History HilariousInHindsight / ComicBooks

** Issue five featured Superman attending the funeral of ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}} (again...), and was the only one there. When he questioned the priest about it, he was told that since Superman came back, everyone expected superheroes not to stay dead, so they'd lost interest in memorial services. The service took place in a park dedicated to fallen superheroes, and in an obvious bid to make the point that this wasn't always the case, that sometimes dead heroes stayed dead, the artist had four memorial statues in the scene: Ice, Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), Hal Jordan (Green Lantern) and Barry Allen (the Flash). The issue was also the debut and death of Tomorrow Woman. ''All'' of them, Rex and Tomorrow Woman included, have since come back from the dead--with Ollie being the only one whose return predated Rex's.

* The controversial ''ComicBook/{{Nemesis}}'' sees an evil expy of Batman torment an expy of Commissioner Gordon. [[spoiler:The [[WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamByGaslight animated version]] of ''ComicBook/GothamByGaslight'' sees Bruce remain his usual moral self, but instead of Jacob Packer, Jack the Ripper was revealed to be Jim Gordon undergoing AdaptationalVillainy.]]

* In the very first issue of ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog''[[note]]#0 of the mini-series, that is[[/note]], there was a short strip which mocked ''Series/TheLateShowWithDavidLetterman'''s Top 10 Countdown. Two of the entries were that the comic would not rely on crossovers and that it was the only comic with a female character with very little clothing[[note]]Sally with just boots[[/note]]. Four years later, Sonic would crossover with Creator/ImageComics then again two years later with ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch and twenty years later, a CosmicReboot affected Sally would put on a ''lot'' more clothes.

* An old ''[[ComicBook/MarvelStarWars Marvel Comics Star Wars]]'' comic dated about 1980 (before Empire or Jedi came to theaters) had a letter to the editor complaining about how the writers of the comic were writing Luke and Leia out of character saying and I quote "they're obviously in love with each other but you're writing them like they're brother and sister or something."

** Much of ComicBook/MarvelStarWars came out between the films. After ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', they ran a storyline involving a new Imperial superweapon called the Tarkin. During a briefing, someone says to our heroes, "It answers a lot of questions we've been asking ourselves lately. Like for instance, why hasn't the Empire constructed a [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi second battle station like the Death Star]] that almost destroyed our base on Yavin?" (The writers had originally intended to depict a second Death Star, but Lucasfilm had vetoed that without explaining why.)

** Psyphon's Vilgax's [[TheDragon Dragon]] and an expy of Desaad was voiced by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker? Guess who voiced Desaad in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

* In the parody of ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk'', David Banner [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a-67spd4xMI/U9DseEQlIzI/AAAAAAAAUSg/QxP1-nbd6LA/s1600/mad+hulk+1979+ferrigno+6.png explains]], "My name is 'Bruce' in the Comic Book version! But the Producers felt it wasn't a masculine enough name for TV!" A voice coming from a television set next to him then announces, "And Jenner wins the Decathlon!! BRUCE is the WORLD'S GREATEST ATHLETE!" The panel added an additional level of irony in 2015 when Bruce Jenner announced that he was {{transgender}} and transitioning to female.

** What If? #9 features the fifties Avengers, who readers know better as the ComicBook/AgentsOfAtlas... minus 3-D Man, because he wasn't really from the fifties. This might actually be the closest to Marvel Canon that a What If? story ever got, especially considering Creator/JeffParker admitted the genesis of that book was Creator/MarkPaniccia literally asking him to check out the issue of What If in question.
** The very first issue of ''What If...?'' asked "What If Spider-Man had joined the Fantastic Four?"; since then, this has actually happened not once, but ''twice'' in 616 continuity - Spidey was a member of the short-lived New Fantastic Four, and later a member of the proper team [[spoiler:in place of his dead friend Johnny Storm]].

* In ''ComicBook/IncredibleHercules'' #138 ComicBook/AmadeusCho balks at Athena's suggestion that he should become the new [[LegacyCharacter Prince of Power]], pointing to his 'skinny girl arms' as the reason, and jokes that "You're going to have to bombard me with [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk gamma rays]] first or something!" Well, now that he [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk stole Bruce Banner's gamma energy, became the new hulk]], and still remains a gamma-powered hero to this day as Brawn, who knows, maybe that conversation gave him some ideas after all.

* ComicBook/DonRosa's 2002 [[ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck Uncle Scrooge]] story "The Dream of a Lifetime" features the Beagle Boys using an invention stolen from Gyro Gearloose to sneak into Scrooge's dreams and learn the combination to his money bin's main vault. It also features a staggering amount of similarities to the lucid-dreaming mechanics, and some of the plot elements, of ''Film/{{Inception}}''.

* A issue of [[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Simpsons Comics Presents Bart Simpson]] from 2006 had Bart wining a toy store shopping spree contest, but everyone started demanding Bart free toys. During the spree he picks up the Kid-Tastic Krusty-Bot he had been wanting but everyone else started chasing him because he did get them the toys they wanted. He ended up crashing into the toy store's My Pretty Expensive Pony dispaly causing him to have a shopping trolly full of rainbow ponies. Four years later [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic A certain show would spark a certain fandom]].
* In the old ''[[ComicBook/TheLegendofZeldaALinktothePast The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past comic]]'' that ran in "Nintendo Power" Magazine, Link used [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaBreathoftheWild a hang-glider]] made from the feathers of a [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaSkywardSword large bird that carried Hylian Knights into battle]] and later [[VideoGame/TheLegendofZeldaTwilightPrincess turned into a wolf]] in the Dark World on occasion.

* The 1992 miniseries ''Lobo: Infanticide'' has a extended parody of Franchise/ArchieComics (drawn by Archie Comics house artist Dan [=DeCarlo=]) with a teen-age Lobo dating a crazed, shaved-headed... Music/BritneySpears.

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** Much like the Geoff Johns example in the DC section, "What If?" Issue #32 featured a letter page full of What If ideas from fans, some examples being "[[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen What if Cyclops had gained the power of the phoenix]]?", "What if Comicbook/{{Dazzler}} joined the X-Men?", "What if Magneto had formed the new X-men to battle [[ComicBook/XFactor the old]]?" and "What if Toro had not died in ''ComicBook/SubMariner'' #14?", all of which came true in some way, shape or form.

** In ''Amazing Spider-Man'' #308, when Spider-Man's up in a cememtary he sarcastically wonders if he's going to fight Film/{{Beetlejuice}}. 29 years later and [[Creator/MichaelKeaton Beetlejuice's actor]] plays the villain of [[Film/SpiderManHomecoming his next movie]].

** Much like the Geoff Johns example in the DC section, "What If?" Issue #32 featured a letter page full of What If ideas from fans, some examples being "[[ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen What if Cyclops had gained the power of the phoenix]]?", "What if Dazzler joined the X-Men?", "What if Magneto had formed the new X-men to battle [[ComicBook/XFactor the old]]?" and "What if Toro had not died in ''ComicBook/SubMariner'' #14?", all of which came true in some way, shape or form.

* An issue of the official ''Comicbook/StreetFighter'' comic had a TerribleInterviewMontage consisting of characters auditioning for ''Videogame/StreetFighterV''. One of the candidates was Shoma from the largely-forgotten ''Videogame/RivalSchools'' series, who was rejected due to his busy baseball and high school schedule. A few years later, Akira from ''Rival Schools'' was added to ''Street Fighter V'' as a surprise DLC character.

* An issue of the official ''Comicbook/StreetFighter'' comic had a TerribleIntervieweeMontage consisting of characters auditioning for ''Videogame/StreetFighterV''. One of the candidates was Shoma from the largely-forgotten ''Videogame/RivalSchools'' series, who was rejected due to his busy baseball and high school schedule. A few years later, Akira from ''Rival Schools'' was added to ''Street Fighter V'' as a surprise DLC character.

* An issue of the official ''Comicbook/StreetFighter'' comic had a TerribleInterviewee montage consisting of characters auditioning for ''Videogame/StreetFighterV''. One of the candidates was Shoma from the largely-forgotten ''Videogame/RivalSchools'' series, who was rejected due to his busy baseball and high school schedule. A few years later, Akira from ''Rival Schools'' was added to ''Street Fighter V'' as a surprise DLC character.

* In an issue of Justice League Task Force, Maxima (a hero who started out as a Superman villain) expresses confusion at the idea of women being in sexual and romantic relationship with each other. The ComicBook/New52 Supergirl comic introduced a version of Maxima who is a lesbian.

* The ComicBook/IncredibleHulk #418 featured Marlo selling her soul to Mephisto (she thought it was just a dream) in order to have a perfect wedding day. Over a decade later ''Spider-Man: One More Day'' comes out, a story which involves Mephisto convincing Peter Parker to sell his ''marriage'' to him.

** What If? #9 features the fifties Avengers, who readers know better as the ComicBook/AgentsOfAtlas... minus 3-D Man, because he wasn't really from the fifties. This might actually be the closest to Marvel Canon that a What If? story ever got, especially considering Creator/JeffParker admitted the genesis of book was Creator/MarkPaniccia literally asking him to check out the issue of What If in question.

* In ''ComicBook/IncredibleHercules'' #138 ComicBook/AmadeusCho balks at Athena's suggestion that he should become the new [[LegacyCharacter Prince of Power]], pointing to his 'skinny girl arms' as the reason, and jokes that "You're going to have to bombard me with [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk gamma rays]] first or something!" Well, now that he [[ComicBook/TotallyAwesomeHulk stole Bruce Banner's gamma energy, became the new hulk]], and still remains a gamma-powered hero to this day as Brawn, who knows, maybe that conversation gave him some ideas after all...

* In ''Marvel Year In Review 1993'', there was a fake ad for ComicBook/AlphaFlight: "We're the UsefulNotes/CanadianFootballLeague of superhero teams! (Except our best heroes don't go to the U.S. and join the Avengers)". Several years later, {{Wolverine}} joined the Avengers.