Older Versions of Cartoon Characters - Comics

Comics

• The Legion of Super-Heroes occasionally presented in 1960s stories adventures of the "Adult Legion," stories about the adult versions of the Legionnaires.
• The comic strip Funky Winkerbean initially presented its lead characters as teenagers. In the 1990s, however, the strip decided to jump ahead in time and present its characters as young adults some years after high school.
• The characters in the comic strip Luann have been continuously aging (approximately one month per reader year) since a character revamp in 1999.
• Nightwing features Batman's sidekick Robin (Dick Grayson) as an adult crimefighter.
• Sonic the Hedgehog (The Archie Comic) featured a special issue that took place 25 years into the future, featuring older versions of all the characters, including two timelines, one where Sonic married Sally Acorn and became King, the other where Shadow became King instead.