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8	Times where somebody was revealed to be a CanonCharacterAllAlong in ComicBooks.
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11	* ''ComicBook/TwoThousandAD'':
12	** ''The Dead Man'' featured a burnt amnesiac being left for dead and subsequently heading off to find out who he is. He discovers that he's ComicBook/JudgeDredd who had taken the Long Walk and was attacked by the Sisters Of Death. To keep the secret, ''Dredd'' strips were still run concurrently and the ''Dead Man'' story was credited to [[PenName Keef Ripley]]. ''ComicBook/LobsterRandom'' and ''ComicBook/SinisterDexter'' homaged this storyline using similar techniques.
13	** Done with an entire ''city'' in the ''Azimuth'' strip. Following the reveal at the end of "A Job for Suzi Nine" that the mysterious threat to Azimuth that Suzi had been investigating was actually [[Comicbook/SinisterDexter Ramone Dexter]], the ImmediateSequel "The Stranger" has Dexter identify the transhumanist city as a radically reinvented version of his old stomping grounds of Downlode.
14	** And again with the ''Azimuth'' one-shot "Snow Zone" in the 2023 [[ChristmasEpisode Christmas Prog]], when Dexter is found by LaResistance, led by a mysterious telepath known only as Andi. The last page is a splash of her in a fantasia of a Judge uniform, explaining "The survivors called me Andi. ''You'' can call me [[Comicbook/AndersonPsiDivision Cassandra]]."
15	* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'''s Malcolm Merlyn/the Dark Archer was always established as the Arrowverse counterpart of Arthur King/Merlyn the Archer. However, the comic spin-off ''The Dark Archer'' establishes that his real name was actually Arthur King all along. Which is then made weirder when ''ComicBook/GreenArrowRebirth'' reintroduces the Dark Archer as Malcolm Merlyn with "Arthur King" merely being an alias.
16	* ''ComicBook/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheSearch'': Zuko and Team Avatar, along with Azula, are searching for their long-lost mother, Ursa. Along the way they meet a woman in Hira'a named Noriko. They later find out from the Mother of Faces that Noriko is actually Ursa, who had her face and identity changed by the Mother of Faces to escape Ozai (unfortunately requiring that she forget her elder children as well). At the end of Part 3, her original face and memories are restored.
17	* ''ComicBook/Batman66'': The main series' final story "Main Title" manages to pull this off with the generic criminals that appeared in [[Series/Batman1966 the original TV show]]'s title sequence. The three crooks Batman and Robin punch at the start of the intro are revealed to be the Terrible Trio, the man with a sheet over his face is The Shiner, the green villain is King Cobra, the red-haired mad scientist with a beard is Professor Achilles Milo (with one panel showing that he's wearing a wig and a fake beard, exposing his traditional black hair), the bald, bespectacled man is identified as the Atom-Master, the mustached man in a brown suit holding a gun is Deadshot and the man in a blue shirt and cap is identified as this continuity's Signalman. Most noteworthy is that while the comic does use characters who didn't exist until after the original television show ended production (such as Bane, Harley Quinn and Killer Croc), all of these villains actually predated the 1966 TV show.
18	* ''ComicBook/BatmanCreatureOfTheNight'': The titular bat creature that aids Bruce Wainwright in his crusade against crime turns out to be the soul of his deceased brother, Thomas Wainwright. Bruce's parents hid his death from him and didn't get the chance to tell him about Thomas once he was old enough due to their DeathByOriginStory. This makes him the counterpart of Thomas Wayne Jr, Bruce Wayne's ExiledFromContinuity brother.
19	* Volume 3 of ''ComicBook/BatmanEarthOne'' features Bruce Wayne's maternal grandfather Adrian Arkham, having faked his death and allowed an empty coffin to be cremated. He turns out to only be impersonating Bruce's grandpa, with his real identity being Clayface.
20	* In ''ComicBook/BatmanSupermanWorldsFinest'', we're introduced to David Sikela, a boy from an alternate Earth who ends up becoming Superman's unknown sidekick Boy Thunder. However, in issue #10, after being kidnapped and tortured by the Joker and the Key, he snaps and vows to kill the Joker if he ever met him again, the final page revealing he'll grow up to be Magog of ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.
21	* In ''ComicBook/BatmanUrbanLegends'' #5, a Batgirls story features a new "wildcard" character of unclear allegiance, who turns out to be a young African-American woman. At the end of the story, with the Batgirls still unclear on who she is or what her agenda is, the last panel shows her standing in front of a camper van with a potted plant in the window, and "Ryan Was Here" graffitied on the wall behind her, all indicating that she's a CanonImmigrant version of [[Series/Batwoman2019 Ryan Wilder]].
22	* A Marvel miniseries called ''Battle Scars'' (an epilogue to ''ComicBook/FearItself'') introduced a black Marine named Marcus Johnson and his war buddy nicknamed "Cheese". The event eventually revealed that Marcus is the son of ComicBook/NickFury and therefore the mainstream continuity's equivalent of the Creator/SamuelLJackson-style Fury introduced in ComicBook/UltimateMarvel and popularized by the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse; and that Cheese is Phil Coulson (also from the MCU).
23	* This was how readers were introduced to the new, more mutated Beast in his ComicBook/AmazingAdventures debut. After an InMediasRes battle with a spy, Beast goes back to his lab to check if his transformation is irreversible (it is). In a fit of anguish over his new circumstances, he flings back a portrait, telling the people in it to "stop looking at (him) like that"... and a few panels later, we see who is in the portrait: Professor Xavier and his ComicBook/XMen, confirming that this Beast is the same one who appeared in those books. Of course, nowadays, Beast being furry and monsterlike is such an integral part of his character that this almost counts as ItWasHisSled.
24	* In alternate universe tale ''ComicBook/CaptainCarter'', it swiftly becomes clear that the British government is corrupt. It's not until much later in the story that the real identity of Prime Minister Harry Williams is uncovered - he's actually the vampire John Falsworth, better known in the main Franchise/MarvelUniverse as villain Baron Blood.
25	* ''Comicbook/{{Catwoman}}'':
26	** In the 2018 series, Selina encounters and befriends a group of homeless teen runaways who live in her old neighborhood of Alleytown. One of the kids is an Asian pickpocket known only as Shoes, who initially seems to be a new character like the others. However, the ''DC Festival of Heroes'' one-shot reveals she's an amnesiac Lian Harper, the daughter of Roy Harper and Cheshire, who was previously thought to have been {{RetGone}}d out of existence by the Comicbook/{{New 52}} reboot.
27	** Later, during Creator/TiniHoward's run, Selina meets and befriends a female inmate named Marquise while in prison. It's eventually revealed that "Marquise" is actually Scandal Savage, the former leader of the Comicbook/SecretSix and daughter of Comicbook/VandalSavage.
28	* ''ComicBook/CobraCommander'': A nameless man serves as Cobra Commander's bodyguard and [[TheHandler Handler]] during his mission for Cobra-La. Issue #3 reveals that he's this continuity's incarnation of the Nemesis Enforcer from ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie''.
29	* One of the central antagonists of the ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'' event (a story done during the twilight of the New 52 and prior to the Rebirth era of DC that involved revisiting every defunct era of DC Comics) is a being called Telos, who is later revealed to be a mortal man transformed into his current state by Brainiac. Telos' self-titled spinoff miniseries would subsequently reveal that his true self is ComicBook/ArakSonOfThunder.
30	* ''ComicBook/Exiles2018'' introduced among new characters Becky Barnes, a gay [[GenderFlip female]] version of Comicbook/BuckyBarnes from a reality where [[Characters/CaptainAmericaSupportingCharacters Peggy Carter]] is Captain America. ''ComicBook/FutureFoundation'' would later reveal that Becky is actually one of the reincarnations of Rikki Barnes, a preexisting heroine from [[ComicBook/HeroesReborn a different world]] who has been dying and being reborn as vaguely similar characters across the multiverse.
31	* ''ComicBook/GIJoeDevilsDue'' did this with the nameless S.A.W. Viper who killed Quick Kick, Doc, Heavy Metal, Thunder and Crankcase back in [[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel the original Marvel comic]] when he returned and was revealed to have survived Snake Eyes and Storm Shadow's attempt at killing him. The S.A.W. Viper's actual name is given as Robert Skelton, but he ends up taking on the codename Overkill, a name belonging to a Cobra cyborg whose only prior appearances in any ''G.I. Joe'' fiction were in the [=DiC=] continuation of ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero''. To seal the deal, the Overkill of the Devil's Due continuity is eventually made into a cyborg himself.
32	* Near the end of ''ComicBook/GIJoe2019'', Dr. Mindbender is shown to have a female assistant who questions his decisions. As the story goes on, it is revealed that she is affiliated with G.I. Joe and is infiltrating Cobra as TheMole, in addition to being in a relationship with Frontier (this continuity's interpretation of Flint). To remove any remaining doubts of her true identity, the last panel of the issue has Frontier identity her as Lady Jaye.
33	* ''ComicBook/GothamAcademy'' Annual does this twice. The series likes to make teachers share similar names and be lookalikes to DCAU versions of Batman villains, without ever confirming outright if they're those villains or not. One of the main cast members ropes a young redheaded boy named Warren into being his errand boy. In the Annual mysterious new teacher Derek Powers turns out to actually ''be'' Derek "Blight" Powers from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' who traveled back in time to kill Warren, last name [=McGinnis=] - he's going to grow up to become the father of future Batman, Terry [=McGinnis=].
34	* ''ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse'':
35	** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersSinsOfTheWreckers'':
36	*** The story is all about the titular team trying to track down Prowl, who has been kidnapped by an old colleague of questionable stability named Mesothulas. When he and Prowl actually talk face to face for the first time, Mesothulas is revealed to be the IDW incarnation of [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Tarantulas]].
37	*** This trope comes into play again with Ostaros, a mute bot with an indestructible spark that Mesothulas created. The final issue reveals that Prowl spared Ostaros and gave him a new life as Springer, something Springer himself was unaware of.
38	** Multiple instances of this trope occur in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'':
39	*** After getting captured by Chief Justice Tyrest, some of the crew share a prison cell with a new character named Minimus Ambus, who shows some familiar quirks. Rung eventually figures out that he is none other than Ultra Magnus, who was secretly a much smaller bot in PoweredArmor (as well as a LegacyCharacter) all this time. Ratchet had figured this out, but no one else knew.
40	*** Another seemingly new character is the Senator who was a friend of a young Optimus Prime and helped him along in his career. His identity is deliberately obscured, with his name never being uttered on page, and frequently changing his color scheme out of vanity (although at one point, his color scheme bears a strong resemblance to [[RedHerring Ultra Magnus]] (this appearance came before the above mentioned Minimus Ambus reveal)). The final twist of his storyline reveals that after being brainwashed and deformed, he became the famously emotionless Decepticon scientist Shockwave.
41	*** Subverted with Tarn, who was foreshadowed as secretly being Optimus' old friend [[RedHerring Roller]], who went missing many years ago...only to have Roller turn up intact just before TheReveal that Tarn was actually a minor character introduced in this series named Glitch.
42	*** Subverted again with The Grand Architect. After being set up as a shadowy figure, he seems to finally be revealed as Scorponok!...Only to have it turn out later that Scorponok and the Architect are not the same being, and Scorponok merely works for him. The actual identity of the Grand Architect is eventually revealed to be [[PhysicalGod Adaptus]] (an original comic character) possessing the body of [[MadDoctor Pharma]] (another comic original).
43	*** The character Rung appeared to be an original character made for the comic. However throughout the book we've gotten hints that there's far more than meets the eye ([[TitleDrop hah]]) with him, and near the end of the series it's revealed that he's actually the IDW incarnation of ''[[PhysicalGod Primus]]''!
44	** Issue #0 of ''ComicBook/Revolution2016'' features [[Franchise/GIJoe Joe Colton and Scarlett]] talking to one of the former's old friends, who throughout the issue is [[FaceFramedInShadow kept in the shadows]] and referred to only by his surname, Manheim. The end of the issue reveals him to be none other than Miles Mayhem, the main antagonist of ''WesternAnimation/{{MASK}}''. He is later established to [[CompositeCharacter have also been]] the "Sea Adventurer" from the original ''G.I.Joe'' toyline.
45	** ''ComicBook/TheTransformersRobotsInDisguise'':
46	*** A member of the Earth Defense Command named Ayana Jones is revealed during the events of the ''ComicBook/Revolution2016'' crossover to be a G.I. Joe operative codenamed [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeExtreme Mayday]].
47	*** Arguably the biggest one of the entire IDW continuity occurs during "The Falling" arc of ''Optimus Prime'', in which GreaterScopeVillain Onyx Prime was revealed to be a NotQuiteDead Shockwave, who had been sent back in time following the events of ''ComicBook/DarkCybertron'' and had taken TheSlowPath while manipulating the course of Cybertronian history as part of an [[StableTimeLoop ontological time paradox]].
48	* The Swordsman seen in ''ComicBook/HeroesReborn'' had nothing to do with Jacques Duquesne or Philip Javert. When the world was revisited in the ''Heroes Reborn: Remnants'' one-shot, it was revealed he was his Earth's version of ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}.
49	* ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' has "Squint", a scruffy-haired Jedi Knight who is part of a militant sect known as the Revanchists. As the series goes on, Squint ends up losing his hair, tattooing his scalp, and adopting the alias Malak. By that point, it is clear to the reader that Squint will eventually become Darth Malak, the BigBad of the original ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' game. Likewise, the Revanchists' eponymous leader is eventually revealed to be Revan from the same game.
50	* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' has a history of red herrings on this.
51	** When the mysterious "Reflecto" appeared and focused mainly on protecting Phantom Girl, the covers hinted that he was really her long-missing lover Ultra-Boy. But once unmasked, it was Superboy... albeit, a Superboy possessed by Ultra-Boy's mind. It was complicated.
52	** New member Sensor Girl wears a mask, and revealed her identity only to Saturn Girl. [[note]]Might as well, since the latter is a telepath[[/note]]. Various clues lead Brainic 5 to conclude that Sensor Girl was in fact ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, returned from the dead. But once unmasked, it was Projectra, returned to our dimension.
53	* The main character of Creator/DynamiteComics' MassiveMultiplayerCrossover ''Legenderry'' is Magda, sister to ComicBook/RedSonja, who is being pursued by the villains for unknown reasons as she searches for her sister. It turns out she's Sonja herself, who was given FalseMemories by the villains a year earlier to make her more tractable.
54	* ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures ComicBook/SpiderMan'' #57 opens with Spidey being attacked by a mysterious new villainess called the Silencer. Halfway through the issue, it's discovered that the Silencer is actually ComicBook/EmmaFrost, who joined the book's supporting cast several issues prior.
55	* ''Marvels X'' stars a new character named David Jarrett, a young boy who has seemingly failed to develop superpowers despite being exposed to the [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Terrigen Mist]]. In the final issue, David is killed in battle while helping Captain America, and his body is buried. However, Nighthawk then digs up the coffin to reveal that David is alive and well, explaining that the Terrigen gas actually gave him ResurrectiveImmortality in the form of a powerful HealingFactor. The final pages then jump forward into the future, revealing that David eventually grows up to become the mysterious new ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} (whose identity was never revealed) from the original ''ComicBook/EarthX''.
56	* The recurring villain Xander Payne from ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'' eventually takes the identity of Mr. X, the DiscOneFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/MegaMan6''.
57	* ''ComicBook/MegaManFullyCharged''
58	** The comic book adaptation reveals that the real Dr. Wily from the video games exists in the series, and is the grandfather of Aki's classmate Bert Wily. Moreover, he's also been Dr. Light's rival since their falling out as colleagues.
59	** From the same comic, halfway through the series, Suna takes up the conflict under a new alias to help Mega Man: [[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]].
60	* Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}'' Retconned the original 50s adventures as dreams induced via LotusEaterMachine. However one part of those stories is true. The main bad guy of the original comics, and the man behind the curtain of the Miracleman project is Dr. Emil Gargunza.
61	* In the ''ComicBook/New52'' version of ''ComicBook/SecretSix'', only Catman and Black Alice return from the previous continuity. Strix and the new Ventriloquist come from ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'' and Porcelain and Big Shot appear to be entirely original. Over the first few issues it's established that Big Shot is a PrivateInvestigator, has [[RubberMan the ability to expand in size and a rubbery face]], is obsessed with his late wife, and has a sensitive nose. Oh, and Mockingbird calls him "Mr Dibney". It is later revealed that he is, indeed, the world-famous ComicBook/ElongatedMan.
62	* Creator/GrantMorrison's ''ComicBook/NewXMen'' run featured a bunch of new characters, with the most prominent being the Chinese Buddhist Xorn. Then in the twist near the end, it turns out that Xorn was ComicBook/{{Magneto}} in disguise the whole time. Since this version of Magneto was a genocidal junkie (and by the end of the run, was thoroughly dead), the controversy was enough that Marvel's editors decided to retcon Xorn into not being the true Magneto the instant Grant Morrison left. Professor X went to Genosha to bury Magneto and found...Magneto. Excalibur Genosha begins, the HoYay between the two as they lead the new team in saving what's left of Genosha skyrockets, and in ''that'' title, Xorn is never brought up again. However, in the other books, who Xorn ''really'' was rapidly became a ContinuitySnarl, most infamously being twin brothers with similar names (Shen Xorn and Kuan-Yin Xorn).
63	* In ''Comicbook/TheNewChampionOfSHAZAM'', the science teacher at Fawcett Community College is a woman known as "Professor G". Shortly after being revealed as the villain of the peice, she's also revealed to be Georgia Sivana.
64	* ''ComicBook/{{Powerless}}'' takes place in an alternate, more realistic version of the Marvel Universe, and stars non-powered versions of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Logan]] and [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]]. The central viewpoint character, however, is a psychiatrist named William Watts, who somehow remembers the mainline Marvel Universe where those three characters are costumed superheroes. How he knows this isn't explained until the very end of the series, where, after an [[ImportantHaircut Important Shave]], William looks into his bathroom mirror and sees [[TheWatcher Uatu the Watcher]] staring back at him.
65	* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'':
66	** In the one-shot comic ''The Cell'', Frank menaces imprisoned members of the Drago mafia family for an unknown reason. At the end, it's revealed that the Drago is an AdaptationNameChange for the Costa family: i.e., the mafia family that [[YouKilledMyFather killed Frank's family]].
67	** The Heavy from "Girls in White Dresses" turned out to be the series' version of Punisher's {{archenemy}} Jigsaw.
68	* ''ComicBook/{{Robin\|1993}}'': Tim ends up tracking down an apparent new female vigilante wearing purple and thinks he sees Spoiler, only to discover he's tracking a new player who goes by Violet, only then to discover someone wearing the Spoiler costume is ''also'' tracking Violet. He's furious at the stranger behind the mask for dressing up as his beloved deceased girlfriend, disrespecting her memory and messing with him but then learns it actually is Stephanie, whose death was retconned to have been faked in this storyline.
69	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'': Silver's future is threatened by a being called the "Second Devourer", from another dimension. While its name seems to imply it's a successor to a ''first'' Devourer, it actually means "Devourer of Seconds", as-in the unit of time, heavily implying it to be the Time Eater from ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations''.
70	* ''ComicBook/TheSuperiorFoesOfSpiderMan'': Boomerang gets a girlfriend, who remains a nameless side character until the final issue reveals that we've seen her before. She's Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat, and she hooked up with Boomerang to steal the {{Macguffin}} he was after.
71	* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
72	** ''ComicBook/SupermanAliens'' plays with this. Superman is stranded in a city adrift in space called [[MythologyGag Argo City]] and meets a young blonde-haired teenage girl named Kara, trying to survive the alien infestation. All of this points to the idea that this is the comic's version of ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}... but it turns out that Argo City was actually not from Krypton at all, just that its inhabitants adopted their culture and language, influenced by preexisting character Cleric. Writer Creator/DanJurgens did want to find a way to bring her into main continuity and even make her Supergirl, but [[WhatCouldHaveBeen as the Matrix Supergirl had already been introduced previously, she was seen as redundant]].
73	** In ''ComicBook/ActionComics2011'', Clark's landlady is an elderly woman named Mrs Nyxly, who says her husband was a stage magician before a rival put him in a coma. She also mentions that his trademark was a purple derby hat. Yes, she's actually the New 52 version of Mr Mxyzpltk's girlfriend Miss Gsptlnz, now given the full name Nyxlygsptlnz.
74	** ''ComicBook/Superman2011'' featured a seemingly new character named Mr. Oz in the storyline "The Men of Tomorrow", but the Rebirth storyline ''ComicBook/TheOzEffect'' would ultimately reveal that his true identity is Superman's biological father Jor-El, who had been plucked from the moment of Krypton's destruction by [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhattan]] and ended up stranded on Earth, subsequently developing a desire to convince his son to give up on humanity after witnessing firsthand [[HumansAreBastards how awful humans could be]].
75	* In Creator/DonnyCates's ''ComicBook/{{Thanos}}'' run, we're introduced to Cosmic Ghost Rider, a wacky cosmic variant of ComicBook/GhostRider. His personality and design doesn't match up with any of the previous Ghost Riders, so he seems to be a new character. Thanos eventually asks if they know each other, since the Rider seems oddly familiar. Realizing he forgot to introduce himself, the Rider sticks out his hand and says his name: [[ComicBook/ThePunisher Frank Castle]].
76	* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'':
77	** Arnold Jones at first appeared to simply be Casey's deadbeat alcoholic dad, up until one of his bar buddies addresses him by his old gang nickname, Hun, revealing him to be the series' take on the Purple Dragons' leader. Doubles as a CompositeCharacter, as in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 2003 series]], Arnold is killed by Hun after standing up to him and his gang.
78	** Bonnie is initially a tourist from Florida, who gets mutated alongside her friends into this series' incarnation of the Punk Frogs during the mutagen bomb incident. However, she is later captured by Dr. Barlow, who proceeds to further alter her into a turtle, and develops psionic powers from having been exposed to the Dragon's Scales. Dr. Barlow rebaptizes her as Venus, a character that previously only showed up in ''Series/NinjaTurtlesTheNextMutation''.
79	* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'': The ''Secrets and Lies'' miniseries (published by Creator/IDWPublishing, but taking place in the same continuity as the Marvel Comics series) has a weird variation: established, but absent from the original run characters Fastlane and Cloudraker crash on Earth in England, getting involved in a viking raid and heavily damaged to the point of unrecognisability, becoming the Man of Iron from his eponymous story and the [[ReusedCharacterDesign identical looking]] navigator from the same.
80	* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'':
81	** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates''
82	*** One issue has ComicBook/NickFury going undercover to infiltrate HYDRA, where he befriends a deeply conflicted young henchwoman called "Nails." In the following issue, he's able to convince Nails to defect from HYDRA and join the Howling Commandos, and asks her what her real name is. She turns out to be the Ultimate version of Abigail Brand, a character from the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comic books.
83	*** A throwaway line from Kleiser in the first arc confirms that the shapeshifting Chitauri are in fact the Ultimate versions of the Skrulls, the word being one of the many names the race had been given over their centuries of interdimensional conquest. Note that the Skrulls were adapted later on in ''ComicBook/UltimateFantasticFour''.
84	** When [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] was first created by Creator/StanLee and Creator/JackKirby, he had two identities: he was the human doctor Donald Blake, and could turn into Thor ByThePowerOfGrayskull. When remade for ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'', Thor is just Thor. Blake appears, as an unrelated person, in ''ComicBook/UltimateComicsThor''. As seen later, Donald Blake is still the human identity of a god, but in this case it's Balder the Brave.
85	** ''ComicBook/AllNewUltimates'': The comic features a gang war, opposed by the Ultimates in the superhero way, and a police unit the standard way. This police unit would eventually become Terror Inc. (an obscure 1988 comic book).
86	* ''ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge'':
87	** ''ComicBook/WayOfX'' features someone the children of Krakoa call the Patchwork Man, who runs around the island toying with the minds of the mutants living on it. After Legion is brought in and gets a crack at him, it's revealed the Patchwork Man is in fact the universally-feared longtime X-men foe Onslaught.
88	** Orchis Captain Erasmus Mendel initially seemed to be a new character who died in the X-Men's attempt to destroy Master Mold. A botched attempt to resurrect Mendel is later revealed to be the creation of the Earth-616 version of the ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast''[='=]s Nimrod.
89	** Orchis scientist Dr. Statis, arms dealer Orbis Stellaris, and magic user Mother Righteous all started off seemingly unconnected, but later on, it's later revealed that they're all tied to Mr. Sinister: Statis and Orbus, like Sinister, being clones of Nathaniel Essex and Righteous being a clone of Nathaniel's wife, Rebecca.
90	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman77 Meets Series/TheBionicWoman'' reveals that Carolyn Hamilton, who appeared in the ''Series/WonderWoman1975'' episode "Knockout", has gone on to become the TV-verse counterpart of ComicBook/{{Nubia}}. In addition, the one-shot series villain Gloria Vasquez from the television series' movie-length season two premiere "The Return of Wonder Woman" has become Dr Cyber.
91	* ''ComicBook/WonderWomanEarthOne'' does this twice with major villains. US military psychologist Leon Zeiko turns out to be the Earth One version of Dr. Psycho (which in-universe is [[MythologyGag his handle as a misogynist Youtuber]]), and in the third volume the Earth One version of Max Lord turns out to be [[CompositeCharacter also]] the Earth One human identity of Ares.

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