Originally Posted by
hawkeyefan
Sure, if that's the case. I think the most recent examples of all this was the inconsistency of Old Man Rogers and Unworthy Thor in 3 or 4 different series. I don't know if anyone made as blatant an error as drawing young Rogers in an issue of the same comic where he appeared as Old Man Rogers. It's possible, of course, but I think it was mostly the timing across different series.
When that stuff happens, they have to weigh all kinds of factors and decide if they have to let a mistake stand and take the heat, or if they can work it out. I don't think it's as easy a decision as most folks seem to think.