color, him becoming more violent because of the Lazarus Pits. Canon never shows this the former (or its only a coloring issue), and while he did CameBackWrong, his attitude is under the belief that Bruce's moral code doesn't work on the costumed psychotics and his psychotic breakdowns is caused by his WellDoneSonGuy attitude than crazy inducing water.
** Damian's love for animals became AscendedFanon after Batman#666, where he kept a cat named Alfred. Ever since then, he is characterized to take care of animals and even have his mini zoo.