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* ''WesternAnimation/JadeArmor'': Lan Jun is the 8th Jade Armor. [[spoiler:Her mother was the 7th.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheSpectacularSpiderManLostInGotham'': The catalyst of the fic's plot is Spider-Man being sent through a portal to Gotham, with no way to return. [[spoiler:Shortly after he disappeared, Gwen Stacy was bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, giving her the same powers as him. To protect her father, May Parker, and NYC from the Sinister Six, she created her own Spider costume and began fighting villains. The press named her Ghost Spider, which she tells Peter when they [[BigDamnReunion reunite]] in the dream world.]] Peter gives the new Spider his blessing to carry on his legacy.


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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': One of the movie's main story lines is Miles Morales learning to become his dimension's Spider-Man after his NYC's Peter Parker dies. [[spoiler:By the end, he manages to defeat Kingpin (avenging the first Spider-Man ''and'' Miles' Uncle Aaron), and the people of NYC happily accept him as the new Spider-Man.]]
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* Wally West took up the mantle of ComicBook/TheFlash after his mentor Barry Allen died saving the universe in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. He is considered to be one of the most successful {{Legacy Character}}s and is the first one among his own generation from Teen Titans to do so.
* The page image comes from '' ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' where [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura Kinney]] takes on her father's mantle of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} after the latter died. She briefly gave up the mantle after Logan returned, but eventually they both decide to share it.
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* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Wally West took up the mantle of ComicBook/TheFlash the Flash after his mentor Barry Allen died saving the universe in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''. He is considered to be one of the most successful {{Legacy Character}}s and is the first one among his own generation from Teen Titans to do so.
* The page image comes from '' ComicBook/AllNewWolverine'' where [[ComicBook/{{X23}} Laura Kinney]] takes on her father's mantle of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} after the latter died. She briefly gave up the mantle after Logan returned, but eventually eventually, they both decide to share it.
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** ''Battle for the Cowl'' was about ''several'' people trying to become the new Batman. [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]],[[note]]who didn't ''want'' the cowl but Dick hadn't stepped up yet[[/note]] [[Characters/{{Batman}} Jason Todd, Two-Face]], and Michael Lane, the new ComicBook/{{Azrael}}, all heeded the call to become Gotham City's new Dark Knight. The first two issues of the mini-series mostly focused on [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]], but the final issue mostly focused on [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]].
** In the first arc of ''Batman, Inc.'', Jiro Osamu steps into the role of his deceased mentor Mr. Unknown to prove himself to Batman. [[spoiler:He succeeds - and is appointed Batman of Japan.]]
** [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]], when he was set to become [[LegacyCharacter Robin]], actually had the nerve to don Jason Todd's Robin costume and to go out with Alfred to rescue Batman and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}. ''And'' he managed to pull it off.

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** ''Battle for the Cowl'' ''ComicBook/BattleForTheCowl'' was about ''several'' people trying to become the new Batman. [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], [[ComicBook/RobinSeries [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]],[[note]]who didn't ''want'' the cowl but Dick hadn't stepped up yet[[/note]] [[Characters/{{Batman}} [[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd, Two-Face]], Todd]], Two-Face, and Michael Lane, the new ComicBook/{{Azrael}}, all heeded the call to become Gotham City's new Dark Knight. The first two issues of the mini-series mostly focused on [[ComicBook/RobinSeries [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]], but the final issue mostly focused on [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]].
** In the first arc of ''Batman, Inc.'', ''ComicBook/BatmanInc'', Jiro Osamu steps into the role of his deceased mentor Mr. Unknown to prove himself to Batman. [[spoiler:He succeeds - and is appointed Batman of Japan.]]
** [[ComicBook/RobinSeries [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]], when he was set to become [[LegacyCharacter Robin]], actually had the nerve to don Jason Todd's Robin costume and to go out with Alfred to rescue Batman and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}. ''And'' he managed to pull it off.



* ''ComicBook/StarMan'' is a multi-generational example. Starting with Ted Knight, the titular mantle falls to his eldest son David, then to his younger son Jack. After Jack's retirement, both the legacy and the Cosmic Staff (which gave the Starmen their powers) passed to the [[ComicBook/StarsAndSTRIPE Star-Spangled Kid]] - aka Courtney Whitmore - who adopted the name Stargirl out of respect for her predecessors.[[note]]Courtney had already taken the mantle of the original golden age Star-Spangled Kid, Sylvester Pemberton.[[/note]]
* Similarly, the ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' mantle has passed twice. The original, Dan Garrett, was succeeded by his long-time friend Ted Kord, and who in turn was succeeded by Jaime Reyes. All three possessed the Scarab from which the heroic name was derived, but none of them used it in the same way and the only thing they had in common was the mantle of the Beetle and the desire to uphold its noble legacy.

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* ''ComicBook/StarMan'' ''ComicBook/{{Starman|DCComics}}'' is a multi-generational example. Starting with Ted Knight, the titular mantle falls to his eldest son David, then to his younger son Jack. After Jack's retirement, both the legacy and the Cosmic Staff (which gave the Starmen their powers) passed to the [[ComicBook/StarsAndSTRIPE Star-Spangled Kid]] - aka Courtney Whitmore - who adopted the name Stargirl out of respect for her predecessors.[[note]]Courtney had already taken the mantle of the original golden age Star-Spangled Kid, Sylvester Pemberton.[[/note]]
* Similarly, the ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': The Blue Beetle mantle has passed twice. The original, Dan Garrett, was succeeded by his long-time friend Ted Kord, and who in turn was succeeded by Jaime Reyes. All three possessed the Scarab from which the heroic name was derived, but none of them used it in the same way and the only thing they had in common was the mantle of the Beetle and the desire to uphold its noble legacy.

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