History DecompositeCharacter / MarvelUniverse

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/XMen97'''

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries''[=/=]'WesternAnimation/XMen97'''

* Spyke from ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' has yet to gain official CanonImmigrant status, but did inspire two separate characters. The Spike from ''ComicBook/XForce'' got Spyke's powers and a variation of his {{Codename}}, while David Munroe from ''ComicBook/BlackPanther'' got his status as ComicBook/{{Storm}}'s nephew.

DecompositeCharacter in this series.

** [[spoiler:While Rachel Summers was among the telepaths that Apocalypse arranged to be kidnapped in the "Beyond Good and Evil" four-parter, the SequelSeries episode [[Recap/XMen97S1E03FireMadeFlesh "Fire Made Flesh"]] sees her role as the one who takes Nathan Summers, the future Cable, into the future to be treated for the Techno-organic virus he's infected them was taken by Bishop.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'': In UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks, the superhero Black Marvel was secretly a wealthy socialite named Daniel Lyons. In the show, Black Marvel was actually Omar Mosely, Lyons' black chauffeur. Due to the racial attitudes of the 1940s, Daniel agreed to act as a decoy for Omar to prevent anyone from knowing the real Black Marvel was African American.

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'':
** In the comics, the Reavers were composed of several of the Hellfire Club guards Wolverine mutilated in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''. While their debut in the cartoon does help set-up the show's version of the arc, it's well before the actual ''Dark Phoenix'' arc and hence before the Inner Circle (as the Hellfire Club was called on the show) make their debut, meaning that they aren't the guards Wolverine fought in this version.
** Minor one, but in the show's adaptation of ''ComicBook/DaysOfFuturePast,'' the appearance ComicBook/{{Mystique}} assumed to lure Senator Kelly into her trap was taken from an aide that she had BoundAndGagged. Mystique employed that exact same disguise in the original comic, but there it was a unique identity she'd created from scratch (even using her real name, "Raven Darkholme") rather than an impersonation of an actual person.

* Similarly to some of the other Marvel Comics adaptation examples, ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' does this to ComicBook/NormanOsborn, with his role as the original Green Goblin [[spoiler: and Gwen Stacy's killer]] taken by his son, Harry ([[LegacyCharacter who took up the mantle after his father in the comics]]).

* Similarly, the original ''[[Comicbook/FantasticFour1961 Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four]]'' run established that prior to becoming [[Characters/TheThing The Thing]], Ben Grimm had fought in World War 2 and even guest-starred in an issue of ''Comicbook/CaptSavageAndHisLeatherneckRaiders''. However, as the years progressed, ComicbookTime made this increasingly hard to swallow, so it was eventually established via retcon that the Ben Grimm who'd fought against the Nazis alongside the Raiders and Comicbook/NickFury's [[Comicbook/SgtFuryAndHisHowlingCommandos Howling Commandos]] was actually the Thing's grandfather, [[AncestralName for whom he was named]].

* Similarly, the original ''[[Comicbook/FantasticFour1961 Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four]]'' run established that prior to becoming [[Characters/TheThingMarvelComics The Thing]], Ben Grimm had fought in World War 2 and even guest-starred in an issue of ''Comicbook/CaptainSavageAndHisLeatherneckRaiders''. However, as the years progressed, ComicbookTime made this increasingly hard to swallow, so it was eventually established via retcon that the Ben Grimm who'd fought against the Nazis alongside the Raiders and Comicbook/NickFury's [[Comicbook/SgtFurysHowlingCommandos Howling Commandos]] was actually the Thing's grandfather, [[AncestralName for whom he was named]].

* Creator/LarryHama once pitched to Marvel a book called ''Fury Force,'' about ComicBook/NickFury and ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} fighting against ComicBook/{{HYDRA}}, led by ComicBook/CaptainAmerica enemy ComicBook/BaronZemo. The pitch was rejected, but Hama would later recycle it as [[ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel his G.I.Joe comics]]. Many elements of Zemo were split between Hama's versions of Destro (a proud nobleman obsessed with his family's legacy) and Cobra Commander (great strategist and a masked leader of the terrorist organization with grant ambitions).

** During the ''ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan'' arc, Dr. Octopus [[FreakyFridayFlip took over Peter Parker's body]] and became the new Spider-Man. Later, Peter got his body back, and the new Superior Spider-Man was an alternate-universe Otto. A clone of Otto-- with all of Spider-Man's abilities, plus the Octopus suit--was created and took the name "Superior Octopus".

** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'':
*** Despite Wolverine suspecting otherwise, neither James or Heather Hudson were [[ComicBook/AlphaFlight Vindicator]], but rather it was [[spoiler:John Wraith]].
*** William Stryker becomes two characters in the ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen''. William Sr. is an anti-mutant military leader, as in ''Film/X2XMenUnited'', while William Jr. is the religious extremist from the original comics. However, Stryker's both this trope ''and'' CompositeCharacter, as William Jr. later [[spoiler:becomes Ultimate Universe Master Mold; gigantic Sentinel]].