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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Characters/{{Harley Quinn|The Character}} and Comicbook/{{Bane}} (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
** The show's version of the Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational features Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, Fire and Ice, and the aforementioned Booster Gold and Jaime Reyes as part of the founding roster. In the actual comics, Booster Gold didn't join the team until issue #4, while Fire and Ice didn't join until #14. Aquaman, meanwhile, wasn't even part of the group during the iconic Keith Giffen/J.M. [=DeMatteis=] run the cartoon was primarily pulling from, and wouldn't become part of the JLI until the subsequent ''Justice League Europe'' run by Gerard Jones. Jaime is the most prominent example, however, as the character wouldn't become associated with the group until the 2010 ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' series, which launched just a few months before the team made its animated debut in ''The Brave and the Bold''.
** The show's version of the Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational features Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, Fire and Ice, and the aforementioned Booster Gold and Jaime Reyes as part of the founding roster. In the actual comics, Booster Gold didn't join the team until issue #4, while Fire and Ice didn't join until #14. Aquaman, meanwhile, wasn't even part of the group during the iconic Keith Giffen/J.M. [=DeMatteis=] run the cartoon was primarily pulling from, and wouldn't become part of the JLI until the subsequent ''Justice League Europe'' run by Gerard Jones. Jaime is the most prominent example, however, as the character wouldn't become associated with the group until the 2010 ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' series, which launched just a few months before the team made its animated debut in ''The Brave and the Bold''.
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse ComicBook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} ComicBook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, ComicBook/{{Katana}}, ComicBook/{{Vixen}}, ComicBook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} ComicBook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis ComicBook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Characters/{{Harley Quinn|The Character}} and Comicbook/{{Bane}} ComicBook/{{Bane}} (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, ComicBook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, ComicBook/{{Firestorm|DCComics}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom ComicBook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
** The show's version of theComicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational features Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}, Fire and Ice, and the aforementioned Booster Gold and Jaime Reyes as part of the founding roster. In the actual comics, Booster Gold didn't join the team until issue #4, while Fire and Ice didn't join until #14. Aquaman, meanwhile, wasn't even part of the group during the iconic Keith Giffen/J.M. [=DeMatteis=] run the cartoon was primarily pulling from, and wouldn't become part of the JLI until the subsequent ''Justice League Europe'' run by Gerard Jones. Jaime is the most prominent example, however, as the character wouldn't become associated with the group until the 2010 ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' series, which launched just a few months before the team made its animated debut in ''The Brave and the Bold''.
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** ComicBook/RedTornado was a member of the Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica back during the 1940s, even though he wasn't created in the comics until the late 1960s, long after the JSA's original series had ceased publication.
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** ComicBook/RedTornado was a member of the Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica back during the 1940s, even though he wasn't created in the comics until the late 1960s, long after the JSA's original series had ceased publication.
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** The series also sees Professor X already in his hover chair, long before the team ever met Forge or the Shi'ar Empire (respectively its builder and the source of the technology used in it in the comics). Likewise, the X-Men are depicted in their costumes from the Jim Lee days, whereas barring Wolverine and Beast, most of the costumes wouldn't debut until after many of the stories the series adapted. Additionally, the Danger Room already uses hard-light holographic technology -- another thing they gained from their ties to the Shi'ar in the comics.
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** The series also sees Professor X already in his hover chair, long before the team ever met Forge or the Shi'ar Empire (respectively its builder and the source of the technology used in it in the comics). Likewise, the X-Men are depicted in their costumes from the Jim Lee days, whereas barring Wolverine and Beast, most of the costumes wouldn't debut until after many of the stories the series adapted. Additionally, the Danger Room already uses hard-light holographic technology -- another thing they gained from their ties to Forge and the Shi'ar in the comics.
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** In the 1991 series, Charlotte's first appearance was in "[[Recap/RugratsS2E14TheSantaExperience The Santa Experience]]", the fourteenth episode of the second season. In this series, she's an established member of the main adult cast since the first episode.
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Characters/{{Harley Quinn|The Character}} and Comicbook/{{Bane}} (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Characters/{{Harley Quinn|The Character}} and Comicbook/{{Bane}} (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
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** The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon made Hawkgirl, the John Stewart [[LegacyCharacter version of]] ComicBook/GreenLantern and the Wally West version of Franchise/TheFlash into founding members of the group. In the comics, Hawkgirl did not join the team until issue #146, while John straight up wasn't created until UsefulNotes/The70s (which in-turn also makes him a case of AdaptationalLateAppearance, too, as his comic counterpart predates the below-mentioned Kyle Rayner). Meanwhile, Wally West did exist when the team first formed in the comics, but as the KidSidekick to Barry Allen, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash. Thus, Wally didn't join the League until much later in the 1980s, when he became the new Flash after Barry's death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
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** The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon made Hawkgirl, the John Stewart [[LegacyCharacter version of]] ComicBook/GreenLantern and the Wally West version of Franchise/TheFlash into founding members of the group. In the comics, Hawkgirl did not join the team until issue #146, while John straight up wasn't created until UsefulNotes/The70s (which in-turn also makes him a case of AdaptationalLateAppearance, too, as his comic counterpart predates the below-mentioned Kyle Rayner). Meanwhile, Wally West did exist when the team first formed in the comics, but as the KidSidekick to Barry Allen, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash. Thus, Wally didn't join the League until much later in the 1980s, when he became the new Flash after Barry's death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Characters/HarleyQuinn and Comicbook/{{Bane}} (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Characters/HarleyQuinn Characters/{{Harley Quinn|The Character}} and Comicbook/{{Bane}} (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Bane (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Bane Characters/HarleyQuinn and Comicbook/{{Bane}} (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
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** The show's version of the Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational features Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, Fire and Ice, and the aforementioned Booster Gold and Jaime Reyes as part of the founding roster. In the actual comics, Booster Gold didn't join the team until issue #4, while Fire and Ice didn't join until #14. Aquaman, meanwhile, wasn't even part of the group during the iconic Keith Giffen/J.M. [=DeMatteis=] run the cartoon was primarily pulling, and wouldn't become part of the JLI until the subsequent ''Justice League Europe'' run by Gerard Jones. Jaime is the most prominent example, however, as the character wouldn't become associated with the group until the 2010 ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' series, which launched just a few months before the team made its animated debut in ''The Brave and the Bold''.
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** The show's version of the Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational features Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, Fire and Ice, and the aforementioned Booster Gold and Jaime Reyes as part of the founding roster. In the actual comics, Booster Gold didn't join the team until issue #4, while Fire and Ice didn't join until #14. Aquaman, meanwhile, wasn't even part of the group during the iconic Keith Giffen/J.M. [=DeMatteis=] run the cartoon was primarily pulling, pulling from, and wouldn't become part of the JLI until the subsequent ''Justice League Europe'' run by Gerard Jones. Jaime is the most prominent example, however, as the character wouldn't become associated with the group until the 2010 ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' series, which launched just a few months before the team made its animated debut in ''The Brave and the Bold''.
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks and Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Bane (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
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** The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks and Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Bane (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOfTheMillennium).
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** As a whole, the series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/SilverAgeOfComicBooks and Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/BronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Bane (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOf TheMillennium).
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** As a whole, the The series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/SilverAgeOfComicBooks [[Usefulnotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks and Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/BronzeAgeOfComicBooks [[Usefulnotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Bane (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOf TheMillennium).TurnOfTheMillennium).
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* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'':
** As a whole, the series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/SilverAgeOfComicBooks and Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/BronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Bane (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOf TheMillennium).
** The show's version of the Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational features Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, Fire and Ice, and the aforementioned Booster Gold and Jaime Reyes as part of the founding roster. In the actual comics, Booster Gold didn't join the team until issue #4, while Fire and Ice didn't join until #14. Aquaman, meanwhile, wasn't even part of the group during the iconic Keith Giffen/J.M. [=DeMatteis=] run the cartoon was primarily pulling, and wouldn't become part of the JLI until the subsequent ''Justice League Europe'' run by Gerard Jones. Jaime is the most prominent example, however, as the character wouldn't become associated with the group until the 2010 ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' series, which launched just a few months before the team made its animated debut in ''The Brave and the Bold''.
** As a whole, the series takes place in a RetroUniverse that is mostly inspired by the [[Usefulnotes/SilverAgeOfComicBooks and Silver]] and [[Usefulnotes/BronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]] Comicbook/DCUniverse in terms of continuity, aesthetics and tone. As such, the characters and designs used in the series generally range from TheFifties to TheSeventies, meaning Batman is still in his classic blue and gray costume, Dick Grayson is still Comicbook/{{Robin}} rather than Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} when the series begins, Barry Allen is still alive and the active [[Comicbook/TheFlash Flash]] while Wally West is still Kid Flash, and so on. However, there are some notable exceptions when it comes to the guest characters and certain villains, such as Comicbook/{{Katana}}, Comicbook/{{Vixen}}, Comicbook/BoosterGold, and the Helena Bertinelli version of Comicbook/{{Huntress}} (all from TheEighties, with the last two explicitly hailing from the rebooted Comicbook/PostCrisis DC Universe), Bane (TheNineties), and the Jaime Reyes version of Comicbook/BlueBeetle, the Jason Rusch version of Comicbook/{{Firestorm}}, and the Ryan Choi version of Comicbook/TheAtom (all from the TurnOf TheMillennium).
** The show's version of the Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational features Comicbook/{{Aquaman}}, Fire and Ice, and the aforementioned Booster Gold and Jaime Reyes as part of the founding roster. In the actual comics, Booster Gold didn't join the team until issue #4, while Fire and Ice didn't join until #14. Aquaman, meanwhile, wasn't even part of the group during the iconic Keith Giffen/J.M. [=DeMatteis=] run the cartoon was primarily pulling, and wouldn't become part of the JLI until the subsequent ''Justice League Europe'' run by Gerard Jones. Jaime is the most prominent example, however, as the character wouldn't become associated with the group until the 2010 ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueGenerationLost'' series, which launched just a few months before the team made its animated debut in ''The Brave and the Bold''.
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** ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/IronFist all join the ComicBook/NewAvengers in the second season, even though that team wasn't formed until many years after the debut of the original team in the comics. ComicBook/TheThing and ComicBook/WarMachine, both of whom joined the West Coast Avengers in TheEighties [[note]]Though Thing was never a permanent member of the West Coast Avengers, having left before an official vote was taken to induct him into the team, he did happen to join the comics New Avengers later on after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''[[/note]], [[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation are also part of the adaptation's version]] of the New Avengers.
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** ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/IronFist all join the ComicBook/NewAvengers in the second season, even though that team wasn't formed until many years after the debut of the original team in the comics. ComicBook/TheThing and ComicBook/WarMachine, both of whom joined the West Coast Avengers in TheEighties The80s [[note]]Though Thing was never a permanent member of the West Coast Avengers, having left before an official vote was taken to induct him into the team, he did happen to join the comics New Avengers later on after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''[[/note]], [[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation are also part of the adaptation's version]] of the New Avengers.
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** The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon made Hawkgirl, the John Stewart [[LegacyCharacter version of]] ComicBook/GreenLantern and the Wally West version of Franchise/TheFlash into founding members of the group. In the comics, Hawkgirl did not join the team until issue #146, while John straight up wasn't created until UsefulNotes/TheSeventies (which in-turn also makes him a case of AdaptationalLateAppearance, too, as his comic counterpart predates the below-mentioned Kyle Rayner). Meanwhile, Wally West did exist when the team first formed in the comics, but as the KidSidekick to Barry Allen, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash. Thus, Wally didn't join the League until much later in the 1980s, when he became the new Flash after Barry's death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
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** The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon made Hawkgirl, the John Stewart [[LegacyCharacter version of]] ComicBook/GreenLantern and the Wally West version of Franchise/TheFlash into founding members of the group. In the comics, Hawkgirl did not join the team until issue #146, while John straight up wasn't created until UsefulNotes/TheSeventies UsefulNotes/The70s (which in-turn also makes him a case of AdaptationalLateAppearance, too, as his comic counterpart predates the below-mentioned Kyle Rayner). Meanwhile, Wally West did exist when the team first formed in the comics, but as the KidSidekick to Barry Allen, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash. Thus, Wally didn't join the League until much later in the 1980s, when he became the new Flash after Barry's death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
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** The show depicts ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and Miss Martian as part of the first generation of {{Kid Sidekick}}s, alongside characters like Dick Grayson as ComicBook/{{Robin}}, Wally West as Kid Flash and Roy Harper as Speedy. In the comics, Superboy and Miss Martian weren't introduced until the TheNineties and The2000s, respectively, long after the original Teen Titans had grown to adulthood. They are later joined by [[ComicBook/{{Icon}} Rocket]], another 90s creation.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'': In the [[Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays original novel]], Inspector Fix first appears on the scene when Passepartout encounters him in Suez and asks for directions to the British Consulate, leading to Fix discovering that the description given in Fogg's passport matches that of the suspect in a robbery at the Bank of England. Inspector Dix, on the other hand, makes his debut in the first episode and, along with Constable Bully, follows Fog and his party all the way from London, having seen a newspaper photograph of Fog and noticed that he resembles the suspect identified by an eyewitness to the robbery. (The travellers pass through Suez in Episode 4.)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a significant amount of cases for this trope:
** In the comics, ComicBook/BlackPanther didn't join the team until ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #52, long after ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} joined the team in ''The Avengers'' #16. In ''The Avengers: EMH'', he appears within the first few episodes and joins the team in the fifth episode, while Hawkeye doesn't end up joining the team until after Black Panther.
** Hawkeye himself also counts. While he doesn't join the team until halfway into the first season, he actually shows up within the first few episodes as a fugitive who has been framed by ComicBook/BlackWidow.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}} originally debuted in ''The Avengers'' #54, where he was created by Hank Pym, who had long since retired his original ComicBook/AntMan identity in favor of the name Goliath. ''The Avengers: EMH'' instead introduces Ultron in the fourth episode, where he is the creation of a less-experienced Hank Pym who is still using the Ant-Man name. Ultron goes on to serve as a minor recurring character before finally becoming a major villain in the the twenty-third episode.
** [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel]] also becomes an Avenger early in the second season, despite not joining the team until issue #183 in the comics.
** Graviton made his first appearance in ''The Avengers'' #158, many years after the team was established. In ''The Avengers: EMH'', he's the main antagonist of "Breakout" (the two-part series premier), effectively serving as the first major villain the Avengers have to face as a team.
** ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/IronFist all join the ComicBook/NewAvengers in the second season, even though that team wasn't formed until many years after the debut of the original team in the comics. ComicBook/TheThing and ComicBook/WarMachine, both of whom joined the West Coast Avengers in TheEighties [[note]]Though Thing was never a permanent member of the West Coast Avengers, having left before an official vote was taken to induct him into the team, he did happen to join the comics New Avengers later on after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''[[/note]], [[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation are also part of the adaptation's version]] of the New Avengers.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'':
** ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} became Batman's first sidekick in season 3, whereas ComicBook/{{Robin}} didn't come along until season 4. (In the comics and most other media, Robin comes along before Batgirl) This was done because Robin was currently being used in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' and couldn't appear due to the "Bat-Embargo" at the time.
** A number of villains appear earlier than they did in the comics, most notably, Bane. Much like in ''Arkham Origins'', Bane debuts before Bruce could have any sidekicks. Hell, given "Traction" is the third episode of the series, Bane in this universe is literally the third super villain Bruce fought.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'': In the episode "The Secret of the Swordfish", two prototypes of the eponymous fighter jet have already been built before the Empire's global offensive, with Blake testing one right away as the episode starts and the other being blown up during the offensive to avoid capture. The Swordfish first appears much later in the comic book album, at the base in the Strait of Hormuz (it is the third Swordfish in the episode).
* ''WesternAnimation/ElChavoAnimado'': Every main character ([[AdaptedOut save for La Chilindrina]]) appears from the very beginning of the series. The most notable case is Jaimito the mailman, who was the last addition to the cast in the original series, appearing in 1979, which finally allowed him to interact with Quico and Don Ramón, since they both left the series that year.
* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
*** ComicBook/{{Bane}} comes knocking in the DCAU while Dick Grayson is still Robin and relatively early into Barbara Gordon's tenure as Batgirl. In the comics, the events of ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' happened not long after Tim Drake took up the Robin mantle, years after Dick and Barbara became Nightwing and Oracle respectively.
*** For that matter, Dick's wearing Tim Drake's classic Robin costume -- a suit that wouldn't exist until a bit of time after Tim took up the Robin mantle.
** The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon made Hawkgirl, the John Stewart [[LegacyCharacter version of]] ComicBook/GreenLantern and the Wally West version of Franchise/TheFlash into founding members of the group. In the comics, Hawkgirl did not join the team until issue #146, while John straight up wasn't created until UsefulNotes/TheSeventies (which in-turn also makes him a case of AdaptationalLateAppearance, too, as his comic counterpart predates the below-mentioned Kyle Rayner). Meanwhile, Wally West did exist when the team first formed in the comics, but as the KidSidekick to Barry Allen, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash. Thus, Wally didn't join the League until much later in the 1980s, when he became the new Flash after Barry's death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'':
*** As mentioned above, ComicBook/{{Steel}} was originally one of the replacement Supermen who debuted after Superman's death at the hands of [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Doomsday]]. Here, Steel shows up in the second season, while Doomsday doesn't even appear until ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' many years later.
*** Kyle Rayner is the first ComicBook/GreenLantern of Earth to appear in the [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]]. John Stewart and Hal Jordan, both of whom predated Kyle in the comics by ''decades'', don't show up until ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' (and even then, Hal's appearance is a mere cameo). Though, in a variation of this trope, ''Justice League'' establishes that John was a Green Lantern long before Kyle showed up, but was off in space when the events of the ''Superman'' episode introducing Kyle occurred.
*** ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} and his forces don't usually come a-knocking until after the Justice League is already formed. Here, they and Superman cross paths multiple times years before the League exists.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 the original cartoon]], Fenton Crackshell, alias the superhero Gizmoduck, isn't introduced until the second season, after over 65 episodes, and in-universe after some time has passed since Scrooge first met his grand-nephews. In the new series, the Gizmoduck suit is teased in just the ''third'' episode of the series, and Fenton makes his debut a mere eight episodes later in episode 11.
* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'': Both Terrax and Firelord are present during ComicBook/{{Galactus}}' two-part debut episode, and battle the heroes during their master's attempt to consume the Earth. The episode is adapted from the original "[[ComicBook/TheComingOfGalactus Coming of Galactus]]" storyline from 1966, while Firelord and Terrax did not debut until 1974 and 1979, respectively. This also applies to Galactus himself, as he originally appeared after "[[ComicBook/TheInhumans The Inhumans Saga]]" in the original Creator/StanLee / Creator/JackKirby run in the comics, while the show's adaptation of that storyline didn't happen until Season 2, well after Galactus had made his debut.
* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' did this in the ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segment for every member of the cast who wasn't Orson (who was present at the first installment of both the comic strip and the cartoon version anyway).
** Roy Rooster first appeared in the comic in the April 14, 1986 strip, while the ''Garfield and Friends'' segment had him an established character from the start.
** Wade Duck did not appear in the comic strip until August 4, 1986, while the very first ''U.S. Acres'' episode, "Wanted: Wade", doesn't just feature him, but has him in a major role.
** Orson's [[InterspeciesAdoption adoptive sons]] Booker and Sheldon were introduced in a May 1986 arc where Orson found and hatched some abandoned chicken eggs. The cartoon again depicted the two chicks as being present among the cast at the beginning.
** Bo and Lanolin made an EarlyBirdCameo in the comic strip in the July 20, 1986 strip before getting their proper introductions in January 15, 1987 (Lanolin) and January 19, 1987 (Bo). The animated version again has them appear as early as possible, giving the twin sheep cameos in "Wanted: Wade" and giving them their first speaking roles in the second ''U.S. Acres'' episode "Unidentified Flying Orson".
* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' had the Red Lantern Corps, the Blue Lantern Corps, the Star Sapphire Corps and the Orange Lantern Corps appear while Sinestro was still a Green Lantern, when the Sinestro Corps was the first Lantern Corps besides the Green Lantern Corps to have its existence confirmed in the comics.
* The ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor'' video game had Nicky investigate Mr. Peterson's house alone. The ''WesternAnimation/HelloNeighborAnimatedSeries'', on the other hand, had him accompanied by Enzo, Maritza, and Trinity, all of whom originally didn't appear until ''VideoGame/SecretNeighbor'', the third game in the series.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Hilda}}'' graphic novels Erik Ahlberg only appeared in the final book, "Hilda and the Mountain King". In the [[WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}} animated series]], he is introduced in the first episode of season 2, before the events of "Hilda and the Stone Forest".
** Likewise, Baba and her mother make a small appearance in the season 2 episode, ''The Old Bells of Trolberg''. In the graphic novels, the two Trolls won't show up until ''The Stone Forest'' storyline.
* Both the comics and the first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' see the Fatal Five forced into an EnemyMine with the Legion to stop the Sun-Eater. Only in the comics, it was a massive case of "NiceJobBreakingItHero" for the Legion as it was how the group first formed there. In the cartoon, the Five were already a team before that crisis.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' , Muppet mainstays Statler and Waldorf didn't appear until ''season 7'' . In ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'', their first appearance is in ''episode 2'' .
* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021'':
** In [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991 the original 1991 series]], Susie Carmichael was introduced in "[[Recap/RugratsS2E18MeetTheCarmichaelsTheBox Meet the Carmichaels]]", the first half of the eighteenth episode of the series' second season. In the reboot, she's an established member of the main cast since the first episode.
** In the 1991 series, Kimi became a main part of the cast after ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis'', which took place early in the show's seventh season, and one season after Tommy's younger brother, Dil, was born. In the reboot, she appears as one of Angelica's preschool classmates in the first season while Dil appears in the second.
** While Dil shows up after Kimi is introduced, he appears much earlier in the show's second season, compared to the 1991 series, where he appears later in ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', which takes place after the series' fifth season but before the sixth.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Whereas Hobgoblin in the comics was an imitator of the earlier introduced Green Goblin, in the 90s TV series Hobgoblin was introduced before the longtime ComicBook/SpiderMan archenemy ComicBook/NormanOsborn took up the identity of the Green Goblin. The reason for Green Goblin's later appearance in the show was that a previous producer had decided to use the Hobgoblin instead (possibly because Osborn was dead in the comics at the time, while the Hobgoblin was still being featured). By the time producer John Semper took over the series, the tie-in toyline had already begun production, meaning [[MerchandiseDriven the executives refused to allow him to drop the Hobgoblin from the show when Hobgoblin action figures were in the works]].
** Eddie Brock was already ComicBook/{{Venom}} when he first appeared in the comics, and all the stuff about him being a former reporter whose career was accidentally ruined by Spider-Man was only established by exposition and flashbacks. The cartoon introduces Eddie as part of the supporting cast in the very first episode, and slowly builds up his hatred of Spider-Man across several episodes, until he finally becomes Venom near the end of Season 1. Nearly every adaptation since then (including ''Film/SpiderMan3'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'') has adopted this method, introducing Eddie as Peter's coworker or friend in order to actually show audiences ''why'' this guy hates Spider-Man so much.
** This also applies to the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote itself. In the comics, Spidey first encountered the symbiote during ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', but in the TV show, Venom appears in Season 1, while ''Secret Wars'' doesn't happen until the final season.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Grand Admiral Thrawn becomes the BigBad for the second half of the series. Thrawn originally appeared in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' (which had been retconned along with the rest of the ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' continuity), which takes place after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', whereas ''Rebels'' takes place a couple of years before ''Film/ANewHope''. [[spoiler:fittingly, the show would end with Thrawn PutOnABus as far as the overall saga was concerned, only to begin resurfacing in [[Series/TheMandalorian later works]] taking place around the same time as his original trilogy.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
** As with the ''X-Men'' examples on this page, this cartoon starts with the later 1980s additions to the team like ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, ComicBook/{{Raven}} and Beast Boy already in the main cast, with the founding members in the original comics besides Robin (Aqualad, Speedy, Kid Flash and Wonder Girl) in contrast having their debuts in the cartoon occur [[AdaptationalLateAppearance later]].
** Mad Mod and Ding Dong Daddy were both villains fought by the original roster of the Teen Titans in the comics, but this continuity has Mad Mod debut in the first season episode of the same name and Ding Dong Daddy first appear in the fifth season episode "Revved Up", when in the original comics the Titans fought Ding Dong Daddy ''before'' their first encounter with Mad Mod.
* James the Red Engine makes cameos in all six episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' prior to "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E7ThomasAndTheBreakdownTrain Thomas And The Breakdown Train/Thomas Saves The Day]]". This causes a continuity error since the following episode keeps the novels' statement of the events of said episode occurring on his first day. Henry similarly makes cameos prior to "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E3TheSadStoryOfHenry The Sad Story of Henry/Come Out Henry]]", while Thomas himself appears before the events of the ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines Three Railway Engines]]'' stories as a result of "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E1ThomasAndGordon Thomas And Gordon]]" being adapted as the first episode to fit his [[BreakoutCharacter leading status]].
** This seems to be a recurring tendency for characters newly introduced in feature-length specials. Most seasons produced at the same time will feature said character. The majority of the time the specials are released some time after the season (are a fair number of episodes) have already aired, meaning the character first appears in the TV episodes.
** Also played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventureBegins'', a movie retelling the events of the first two books. In this version, Thomas doesn't arrive on Sodor until after the events of ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines The Three Railway Engines]]'', ("Edward and Gordon" happens before Thomas's arrival, and Edward later retells "The Sad Story of Henry" to Thomas). However, ''James'', who in ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' only showed up at the end of the second book introduced as a "new engine", is there from the beginning, before Thomas even arrives on Sodor. Similarly, Annie and Clarabel, who in the books aren't properly introduced until the fourth book as Thomas's coaches on his branch line, are introduced as coaches assigned to James during Thomas's time as station pilot.
* Similarly to both the ''ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse'' and ''[[WebAnimation/TheTransformersPowerOfThePrimes Power of the Primes]]'' examples above, ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersWarForCybertronTrilogy War For Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' features [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars the Maximals and Predacons]] interacting with both the Autobots and Decepticons via time travel (as unlike in the show, the Autobots and Decepticons do not fall into stasis once the Ark crashed). Furthermore, in the original ''Beast Wars'' show, the Autobots and Decepticons did not make cameo appearances until the tail end of Season 2 (when the Ark was located), whereas the Maximals and Predacons in the show are patterned after their Season 1 selves.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Because the series was an AdaptationDistillation, certain characters who didn't join the team until much later on in the comics are present from the beginning. The most notable examples are Jubilee and Gambit, two ''very'' recent '90s characters at the time, both of whom show up in the very first episode. This is also true of characters like Bishop and Cable, who both show up in the first season. A side effect is that these characters ended up appearing in adaptations of classic Creator/ChrisClaremont stories that were written ''years'' before many of them were even created, such as Jubilee being in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' or Bishop playing a central role in ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast''.
** Morph, Wolverine, Storm, and Rogue are also X-Men from the beginning. While {{Flashback}}s in later episodes would establish that they were ''not'' founding members of the team, they're still part of the group by the time the first episode starts.
** The Sentinels are the main antagonists of the two-part series premier, despite not appearing in the comics until issue #14 of the original Creator/StanLee[=/=]Creator/JackKirby run.
** The series also sees Professor X already in his hover chair, long before the team ever met Forge or the Shi'ar Empire (respectively its builder and the source of the technology used in it in the comics). Likewise, the X-Men are depicted in their costumes from the Jim Lee days, whereas barring Wolverine and Beast, most of the costumes wouldn't debut until after many of the stories the series adapted. Additionally, the Danger Room already uses hard-light holographic technology -- another thing they gained from their ties to the Shi'ar in the comics.
** In the comics, Beast started off looking relatively normal outside of having rather large hands and feet, only gaining the blue fur later. Here, he already has the fur.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
** Like the ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' comics, the series has later '70s additions to the team like Wolverine, Storm and Nightcrawler as part of the cast from the very beginning. 80s recruits like Kitty Pryde and Rogue also end up joining very early on.
** Likewise, the ComicBook/NewMutants join the cast in Season 2. This causes a bit of an AgeLift, since in the comics, the New Mutants were initially introduced as the next generation of teenage X-Men after the original members of the team had all grown up. Here, the New Mutants are roughly the same age as characters like Cyclops and Jean Grey, who were their elders in the comics.
** This also holds true for many of the villains. Mystique, Sabretooth, Destiny and Avalanche didn't start fighting the X-Men in the comics until the 1980s, while they all are present within the first few episodes of the show.
* In addition to Venom, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' takes after ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' and has Peter know the Osborns, Mary Jane, Gwen, Captain Stacy, Jean [=DeWolff=], Black Cat, Hammerhead, Silvermane, Silver Sable, and Miles Warren while in high school instead of college or afterward. It also extends this to other characters like Stan Carter, Glory Grant, Randy Robertson, Sha Shan Nguyen, Roderick Kingsley, Walter Hardy (though in this case, it's because [[spoiler:he's a CompositeCharacter with Uncle Ben's killer]]), and Debra Whitman.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** The show depicts ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and Miss Martian as part of the first generation of {{Kid Sidekick}}s, alongside characters like Dick Grayson as ComicBook/{{Robin}}, Wally West as Kid Flash and Roy Harper as Speedy. In the comics, Superboy and Miss Martian weren't introduced until the TheNineties and The2000s, respectively, long after the original Teen Titans had grown to adulthood. They are later joined by [[ComicBook/{{Icon}} Rocket]], another 90s creation.
** ComicBook/RedTornado was a member of the Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica back during the 1940s, even though he wasn't created in the comics until the late 1960s, long after the JSA's original series had ceased publication.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'': In the [[Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays original novel]], Inspector Fix first appears on the scene when Passepartout encounters him in Suez and asks for directions to the British Consulate, leading to Fix discovering that the description given in Fogg's passport matches that of the suspect in a robbery at the Bank of England. Inspector Dix, on the other hand, makes his debut in the first episode and, along with Constable Bully, follows Fog and his party all the way from London, having seen a newspaper photograph of Fog and noticed that he resembles the suspect identified by an eyewitness to the robbery. (The travellers pass through Suez in Episode 4.)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' has a significant amount of cases for this trope:
** In the comics, ComicBook/BlackPanther didn't join the team until ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' #52, long after ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} joined the team in ''The Avengers'' #16. In ''The Avengers: EMH'', he appears within the first few episodes and joins the team in the fifth episode, while Hawkeye doesn't end up joining the team until after Black Panther.
** Hawkeye himself also counts. While he doesn't join the team until halfway into the first season, he actually shows up within the first few episodes as a fugitive who has been framed by ComicBook/BlackWidow.
** ComicBook/{{Ultron}} originally debuted in ''The Avengers'' #54, where he was created by Hank Pym, who had long since retired his original ComicBook/AntMan identity in favor of the name Goliath. ''The Avengers: EMH'' instead introduces Ultron in the fourth episode, where he is the creation of a less-experienced Hank Pym who is still using the Ant-Man name. Ultron goes on to serve as a minor recurring character before finally becoming a major villain in the the twenty-third episode.
** [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel]] also becomes an Avenger early in the second season, despite not joining the team until issue #183 in the comics.
** Graviton made his first appearance in ''The Avengers'' #158, many years after the team was established. In ''The Avengers: EMH'', he's the main antagonist of "Breakout" (the two-part series premier), effectively serving as the first major villain the Avengers have to face as a team.
** ComicBook/SpiderMan, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/LukeCage and ComicBook/IronFist all join the ComicBook/NewAvengers in the second season, even though that team wasn't formed until many years after the debut of the original team in the comics. ComicBook/TheThing and ComicBook/WarMachine, both of whom joined the West Coast Avengers in TheEighties [[note]]Though Thing was never a permanent member of the West Coast Avengers, having left before an official vote was taken to induct him into the team, he did happen to join the comics New Avengers later on after the events of ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''[[/note]], [[TeamMemberInTheAdaptation are also part of the adaptation's version]] of the New Avengers.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'':
** ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} became Batman's first sidekick in season 3, whereas ComicBook/{{Robin}} didn't come along until season 4. (In the comics and most other media, Robin comes along before Batgirl) This was done because Robin was currently being used in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' and couldn't appear due to the "Bat-Embargo" at the time.
** A number of villains appear earlier than they did in the comics, most notably, Bane. Much like in ''Arkham Origins'', Bane debuts before Bruce could have any sidekicks. Hell, given "Traction" is the third episode of the series, Bane in this universe is literally the third super villain Bruce fought.
* ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'': In the episode "The Secret of the Swordfish", two prototypes of the eponymous fighter jet have already been built before the Empire's global offensive, with Blake testing one right away as the episode starts and the other being blown up during the offensive to avoid capture. The Swordfish first appears much later in the comic book album, at the base in the Strait of Hormuz (it is the third Swordfish in the episode).
* ''WesternAnimation/ElChavoAnimado'': Every main character ([[AdaptedOut save for La Chilindrina]]) appears from the very beginning of the series. The most notable case is Jaimito the mailman, who was the last addition to the cast in the original series, appearing in 1979, which finally allowed him to interact with Quico and Don Ramón, since they both left the series that year.
* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'':
*** ComicBook/{{Bane}} comes knocking in the DCAU while Dick Grayson is still Robin and relatively early into Barbara Gordon's tenure as Batgirl. In the comics, the events of ''ComicBook/{{Knightfall}}'' happened not long after Tim Drake took up the Robin mantle, years after Dick and Barbara became Nightwing and Oracle respectively.
*** For that matter, Dick's wearing Tim Drake's classic Robin costume -- a suit that wouldn't exist until a bit of time after Tim took up the Robin mantle.
** The ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' cartoon made Hawkgirl, the John Stewart [[LegacyCharacter version of]] ComicBook/GreenLantern and the Wally West version of Franchise/TheFlash into founding members of the group. In the comics, Hawkgirl did not join the team until issue #146, while John straight up wasn't created until UsefulNotes/TheSeventies (which in-turn also makes him a case of AdaptationalLateAppearance, too, as his comic counterpart predates the below-mentioned Kyle Rayner). Meanwhile, Wally West did exist when the team first formed in the comics, but as the KidSidekick to Barry Allen, the [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash. Thus, Wally didn't join the League until much later in the 1980s, when he became the new Flash after Barry's death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
** ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'':
*** As mentioned above, ComicBook/{{Steel}} was originally one of the replacement Supermen who debuted after Superman's death at the hands of [[ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman Doomsday]]. Here, Steel shows up in the second season, while Doomsday doesn't even appear until ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' many years later.
*** Kyle Rayner is the first ComicBook/GreenLantern of Earth to appear in the [[Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse DCAU]]. John Stewart and Hal Jordan, both of whom predated Kyle in the comics by ''decades'', don't show up until ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' (and even then, Hal's appearance is a mere cameo). Though, in a variation of this trope, ''Justice League'' establishes that John was a Green Lantern long before Kyle showed up, but was off in space when the events of the ''Superman'' episode introducing Kyle occurred.
*** ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} and his forces don't usually come a-knocking until after the Justice League is already formed. Here, they and Superman cross paths multiple times years before the League exists.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': In [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 the original cartoon]], Fenton Crackshell, alias the superhero Gizmoduck, isn't introduced until the second season, after over 65 episodes, and in-universe after some time has passed since Scrooge first met his grand-nephews. In the new series, the Gizmoduck suit is teased in just the ''third'' episode of the series, and Fenton makes his debut a mere eight episodes later in episode 11.
* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourTheAnimatedSeries'': Both Terrax and Firelord are present during ComicBook/{{Galactus}}' two-part debut episode, and battle the heroes during their master's attempt to consume the Earth. The episode is adapted from the original "[[ComicBook/TheComingOfGalactus Coming of Galactus]]" storyline from 1966, while Firelord and Terrax did not debut until 1974 and 1979, respectively. This also applies to Galactus himself, as he originally appeared after "[[ComicBook/TheInhumans The Inhumans Saga]]" in the original Creator/StanLee / Creator/JackKirby run in the comics, while the show's adaptation of that storyline didn't happen until Season 2, well after Galactus had made his debut.
* ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' did this in the ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segment for every member of the cast who wasn't Orson (who was present at the first installment of both the comic strip and the cartoon version anyway).
** Roy Rooster first appeared in the comic in the April 14, 1986 strip, while the ''Garfield and Friends'' segment had him an established character from the start.
** Wade Duck did not appear in the comic strip until August 4, 1986, while the very first ''U.S. Acres'' episode, "Wanted: Wade", doesn't just feature him, but has him in a major role.
** Orson's [[InterspeciesAdoption adoptive sons]] Booker and Sheldon were introduced in a May 1986 arc where Orson found and hatched some abandoned chicken eggs. The cartoon again depicted the two chicks as being present among the cast at the beginning.
** Bo and Lanolin made an EarlyBirdCameo in the comic strip in the July 20, 1986 strip before getting their proper introductions in January 15, 1987 (Lanolin) and January 19, 1987 (Bo). The animated version again has them appear as early as possible, giving the twin sheep cameos in "Wanted: Wade" and giving them their first speaking roles in the second ''U.S. Acres'' episode "Unidentified Flying Orson".
* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' had the Red Lantern Corps, the Blue Lantern Corps, the Star Sapphire Corps and the Orange Lantern Corps appear while Sinestro was still a Green Lantern, when the Sinestro Corps was the first Lantern Corps besides the Green Lantern Corps to have its existence confirmed in the comics.
* The ''VideoGame/HelloNeighbor'' video game had Nicky investigate Mr. Peterson's house alone. The ''WesternAnimation/HelloNeighborAnimatedSeries'', on the other hand, had him accompanied by Enzo, Maritza, and Trinity, all of whom originally didn't appear until ''VideoGame/SecretNeighbor'', the third game in the series.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Hilda}}'' graphic novels Erik Ahlberg only appeared in the final book, "Hilda and the Mountain King". In the [[WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}} animated series]], he is introduced in the first episode of season 2, before the events of "Hilda and the Stone Forest".
** Likewise, Baba and her mother make a small appearance in the season 2 episode, ''The Old Bells of Trolberg''. In the graphic novels, the two Trolls won't show up until ''The Stone Forest'' storyline.
* Both the comics and the first season finale of ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes2006'' see the Fatal Five forced into an EnemyMine with the Legion to stop the Sun-Eater. Only in the comics, it was a massive case of "NiceJobBreakingItHero" for the Legion as it was how the group first formed there. In the cartoon, the Five were already a team before that crisis.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' , Muppet mainstays Statler and Waldorf didn't appear until ''season 7'' . In ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies2018'', their first appearance is in ''episode 2'' .
* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats2021'':
** In [[WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991 the original 1991 series]], Susie Carmichael was introduced in "[[Recap/RugratsS2E18MeetTheCarmichaelsTheBox Meet the Carmichaels]]", the first half of the eighteenth episode of the series' second season. In the reboot, she's an established member of the main cast since the first episode.
** In the 1991 series, Kimi became a main part of the cast after ''WesternAnimation/RugratsInParis'', which took place early in the show's seventh season, and one season after Tommy's younger brother, Dil, was born. In the reboot, she appears as one of Angelica's preschool classmates in the first season while Dil appears in the second.
** While Dil shows up after Kimi is introduced, he appears much earlier in the show's second season, compared to the 1991 series, where he appears later in ''WesternAnimation/TheRugratsMovie'', which takes place after the series' fifth season but before the sixth.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Whereas Hobgoblin in the comics was an imitator of the earlier introduced Green Goblin, in the 90s TV series Hobgoblin was introduced before the longtime ComicBook/SpiderMan archenemy ComicBook/NormanOsborn took up the identity of the Green Goblin. The reason for Green Goblin's later appearance in the show was that a previous producer had decided to use the Hobgoblin instead (possibly because Osborn was dead in the comics at the time, while the Hobgoblin was still being featured). By the time producer John Semper took over the series, the tie-in toyline had already begun production, meaning [[MerchandiseDriven the executives refused to allow him to drop the Hobgoblin from the show when Hobgoblin action figures were in the works]].
** Eddie Brock was already ComicBook/{{Venom}} when he first appeared in the comics, and all the stuff about him being a former reporter whose career was accidentally ruined by Spider-Man was only established by exposition and flashbacks. The cartoon introduces Eddie as part of the supporting cast in the very first episode, and slowly builds up his hatred of Spider-Man across several episodes, until he finally becomes Venom near the end of Season 1. Nearly every adaptation since then (including ''Film/SpiderMan3'', ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' and ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'') has adopted this method, introducing Eddie as Peter's coworker or friend in order to actually show audiences ''why'' this guy hates Spider-Man so much.
** This also applies to the ComicBook/{{Venom}} symbiote itself. In the comics, Spidey first encountered the symbiote during ''ComicBook/SecretWars1984'', but in the TV show, Venom appears in Season 1, while ''Secret Wars'' doesn't happen until the final season.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Grand Admiral Thrawn becomes the BigBad for the second half of the series. Thrawn originally appeared in ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' (which had been retconned along with the rest of the ''[[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]]'' continuity), which takes place after ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', whereas ''Rebels'' takes place a couple of years before ''Film/ANewHope''. [[spoiler:fittingly, the show would end with Thrawn PutOnABus as far as the overall saga was concerned, only to begin resurfacing in [[Series/TheMandalorian later works]] taking place around the same time as his original trilogy.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
** As with the ''X-Men'' examples on this page, this cartoon starts with the later 1980s additions to the team like ComicBook/{{Cyborg}}, ComicBook/{{Starfire}}, ComicBook/{{Raven}} and Beast Boy already in the main cast, with the founding members in the original comics besides Robin (Aqualad, Speedy, Kid Flash and Wonder Girl) in contrast having their debuts in the cartoon occur [[AdaptationalLateAppearance later]].
** Mad Mod and Ding Dong Daddy were both villains fought by the original roster of the Teen Titans in the comics, but this continuity has Mad Mod debut in the first season episode of the same name and Ding Dong Daddy first appear in the fifth season episode "Revved Up", when in the original comics the Titans fought Ding Dong Daddy ''before'' their first encounter with Mad Mod.
* James the Red Engine makes cameos in all six episodes of ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' prior to "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E7ThomasAndTheBreakdownTrain Thomas And The Breakdown Train/Thomas Saves The Day]]". This causes a continuity error since the following episode keeps the novels' statement of the events of said episode occurring on his first day. Henry similarly makes cameos prior to "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E3TheSadStoryOfHenry The Sad Story of Henry/Come Out Henry]]", while Thomas himself appears before the events of the ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines Three Railway Engines]]'' stories as a result of "[[Recap/ThomasAndFriendsS1E1ThomasAndGordon Thomas And Gordon]]" being adapted as the first episode to fit his [[BreakoutCharacter leading status]].
** This seems to be a recurring tendency for characters newly introduced in feature-length specials. Most seasons produced at the same time will feature said character. The majority of the time the specials are released some time after the season (are a fair number of episodes) have already aired, meaning the character first appears in the TV episodes.
** Also played with in ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventureBegins'', a movie retelling the events of the first two books. In this version, Thomas doesn't arrive on Sodor until after the events of ''[[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines The Three Railway Engines]]'', ("Edward and Gordon" happens before Thomas's arrival, and Edward later retells "The Sad Story of Henry" to Thomas). However, ''James'', who in ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' only showed up at the end of the second book introduced as a "new engine", is there from the beginning, before Thomas even arrives on Sodor. Similarly, Annie and Clarabel, who in the books aren't properly introduced until the fourth book as Thomas's coaches on his branch line, are introduced as coaches assigned to James during Thomas's time as station pilot.
* Similarly to both the ''ComicBook/HasbroComicUniverse'' and ''[[WebAnimation/TheTransformersPowerOfThePrimes Power of the Primes]]'' examples above, ''[[WesternAnimation/TransformersWarForCybertronTrilogy War For Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' features [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars the Maximals and Predacons]] interacting with both the Autobots and Decepticons via time travel (as unlike in the show, the Autobots and Decepticons do not fall into stasis once the Ark crashed). Furthermore, in the original ''Beast Wars'' show, the Autobots and Decepticons did not make cameo appearances until the tail end of Season 2 (when the Ark was located), whereas the Maximals and Predacons in the show are patterned after their Season 1 selves.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'':
** Because the series was an AdaptationDistillation, certain characters who didn't join the team until much later on in the comics are present from the beginning. The most notable examples are Jubilee and Gambit, two ''very'' recent '90s characters at the time, both of whom show up in the very first episode. This is also true of characters like Bishop and Cable, who both show up in the first season. A side effect is that these characters ended up appearing in adaptations of classic Creator/ChrisClaremont stories that were written ''years'' before many of them were even created, such as Jubilee being in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga'' or Bishop playing a central role in ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast''.
** Morph, Wolverine, Storm, and Rogue are also X-Men from the beginning. While {{Flashback}}s in later episodes would establish that they were ''not'' founding members of the team, they're still part of the group by the time the first episode starts.
** The Sentinels are the main antagonists of the two-part series premier, despite not appearing in the comics until issue #14 of the original Creator/StanLee[=/=]Creator/JackKirby run.
** The series also sees Professor X already in his hover chair, long before the team ever met Forge or the Shi'ar Empire (respectively its builder and the source of the technology used in it in the comics). Likewise, the X-Men are depicted in their costumes from the Jim Lee days, whereas barring Wolverine and Beast, most of the costumes wouldn't debut until after many of the stories the series adapted. Additionally, the Danger Room already uses hard-light holographic technology -- another thing they gained from their ties to the Shi'ar in the comics.
** In the comics, Beast started off looking relatively normal outside of having rather large hands and feet, only gaining the blue fur later. Here, he already has the fur.
* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'':
** Like the ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' comics, the series has later '70s additions to the team like Wolverine, Storm and Nightcrawler as part of the cast from the very beginning. 80s recruits like Kitty Pryde and Rogue also end up joining very early on.
** Likewise, the ComicBook/NewMutants join the cast in Season 2. This causes a bit of an AgeLift, since in the comics, the New Mutants were initially introduced as the next generation of teenage X-Men after the original members of the team had all grown up. Here, the New Mutants are roughly the same age as characters like Cyclops and Jean Grey, who were their elders in the comics.
** This also holds true for many of the villains. Mystique, Sabretooth, Destiny and Avalanche didn't start fighting the X-Men in the comics until the 1980s, while they all are present within the first few episodes of the show.
* In addition to Venom, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' takes after ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' and has Peter know the Osborns, Mary Jane, Gwen, Captain Stacy, Jean [=DeWolff=], Black Cat, Hammerhead, Silvermane, Silver Sable, and Miles Warren while in high school instead of college or afterward. It also extends this to other characters like Stan Carter, Glory Grant, Randy Robertson, Sha Shan Nguyen, Roderick Kingsley, Walter Hardy (though in this case, it's because [[spoiler:he's a CompositeCharacter with Uncle Ben's killer]]), and Debra Whitman.
* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
** The show depicts ComicBook/{{Superboy}} and Miss Martian as part of the first generation of {{Kid Sidekick}}s, alongside characters like Dick Grayson as ComicBook/{{Robin}}, Wally West as Kid Flash and Roy Harper as Speedy. In the comics, Superboy and Miss Martian weren't introduced until the TheNineties and The2000s, respectively, long after the original Teen Titans had grown to adulthood. They are later joined by [[ComicBook/{{Icon}} Rocket]], another 90s creation.
** ComicBook/RedTornado was a member of the Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica back during the 1940s, even though he wasn't created in the comics until the late 1960s, long after the JSA's original series had ceased publication.
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