You're wrong about Superboy in the Legion. Hypertime is not involved.
Both Clark Kent (from Man of Steel continuity, not Birthright) and Kon-El (Superboy) are involved in the story.
The Superboy dressed in the classic look is Kon-El while Clark Kent has been turned evil by Darkseid. He's the one the Legion and Superboy are fighting on one of the covers of the series.
And you think Clark Kent will stay as a recurrent villain and not be returned to his time with no memory of the events? So Kon-El joins the Legion... with the classic costume, no less. I wonder where I've seen a Superboy like that in the Legion. Superboy leaving the Legion was a big fuss in the mid 80's and now, if you're right, that change has been undone. Sure it's a very different version of Superboy... at least it was when Kesel wrote him. Now, from what I see, he's basically what the pre-Crisis Superboy was, a less experienced version of Superman.
Quote: If you want looooooooooooooong term change on a MAJOR character then look for further than Wonder Woman.
I dare you to claim that she's the same today in the Rucka comics as she was in the Perez comics.
Back then she was an innocent 17 year old, wide eyed teenage girl and now she's an experienced warrior, a grown up woman and not so innocent anymore.
...like she was pre-Crisis.
Quote: You want more change in another major character?
Dick Grayson becoming Nightwing, which was growth driven and not sales driven.
Right, Dick Grayson grew. As did Wally West, Roy Harper, Donna Troy and even Beast Boy (I'm not so sure about Starfire, Cyborg and Raven... they seemed different the last time I saw them but now it seems they reverted to taller versions of their original incarnations). What do these characters have in common? Their changes happened because of one series and one series only: the Wolfman/Perez Teen Titans. Wally West also grew in his own title, but that was a direct consequence of the changes made by Wolfman. Think about it: Those changes happened over a decade ago and since then the characters have remained static. In Wally's case, he continued changing when the others had stopped thanks to Messner-Loebs and then Waid, but even he got stuck after Flash #100. I've often said that if all comics were like the Wolfman/Perez Titans run, where they dared to make their characters grow, Superhero comics would be a lot better and a lot less pointless. Of course, real growth like that would fuck up continuity: The biggest incosistency in the DCU is the fact that these sidekicks grew so much while their mentors remained the same. I'm sure there's some lame retroactive explanation for that... But imagine the continuity mess if ALL characters grew like the Titans did. I wouldn't mind it, in fact, I'd love to see something like that happen just for the reactions it'd get, but I sense you wouldn't feel the same as me.
Quote: Aqualad becoming Tempest, which was creative driven and not sales driven as this was a supporting character in another book.
Oh, and btw, Aquaman IS a major DC Icon, he was a freaking Super Friend, so his hand still being missing and his baby still being dead are long term changes.
Yeah, he's a DC icon... yet his 1991 series failed miserably, leaving him open for change. Same with Aqualad: they weren't making any money so PAD could do pretty much whatever he wanted. This gave Aqualad a chance to catch up with his Teen Titan contemporaries and become Tempest. Let's take a look at the first issues of the PAD series: First couple of issues, Aquaman loses his hand. Big shake up. Then, team up with Superboy, the second hottest DC character of the moment. Then, team up with Lobo, the hottest DC character of the moment. Seems like someone was desperate for attention, eh? Aquaman changing his whole look and losing his hand like that was a big change, product of the lousy sales of his previous series. And even that change is being undone: in the new Aquaman series he gets a water hand and goes back to the Superfriends look. As for the baby, well, that's something that has always shocked me. One of the few exceptions.
Quote: Speaking of Aquaman, change doesn't happen with the heroes only.
Black Manta was altered during Underworld Unleashed to be a mutant Mantaray and he's still that today.
Who cares about Black Manta? How much money has this guy made? What was the whole poing of Underworld Unleashed? Taking a bunch of unused villains and updating them so they became rentable.
Quote: Blockbuster, the dumb muscle from the old Suicide Squad, was turned into a genius... and he's still one today.
And, as we all know, Blockbuster was the top selling DC character before that happened...
Quote: Mongul was killed and his twin children grew up and took his place as Superman's enemies.
His twin children being replicas of himself.
Quote: An upcoming change is Rucka's "Last Ra's Al Ghul" story... we'll see how long that lasts.
Long term change: Mary Marvel's costume following Ordway's series is white instead of red like her brother's. Minor change but long term.
Minor change, no risk. Even if it wasn't minor, how popular is Mary Marvel?
Quote: If it hadn't been for Berganza destroying the Superman franchise, another long term change would have been Hyppolyta being dead and Paradise Island being in the Bermuda Triangle, but since because of what Berganza's doing the events that lead up to that MIGHT be undone soon, those changes MIGHT vanish... if they don't, then they count on the list.
No idea what you're talking about.
Quote: Another long term change would be Byrne making Hyppolyta the WW II Wonder Woman.
Unless you decide that it's not real change since she's just replacing Diana in the role...
You said it yourself. Big time undoing of a change. And unnecessary, too. Even the changes made by Crisis are being undone.
