apieceof newinformationgiven in afilm,televisionseries, etc. thatchanges, or gives a different way ofunderstanding, what has gone before. Retcon isshortfor "Retroactive Continuity".
The occasional publishing use of retroactive continuity (retcon) often occurs due to this kind of revision or oversight.
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The writers also created a number ofretconstorylines during the 2000s.
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Thisretconwas in turn retconned in more recent comics.
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Thisretcontook place because of the characters' very similar origins.
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These stories about the universe or universes that existed before theretconare usually not canonical, unless the franchise-holder gives permission.
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In current literary works, this device or analysis, is known as a "retcon", or retroactive continuity.
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The most severe form ofretconinvolves a wholesale rewrite of the groundwork for the entire setting.
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Aretconmight equally well convert an established history into a secret history.
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As a story element, the character was both aretconand a plot instigation.
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Much of this information was presented as aretconto justify changes from previous editions' settings.
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However, this was aretconthat was only revealed years later.
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This was largely aretconplaced in the series after the fact.
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Aretconaffects the past history of characters and/or the whole shared universe, and says that the new changed events "have always been that way".
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Morrison has expressed criticism of this subsequentretconin interviews.
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