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The title or other information in this article is taken from the Super Powers franchise that spun off from the Super Friends franchise, beginning with the Super Powers Collection, and continuing in a variety of books, comics, toys and games, particularly the DC Heroes RPG.

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A person giving advice about continuity.[1]

In literature, such as fiction or history books, continuity referred to the story consistency through various literary accounts.

At times, certain historical accounts might have been contradictory, and as a result, the continuity of the story was seemingly disrupted, leaving one to wonder how certain historical events really happened.

Examples of continuity errors

Throughout time, many many differing accounts have been written detailing a variety of historical events. Since so many writers wrote so many different stories about the same historical events; such as the Salem witch trials for example, there have been certain details that didn't always add up.

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Jonni DC, continuity cop[2]

One example of an inaccurate recording of history might relate to Jimmy Olsen. According to one historical account, Jimmy was present when Superman encountered the mermen of Emor circa 1971. He was a teenager at the time.[3] Still, another account indicated that Jimmy Olsen was also present when Superman fought the Defendroids[4] in 1988. He was a teenager at that time too. One has to wonder how he could still be a teenager after all those years.

One possible explanation might be that the story in which Jimmy Olsen was present during the Defendroids incident was a much younger version of the character and that the story took place on another Earth. Still, this was never explained, and one might also just as easily chalk it up to a continuity error.

Another continuity error seemed to be the fact that older accounts involving Bizarro portrayed him as an evil member of the Legion of Doom, whereas a much later account indicated that he was more of a bumbling superhero in the Bizarro Super Powers Team.[5]

These are not necessarily continuity errors, as there might have been an explanation that was never revealed, but they certainly were an example of confusing continuity to say the least.

Jonni DC was a character who's origin was unknown, but her goal was to enforce the laws of continuity whenever comic book writers would get it wrong.

History

New Earth

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Appearance

Young Heroes in Love # 1,000,000 (November 1998)[6]

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ As seen in the comic story: Happiness is a Warm Nanite (September 1998).
  2. ↑ As seen in the sourcebook for the DC Heroes RPG, which was advertised with the Super Powers logo to tie-into the Super Powers Collection, which likewise tied-into the final two seasons of the Superfriends (1984-1985).
  3. ↑ The Mermen of Emor
  4. ↑ Destroy the Defendroids
  5. ↑ The Bizarro Super Powers Team
  6. ↑ This comic is significant to the Superfriends franchise because a comic story that was connected to it, which was printed in JLA # 23, was referenced on the card art of Zauriel's action figure from Total Justice, which was a Super Powers knock-off line. As such, the Super Powers tied-in to the Superfriends animated series in the final two seasons (1984-1985).

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