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<blockquote data-quote="Particle_Man" data-source="post: 2625711" data-attributes="member: 892">One surprising change in the Bat universe:[spoiler] Dr. Leslie Thomkins (the comforter of the young Bruce Wayne, way back when) turns out to have snapped and become bad (letting Robin 4 die instead of live in a misguided attempt to &quot;stop the madness&quot; of it all).&nbsp; Batman basically said &quot;Leave Gotham and don't practice medicine anymore&quot;.[/spoiler]Perhaps we should measure what major changes have lasted at least a decade and are still in effect (ret-cons don't count).&nbsp; I think a decade is the only meaninful measurement of comic changes.&nbsp; A year or two just doesn't cut it.&nbsp; That also means that nothing that happened in the last 9 years counts of course.Let's see: DC: Barry Allen.&nbsp; Still dead (replaced by Kid Flash Wally West).&nbsp; Superman and Lois Lane.&nbsp; Married (!).&nbsp; Clayface II.&nbsp; Still Dead (I think).&nbsp; Dick Grayson.&nbsp; Stopped being Robin and became Nightwing.&nbsp; Speedy.&nbsp; Became Arsenal.&nbsp; Marvel: Spiderman and Mary Jane Watson.&nbsp; Married (!).&nbsp; Not as familiar with Marvel.&nbsp; Has any other major change lasted at least 10 years and still is in effect today?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Particle_Man, post: 2625711, member: 892"] One surprising change in the Bat universe: [spoiler] Dr. Leslie Thomkins (the comforter of the young Bruce Wayne, way back when) turns out to have snapped and become bad (letting Robin 4 die instead of live in a misguided attempt to "stop the madness" of it all). Batman basically said "Leave Gotham and don't practice medicine anymore".[/spoiler] Perhaps we should measure what major changes have lasted at least a decade and are still in effect (ret-cons don't count). I think a decade is the only meaninful measurement of comic changes. A year or two just doesn't cut it. That also means that nothing that happened in the last 9 years counts of course. Let's see: DC: Barry Allen. Still dead (replaced by Kid Flash Wally West). Superman and Lois Lane. Married (!). Clayface II. Still Dead (I think). Dick Grayson. Stopped being Robin and became Nightwing. Speedy. Became Arsenal. Marvel: Spiderman and Mary Jane Watson. Married (!). Not as familiar with Marvel. Has any other major change lasted at least 10 years and still is in effect today? [/QUOTE]

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