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* Guy Gardner didn't become an actual [[Green Lantern]] until the 1980s, where he was essentially made into a walking parody of Regan-era policies. He started a war with the USSR and frequently expressed admiration for the amoral corporate raiders of the era. His characterization has progressed since then, but his 80's look remains intact.
** His fellow GL, John Stewart, was introduced amidst the racial turmoil of the 70' as an [[Angry Black Man]] who railed against "The Man" and frequently provided a liberal counterpoint to convervative white Hal Jordan.
* [[Ghost Rider]] is actually a combination of two different fads at the time the character was created in the early 1970's: stunt cycling and characters with horror-themed origins, which were then popular at [[Marvel Comics]]. Thankfully his occult adventures and highly distinctive design fit in rather well during the 80's and 90's, especially with the influx of [[Nineties Anti
* The new ''[[The Flash|Flash]]'' character Turbine seems like he was created to cash in on the renewed interest in the Tuskegee Airmen after the release of the movie ''[[Red Tails]]''.
* Naturally, any Soviet-themed comic character [[The Great Politics Mess
** Combining this with [[Comic Book Time]] gives nearly every one of these characters his or her own [[Continuity Snarl]].
*** The only aversions (or are they [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade Hangings]]?) are Omega Red, an ''intentional'' throwback who, in his first appearance, was explicitly [[Sealed Evil in A Can|kept in stasis]] since the Cold War until woken in the post-Soviet era, and "Cold Warrior", a similarly stored surplus-parts cyborg whose whole schtick is trying to bring back the People's Glory Days.
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*** The Goth subculture's also not even close to dead (though the music's unrecognizably different now, of course) ... its corresponding superheroes tend to be about ten years behind the current popular "look."
*** Negasonic Teenage [[Monster Magnet|Warhead]], or Why It's A Bad Idea Let A Goth Teen Name Herself.
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* Video game example: [[The King of Fighters|Hinako Shijo]] was based almost entirely around a very short-lived fad that revolved around petite women and high school girls that wanted to learn how to sumo wrestle. Seriously.
* In the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', there is Headbanger, a hair-metal themed supervillain (who shows lots of chest hair, has big poofy 80s rock-star hair, and makeup) who uses [[The Power of Rock]] as a weapon. Glitterball was a disco-themed hero active in the late 1970s. Speedway is a Nascar-themed speedster. Yo-Yo uses gimmicked yo-yos as weapons.
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