History ArtifactTitle / ComicBooks

* When the ''ComicBook/StarTrekIDW'' comic was retelling ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episodes in the reboot movieverse, "Return of the Archons" became this. In the original episode, the Betans are humanoid aliens who have a vague history that 100 years earlier the USS ''Archon'' visited them and was destroyed by Landru, calling the crew "the Archons". They recognise the ''Enterprise'' crew as being the same, therefore this is the return of the Archons. In the comic, the Betans are a LostColony who have built a shrine to Landru out of the ''Archon'', and the idea that Starfleet outsiders are "Archons" doesn't exist.

** The name "Paperinik", however, is an artifact title itself; though it's widely unknown today, it was an allusion to a popular comic book and pulp-novel GentlemanThief named ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}, mixed with Donald's Italian name, Paperino. This made sense because the Duck Avenger's original adventures showed him as ChaoticNeutral, using his secret identity and gadgets more to avenge ''himself'' than to fight crime like later, more politically [[ExecutiveMeddling correct and editor-friendly]] stories showed him doing. Paperinik is no longer a Disney version of Diabolik, but he kept the name.

* ''ComicBook/MartianManhunter'': "Manhunter" is an older term for a detective, which was a key part of his persona as John Jones, Police Detective. His civilian identity gradually became diminished in importance and he became more of an inscrutable alien compared to the more humanistic League members, and to others would be referred to as either J'onn or The Martian more than his official name. In several adaptations he actually takes on completely different identity altogether, while the Manhunter term still sticks around.

* ''ComicBook/HolyTerror'' was [[WhatCouldHaveBeen originally a new story set in]] ''Creator/FrankMiller'''s Franchise/{{Batman}} books called "Holy Terror, Batman!" to reference Robin's catchphrase from the 60's ''Series/Batman1966'' show, possibly as well as the early Elseworlds ''Batman: Holy Terror''. Take out Batman from the story and the "Holy" part doesn't have any reason to still be there.

* On paper, ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII'' is a team-up of the two Spider-Men, Peter Parker and ComicBook/MilesMorales. Actually, it has a DecoyProtagonist, an adult Miles Morales (native to the regular Marvel Universe and not the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel one, as the most famous Miles). To the point that, other than the cover, neither Spider-Men appear ''at all'' in issue #3.
* ComicBook/MartianManhunter: "Manhunter" is an older term for a detective, which was a key part of his persona as John Jones, Police Detective. His civilian identity gradually became diminished in importance and he became more of an inscrutable alien compared to the more humanistic League members, and to others would be referred to as either J'onn or The Martian more than his official name. In several adaptations he actually takes on completely different identity altogether, while the Manhunter term still sticks around.

* Plenty of superhero teams have gone under the names of "new" or "young", even when the team has been around for a while and the members have grown up. ComicBook/TheNewMutants are a prominent example, as they haven't been "new" for decades and there have been several generations of teen mutants that came after them. But for what it's worth, the New Mutants are fully recognized as X-Men in-universe these days. They often form their own squad due to being FireForgedFriends, and Marvel titles their series ''The New Mutants'' simply for brand recognition. The ComicBook/TeenTitans also frequently verge into this trope, with many of the core members being adults now, hence why they're sometimes referred to as just the "Titans."

* Plenty of superhero teams have gone under the names of "new" or "young", even when the team has been around for a while and the members have grown up. ComicBook/TheNewMutants are a prominent example, as they haven't been "new" for decades and there have been several generations of teen mutants that came after them. But for what it's worth, the New Mutants are fully recognized as X-Men these days. They often form their own squad due to being FireForgedFriends, and Marvel titles their series ''The New Mutants'' simply for brand recognition. The ComicBook/TeenTitans also frequently verge into this trope, with many of the core members being adults now, hence why they're sometimes referred to as just the "Titans."

* Plenty of superhero teams have gone under the names of "new" or "young", even when the team has been around for a while and the members have grown up. The New Mutants and the New Warriors are prominent examples. The ComicBook/TeenTitans also frequently verge into this, with many of the core membership being in their twenties.

*** The "PK" science-fiction series[[note]]PK standing for PaperniK[[/note]], which serves as the DarkerAndEdgier version of Duck Avenger (using high-tech instead of cartoony gadgets and fighting an alien invasion), pushes the "Artifact Title" aspect of Paperinik even further, because at least, officially, in the "normal" continuity, the stories in which Donald used his secret identity to act like Diabolik are still canon; we're just supposed to believe that he got softer later and decided to use his powers for more virtuous purposes. "PK" pretended to keep this origin story, but in fact, the second series bearing that name (PK New Adventures) completely dropped the idea by saying that this version of the character never was the original Paperinik to begin with and only started to be a superhero when the alien invaders dropped by. This raises the question of where the name ''comes from'', then. But in fact, the cast of the series had started to nickname Donald's identity simply "PK", like the title of the series, so eventually they [[RetCon retconned]] that PK stood for some CanisLatinicus meaning "heroic duck" and decided that the series was an alternate universe altogether from the original stories.

** The name "Paperinik", however, is an artifact title itself; though it's widely unknown today, it was an allusion to a popular comic book and pulp-novel GentlemanThief named ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}, mixed with Donald's Italian name, Paperino. This made sense because the Duck Avenger/Phantom Duck's original adventures showed him as ChaoticNeutral, using his secret identity and gadgets more to avenge ''himself'' than to fight crime like later, more politically [[ExecutiveMeddling correct and editor-friendly]] stories showed him doing. Paperinik is no longer a Disney version of Diabolik, but he kept the name.
*** The "PK" science-fiction series[[note]]PK standing for PaperniK[[/note]], which are the DarkerAndEdgier version of Duck Avenger/Phantom Duck (using high-tech instead of cartoony gadgets and fighting an alien invasion), pushes the "Artifact Title" aspect of Paperinik even further, because at least, officially, in the "normal" continuity, the stories in which Donald used his secret identity to act like Diabolik are still canon; we're just supposed to believe that he got softer later and decided to use his powers for more virtuous purposes. "PK" pretended to keep this origin story, but in fact, the second series bearing that name (PK New Adventures) completely dropped the idea by saying that this version of the character never was the original Paperinik to begin with and only started to be a superhero when the alien invaders dropped by. This raises the question of where the name ''comes from'', then. But in fact, the cast of the series had started to nickname Donald's identity simply "PK", like the title of the series, so eventually they [[RetCon retconned]] that PK stood for some CanisLatinicus meaning "heroic duck" and decided that the series was an alternate universe altogether from the original stories.

** When WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's superhero alter-ego from the Italian comics, originally known as Paperinik, made its way into American comics in ''Magazine/DisneyAdventures'', the characters was given the English name of the Duck Avenger, the obvious reason for the change being so that he'd have the same initials as the magazine. Nine years later, the Duck Avenger is still the character's official English name, even though ''Disney Adventures'' is no longer published.
*** The Italian ''Paperinik'' fans (and creators), who, you know, may have something to say about this, prefer to name him Phantom Duck.

** Similarly, while the actual ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' publication does feature Franchise/{{Batman}}, "the world's greatest detective", many of the stories therein feature little or no actual detective work. This means that if you buy an issue of Detective, you are in fact buying an issue of ''Detective Comics Comics'[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Detective Comics]]''.