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Examples from comic books are Superboy, who was introduced in 1944's More Fun Comics # 101 as the teenage version of Superman ; Superboy would eventually be seen in an animated series in the 1960s and a live action TV series in 1988.

Other examples were Little Archie, which featured the childhood adventures of Archie Comics character Archie Andrews, and How Obelix Fell into the Magic Potion When he was a Little Boy, about the character from the French comic book series Asterix.