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* ''History of the Marvel Universe'' #2 retroactively made Vietnam war veteran characters such as ComicBook/WarMachine and ComicBook/ThePunisher to instead be involved in a war with the fictional Asian nation of Sin-Cong, making it more convenient to accommodate for the timescale. (This explicitly includes the comic actually called ''The 'Nam'', which was supposed to be a ''realistic'' portrayal of the conflict, but did feature Frank for WolverinePublicity.) The wartime backgrounds of ComicBook/MisterFantastic and the Thing were also moved from World War II to the so-called Sin-Cong Conflict.

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* ''History of ''ComicBook/HistoryOfTheMarvelUniverse'': The miniseries fixes the Marvel Universe'' #2 retroactively made Vietnam issue of ComicBookTime regarding war veteran characters such as ComicBook/WarMachine and ComicBook/ThePunisher to instead be involved in by creating the Siancong Conflict, a war with the fictional Asian nation of Sin-Cong, Siancong, which first appeared in ''Avengers'' #18 (July 1965) as "Sin-Cong". The miniseries establishes that characters that were originally written as having fought in Vietnam (ComicBook/ThePunisher, ComicBook/WarMachine, Arclight, etc.) as well as certain characters previously stated to have fought in WWII (ComicBook/MisterFantastic, ComicBook/TheThing) had actually fought in the Siancong Conflict, making it more convenient to accommodate for the timescale. (This timescale.
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explicitly includes the comic actually called ''The 'Nam'', which was supposed to be a ''realistic'' portrayal of the conflict, but did feature Frank for WolverinePublicity.) The wartime backgrounds of ComicBook/MisterFantastic and the Thing were also moved from World War II to the so-called Sin-Cong Conflict.
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* Related to this, [[ComicBook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] was originally introduced as the little sister of ComicBook/PeggyCarter, a resistance fighter Cap had met and fallen in love with in Nazi-occupied France. Since Sharon was introduced during TheSixties, the idea of her having a big sister who was old enough to have fought against the Nazis was entirely plausible. However, as time went on, Sharon's age went largely unchanged, which presented problems for Marvel, since like Cap, they wanted Peggy to remain tied to [=WW2=]. This ultimately resulted in Sharon being {{Retcon}}ned into being Peggy's great-niece, so that she could keep the familial relationship without having a sister who was ''decades'' older than her.
* Both versions of ComicBook/BaronZemo have also been subjected to this.

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* Related to this, [[ComicBook/{{Agent 13}} [[Characters/SHIELDDirectors Sharon Carter]] was originally introduced as the little sister of ComicBook/PeggyCarter, a resistance fighter Cap had met and fallen in love with in Nazi-occupied France. Since Sharon was introduced during TheSixties, the idea of her having a big sister who was old enough to have fought against the Nazis was entirely plausible. However, as time went on, Sharon's age went largely unchanged, which presented problems for Marvel, since like Cap, they wanted Peggy to remain tied to [=WW2=]. This ultimately resulted in Sharon being {{Retcon}}ned into being Peggy's great-niece, so that she could keep the familial relationship without having a sister who was ''decades'' older than her.
* Both versions of ComicBook/BaronZemo [[Characters/CaptainAmericaCentralRoguesGallery Baron Zemo]] have also been subjected to this.

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