History CompositeCharacter / ComicBooks

** Ultimate Jessica Drew[=/=]ComicBook/SpiderWoman is an OppositeSexClone of Peter Parker, introduced in the Ultimate Clone Saga as the only Spider-Clone not to go completely mad, and who then sets off to forge her own identity. So she's a combination of [[Comicbook/SpiderWoman the 616 Jessica]] and Ben Reilly/Comicbook/ScarletSpider.

* Emperor Zheng Zu from the ''Master of Kung Fu'' tie-in to ''Comicbook/SecretWars2015'' is a combination of The Mandarin and FuManchu, Shang-Chi's usual father from the comics.

** Ultimate ComicBook/DoctorOctopus was the MadScientist behind the Clone Saga, taking the role of 616's Jackal.

** Ultimate Jessica Drew[=/=]ComicBook/SpiderWoman is an OppositeSexClone of Peter Parker, introduced in the Ultimate Clone Saga as the only Spider-Clone not to go completely mad, and who then sets off to forge her own identity. So she's a combination of [[Comicbook/SpiderWoman the 616 Jessica]] and Ben Reilly/The Scarlet Spider.

** The Ultimate version of Lady Deathstrike is a Japanese thief who had some history with ComicBook/{{Storm}}, apparently borrowed from Earth-616's Yukio, who is close friends with Storm and has a past history as a thief alongside Gambit.

** The ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' iteration of Comicbook/{{Cable}} is actually Wolverine from the future rather than Nathan Summers, the future son of Comicbook/{{Cyclops}} and Madelyne Pryor. This version of Cable received a mechanical arm not from a technorganic virus but rather due to Apocalypse ripping Wolverine's arm off and absorbing his healing factor, forcing him to get a replacement.

** The ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'' iteration of Cable is actually Wolverine from the future rather than Nathan Summers, the future son of Cyclops and Madelyne Pryor. This version of Cable received a mechanical arm not from a technorganic virus but rather due to Apocalypse ripping Wolverine's arm off and absorbing his healing factor, forcing him to get a replacement.

** Ultimate Baron Zemo is actually Loki.

** Machine Man is Danny Ketch, infected by the Gah Lak Tus nanites, not a robot as in 616 continuity. And Danny Ketch is supposed to be ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' II, so this makes him a stand-in for the cyborg Ghost Rider 2099, as well.

* The New 52 version of ''Comicbook/BlackCanary'' has Pre-Flashpoint Dinah Lance's [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic scream]], but her maiden name is Drake and Lance is her married name, like the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Black Canary (the pre-Flashpoint version's mother). Confusing things further, the Drakes were a florist/martial artist and a private detective, [[DecompositeCharacter decompositing]] Larry Lance and Dinah Drake-Lance from the Canary elements.

* Lincoln March/[[spoiler:Talon/Thomas Wayne Jr]] in ''Comicbook/NightOfTheOwls'' and ''Comicbook/BatmanEternal'' is a composite of two [[spoiler: Thomas Wayne Jrs]] in previous continuities: the pre-Crisis Earth-One version who [[spoiler: suffered severe injuries in a car accident and grew up in Willowood Asylum]] and the [[MirrorUniverse Antimatter Earth]] version who [[spoiler: takes on an owl-based identity - although another variant of this version also shows up on the New 52 version of Earth-3]].

* A famous Composite Characters / DecompositeCharacter example: TheVision was originally the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Human Torch rebuilt and given the brain patterns of ComicBook/WonderMan by ComicBook/{{Ultron}}. Eventually, JohnByrne decided to {{Retcon}} the story by claiming that the original Human Torch had instead been buried alive before being freed and revived by the West Coast [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]]. KurtBusiek finally reconciled this in ''Comicbook/AvengersForever'', where he established that ''both'' stories were true; Immortus had used a TimeyWimeyBall to create two separate versions of the Human Torch's corpse, one of which had been rebuilt as the Vision, and the other of which was revived as the real deal.

** [[Comicbook/MsMarvel Carol Danvers]] becomes the new CaptainAmerica after the death of Steve Rogers.

** Ultimate ComicBook/NickFury was an African-American soldier who was unjustly injected with a dose of the SuperSerum that created CaptainAmerica during UsefulNotes/WorldWar2, making him the Ultimate counterpart of Isiah Bradley, the black Captain America.

* In the original ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Transformers]]'' cartoon, Jetfire could not be used due to legal reasons involving ''Anime/{{Macross}}'', resulting in the creation of an {{Expy}} named Skyfire. Most of the modern comics combine Jetfire and Skyfire into a single character, usually with Skyfire's animated appearance serving as Jetfire's "true" form, with his original Jetfire appearance often appearing as a suit of armor worn by him.

* In the original ''[[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers Transformers]]'' cartoon, Jetfire could not be used due to legal reasons involving ''Franchise/{{Macross}}'', resulting in the creation of an {{Expy}} named Skyfire. Most of the modern comics combine Jetfire and Skyfire into a single character, usually with Skyfire's animated appearance serving as Jetfire's "true" form, with his original Jetfire appearance often appearing as a suit of armor worn by him.

* In the New 52 ''Comicbook/{{Flash}}'', Zoom is Eobard Thawne from the 25th century who came back in time to destroy Barry Allen's legacy. However, his power is creating the illusion of superspeed by slowing down time, just like Hunter Zolomon, the Zoom who fought the Wally West Flash.

** The Maker/[[spoiler:Reed Richards]] shares many elements with Doctor Doom. He's also likened to be the counterpart of Avengers foe, Kang the Conqueror, until an actual, Gender Flipped Kang shows up. She herself is an example of this, since she's a FutureBadass version of [[spoiler:Sue Storm]] instead of Iron Lad of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers.

** Peggy Carter is the [[OlderThanTheyLook long-lived]], one-eyed director of ComicBook/{{SHIELD}}, much like ComicBook/NickFury.

* A Composite/Decomposite[=/=]LiteralSplitPersonality version in the ''New 52'' version of ''Comicbook/NewGods'', with the Infinity Man. Originally the Infinity Man was just the FusionDance form of the Forever People. In ComicBook/PostCrisis continuity he was given a backstory as Darkseid's brother, Drax. In the ''New 52'', he's the part of Izaya the Inheritor who would rather be TheGoodShepherd than a WellIntentionedExtremist, explaining why ''New 52'' Highfather is such a jerk. (And in ''New 52'' continuity, Izaya is Darkseid's brother-in-law.)

** Reed Richards becomes a DarkerAndEdgier NickFury-like spymaster, complete with the eye patch

** [[DoctorStrange Steven Strange]] becomes a {{Wolverine}}-like agent, complete with WolverineClaws and a reinforced skeleton

** Ultimate Baron Zemo is actually SelfDemonstrating/{{Loki}}.

* Some DC Comics {{Elseworld}}s do this; for instance in ''Speeding Bullets'' [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]'s rocketship is found by the Waynes and he becomes Franchise/{{Batman}}, while SelfDemonstrating/LexLuthor is in a chemical accident and becomes SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker. In ''Darkest Knight'', Bruce Wayne becomes Franchise/GreenLantern, and faces a Sinestro who's absorbed the Joker's mind, Selina Kyle as Star Sapphire, and Harvey Dent as Binary Star (Evil Star with Two Face elements).

** The Maker/[[spoiler:Reed Richards]] shares many elements with DoctorDoom. He's also likened to be the counterpart of Avengers foe, Kang the Conqueror, until an actual, Gender Flipped Kang shows up. She herself is an example of this, since she's a FutureBadass version of [[spoiler:Sue Storm]] instead of Iron Lad of the ComicBook/YoungAvengers.

** Similarly, Plant Lad of the Wanderers shares a heroic identity with a one-shot character from TheSilverAgeOfComicbooks, but is otherwise a morally ambiguous version of Chlorophyll Kid from the Legion of Substitute Heroes.

* In the ''MarvelMangaverse'', T'Challa has the mystical ability to transform into both the Comicbook/BlackPanther and Comicbook/TheFalcon.

* In the ''Comicbook/MarvelMangaverse'', T'Challa has the mystical ability to transform into both the Comicbook/BlackPanther and Comicbook/TheFalcon.

* ''Comicbook/SpiderGwen'':
** Gwen Stacy is her reality's SpiderWoman.

** Comicbook/TheFalcon is a teenage OppositeSexClone of Captain America like {{X-23}} is to {{Wolverine}}, and has a costume and skill set similar to those of the [[BuckyBarnes Winter Soldier]].
** Peggy Carter is the [[OlderThanTheyLook long-lived]], one-eyed director of {{SHIELD}}, much like NickFury.