History NonIndicativeName / ComicBooks

* Creator/MarvelComics' "Night Nurse" secretly treats wounded superheroes. As [[http://www.comicpow.com/2013/09/06/the-night-nurse-doctor-to-superheroes/ she reveals to us]] in ''ComicBook/DoctorStrangeTheOath'', she's actually a doctor, but "Night General Practitioner" isn't as catchy. And as seen in her appearance in ''ComicBook/MarvelDivas'', she isn't against attending at high noon, either.

* Creator/MarvelComics' "Night Nurse" secretly treats wounded superheroes. As [[http://www.comicpow.com/2013/09/06/the-night-nurse-doctor-to-superheroes/ she reveals to us]] in ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange: The Oath'', she's actually a doctor, but "Night General Practitioner" isn't as catchy. And as seen in her appearance in ''ComicBook/MarvelDivas'', she isn't against attending at high noon, either.

Subverted in ''Mastermen #1'' which shows an in-universe comic book depicting a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] American Crusader with more American elements played up. This seems to imply that he dropped those aspects in UsefulNotes/{{the Modern Age|of Comic Books}} but [[ArtifactTitle kept the name]] and that his UltimateUniverse counterpart is an InUniverse [[RevisitingTheRoots back to basics approach]].

* In Creator/MarvelComics, you'd think with a name like Typhoid Mary, this occasional ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' villain would have some kind of 'walking plague' power set. But that's far from the case, she's actually a mentally ill telepath with telekinesis/pyrokinesis. She just wanted a tough sounding name to declare that no man is ever going to abuse her again.

* While Franchise/{{Batman}} enemy Black Mask did originally wear what his codename suggests, a black mask, the charred SkullForAHead look he's sported since ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand'' is his actual face, disfigured as a result of a fire that happened during one of his first fights with the Dark Knight.

'''Oracle:''' ...[[Comicbook/BlackCanary One]] does.

* In Creator/MarvelComics, you'd think with a name like Typhoid Mary, this occasional ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'' villain would have some kind of 'walking plague' power set. But that's far from the case, she's actually a mentally ill telepath with telekinesis/pyrokinesis. She just wanted a tough sounding name to declare that no man is ever going to abuse her again.

* One [[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]] story arc is called "The Dastardly Death of the Rogues". There's only one death, and it's not a Rogue.

* ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} of the Franchise/XMen has nothing to do with worms. His body is covered in dark blue, nearly black fur, which is probably where the "night" part comes from. However, he's trained acrobat and does a lot of jumping around and not much crawling. He does crouch, however.

* The original Comicbook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory had eight members. Officially Wing didn't count because he was just the Crimson Avenger's sidekick... but Stripsey and Speedy did, even though they were sidekicks to Star-Spangled Kid and Green Arrow. The actual reason was, simply put, [[ValuesDissonance Wing was Asian]]: when DC revisited the team in later material, they were very frank that there was no good reason for him to not be a full member. The post-Crisis version replaced ComicBook/GreenArrow with Alias the Spider, who didn't have a sidekick... and added ComicBook/{{Vigilante}}'s sidekick Stuff, the Chinatown Kid.
* The Silver Sorceress, a Creator/DCComics character introduced in 1971 as a deliberate CaptainErsatz of Marvel's ComicBook/ScarletWitch, wore a costume that of course... consisted entirely of gold, brown, and red shades. When she became part of the [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica Justice League]] over a decade later, she did have silver ''hair'' at least, though it was completely covered by her elaborate headgear and a {{Retcon}} in any event -- in her first appearance, she was depicted with brown hair.

* Harmony Smurf from ''Comicbook/TheSmurfs'' is a DreadfulMusician.
* ''Comicbook/{{Spawn}}'': recurring cop character Twitch is a skilled marksman with nerves of steel and a steady hand. In one issue it's commented, "The reason they call him Twitch is because he ''doesn't''."
* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'':

** The Sinister Six in Comicbook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan suffers this, as there are five of them. Boomerang defends this to the other members by claiming that it will make people think there's a secret sixth member, who could be anyone. It could be Dormammu (A demon lord vastly more powerful than all of them combined)!
** The title ''Comicbook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' ultimately proved to be non-indicative. [[spoiler: During the final arc, Octavius was forced to concede that he was, if anything, inferior to the true Spider-Man, Peter Parker.]]

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':

* On a meta level, this often applies to comic titles themselves. In the 20th century, publishers frequently had good reasons to maintain the continuity of a particular title even as its contents changed. This happened a lot at DC in the Golden Age; Superman appeared in ''ComicBook/ActionComics''; Batman started in ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics''. Marvel took its turn in the Silver Age, debuting a lot of classic heroes under non-indicative names: ''ComicBook/TalesToAstonish'' = Ant-Man, ''ComicBook/TalesOfSuspense'' = Iron Man, etc. While Marvel has mostly discontinued these misleadingly-named series, they've been known to occasionally revive them for old time's sake, like when they brought back ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'' (the fantasy/sci-fi anthology where ComicBook/{{Thor}} originally made his debut) as a ComicBook/{{Loki}} series.

** Wandajin is the name for a group or cloud and rain spirits from [[Myth/AboriginalAustralianMyths Aboriginal Mythology]], yet the superhero from Earth-8 with that name is white, whilst his counterpart on Earth-7 who is [[UsefulNotes/AustralianAborigines aboriginal]] is given the more generic moniker: Thunderer.