A big example is where Wonder Woman died in Wonder Woman (1987) (and was at this time referred to as Princess Diana in-universe) in an issue released the same month the actual Princess Diana (of Wales) died.

John Byrne inverts this oddly, as he said a few times in interviews that sometimes what he writes about actually happens in real life.

(Batman ultimately uncovers the shocking truth that the Paul-analogue is the only member of the band who hasn't been secretly replaced after dying in an accident.)

Batman once took on the conspiracy theory that The Beatles secretly replaced Paul McCartney with a lookalike after the original died in an accident: in the comic, Robin is a fan of a No Celebrities Were Harmed version of the Beatles followed around by a similar rumor, and asks Batman to investigate.

Showing this trope is Older Than They Think, a Golden Age Human Torch story contained a reference to an actor named ' Lawson Bell', who had staged a radio hoax involving a Martian invasion of Earth.

The largest heist in Japanese history at the time, it has remained unsolved.

The backstory behind the Castle of Wax Murder Case arc in The Kindaichi Case Files is based on the 300 million yen robbery, which took place in 1968.

The Magic Academy subplot in Sexiled is based on a scandal where Tokyo Medical University was caught docking the grades of female students.

for the NWA Heavyweight Championship, win in such a way the title didn't pass to him. This is the reason Tiger Mask was never allowed to win an actually existing wrestling title: as the show was set in as close as to real life as possible, whenever he took part to the World Big League or challenged a champion for his title something made him quit, not give his best, or, when he faced Dory Funk Jr.For instance, there really were a number of infanticides in which unwanted babies were left to die in train station coin lockers, although whether or not any of them were rescued by female street gang leaders is another matter. Osamu Tezuka also often did this with Black Jack.and it also features several characters eating soft-serve ice cream because the manga was written shortly after it first went on sale in Japan. The Midoro Swamp, where Astro fights an army of living dinosaurs was inspired by sightings of the Loch Ness Monster making headlines. Yellow Horse, published in 1956, which was declared 'International Geophysical Year', features both drug smugglers and police using different scientific survey missions as covers. A few other stories have nods to current events, despite ostensibly taking place in the future. Astro even gets told to move to the back of a bus. The Astro Boy story Capetown Lullaby, written in the mid-sixties, was inspired by the issue of racial segregation in the US and South Africa, substituting robots for black people.This mirrors the disappearance of Patty Hearst, daughter of a media mogul who was kidnapped by a terrorist group and was later seen working with them back in The '70s. They eventually find out that the girl is the leader of the faction. The episode 'Not Equal' from Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex involves Section 9 investigating the mysterious sighting of the daughter of a high profile businessman who had been kidnapped by a terrorist organization many years ago.

Cells at Work!: The manga's Grand Finale revolves around the body having to fight an infection of SARS-CoV-2, inspired by the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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