Thread:KalKent/@comment-3419446-20130512165837/@comment-3419446-20130512215853

I get that. But that is a story argument, and it does not answer my question. What I do not get are the wrong data in the 1st appearance and the death boxes, retcon or not. Look, a retcon is a storytelling device and does not alter the fact that a specific character first appeared in a specific comic book. Rather, it ADDS (or subtracts but that is Hawkman territory) Story appearances retroactively. Those added appearances may have occurred earlier story-wise, but they have nothing to do with the actual productional debut of the character (who may or may not participate in a retcon much later on). There is a difference between a character debut (which is what the 1st app. box is for) and a later story retcon - oranges and apples. As I see it, you are confusing story (in-universe) and publication(out-universe). And those boxes should reflect the publication data, not the retcons.