Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-18172179-20141003193641/@comment-220364-20141003225320

Misleading can, and does, go both ways.

Yes, the current iteration (Prime Earth) Superman is based on the character that appeared in Action Comics #1. But so are Kal-El (DCAU), Kal-El (Donnerverse), Kal-El (Smallville), Kal-El (Injustice: Gods Among Us), and so on. At a very fundamental level, if all of the comic book versions of the character, including the Elseworld and "Imaginary Story" versions (same base character, right?), get moved to the first appearance Action Comics #1 because that's where the character first appeared, then the film, TV, game, etc versions should also point to that.

If the argument for not moving all of those first appearances is that they aren't the same character because of major, or often minor, differences, the same holds for the original, New Earth, and Prime Earth versions. They are not the same character and have been treated by DC as such.