Hulk is considered a founding avenger for all spin-offs and marketing (MCU, TV shows, toys, etc) but he was a full team member for two issues and was already gone before captain america arrivedother examples of iconic members of teams who were actually barely in it and are mostly on the lineup because of a grandfather clause?superman being too busy to be on the original justice league comes to mind, only showing up occasionally, but he never renounced his membership
>>156244991Silver Surfer was on the Defenders for something like 7 issues but every time they reunite he’s treated as a staple member
Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch in the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in X-Men. They were written out of that group, and the comic, after only like 5 appearances but they’ve been more important in X-Men adapted media, especially cartoons.
Apparently Martian Manhunter wasn't really seen as a significant member of the Justice League because he left in just a few years and him being seen as the heart of the team was a post-crisis thingIIRC Alex Ross didn't see him as an important member because he was never adapted into Super Friends
Kind of relatedThe 1980's Fred Wolf TMNT are retroactively treated as Nicktoons despite pre-dating Nicktoons as a wholeIt's kind of like how Battletoads is often used as the "retro" rep for Xbox despite pre-dating Xbox by over a decade
>>156244991Hulk out here lookin like a ninja turtle
>>156246380I'm STILL pissed the Xbox 720 never became a thing.
>>156244991When they have to explain why these powercrept characters weren't dealing with every past issue.
>>156244991Maybe a bit of a delayed one, since it started with the 80s Super Friends show but didn't kick in until the early 00s, but DC has been forcing Cyborg on to the Justice League for so long, in both the comics and adaptations, that if it wasn't for the 2 CN shows, fans might have forgotten he was a Titan. Hell, they even shopped him out to the Doom Patrol for their TV show. Cyborg has retroactively become DC's diversity hire.
