What if the Death of Superman had actually stuck? What impact might there have been on the comic book industry if Superman's death had been permanent (or at least he stays dead for as long as Jason Todd did)?
What if the Death of Superman had actually stuck? What impact might there have been on the comic book industry if Superman's death had been permanent (or at least he stays dead for as long as Jason Todd did)?
Myth. Comic book characters have been dying and coming back from it since forever. Namely because, well, there's always more you can do with them.I've heard that too. He was only dead for two months, wasn't he? The intention was to boost sales and to introduce new characters Superboy, Steel, and Cyborg Superman.
If he was the only person to die and come back, I would have been OK with it, because maybe Superman can heal after dying, but sadly it opened up the floodgates for it happening all the time.
Engaged. It's why they did it.This information about dying to delay the wedding is new to me. I thought he was married shortly before he died.
Traditionally, the Five Who Will Never Be Revived, due to the importance of their deaths, are Gwen Stacy, Uncle Ben, Bucky Barnes, Jason Todd, and Barry Allen.The only genuine aversion to that, atleast until recently, was Barry Allen.
Psh, I have two examples even better.Traditionally, the Five Who Will Never Be Revived, due to the importance of their deaths, are Gwen Stacy, Uncle Ben, Bucky Barnes, Jason Todd, and Barry Allen.
You'll notice that three of them have been revived, though.
Psh, I have two examples even better.
Thomas & Martha Wayne and Abin-Sur.
Flashpoint doesn't count. Even if the Batman bit of it is one of the greatest things fucking ever.
I hate the comic book death trend, because they don't stop doing it, and every time they do it, they advertise it as this huge event, and then just bring them back. And so death has no weight and no meaning in comic books anymore.
One of the recent things I thought happened that they should have just let happen was the death of Batman.
They did kill Batman and he is still dead. Bruce Wayne of Earth-2 died in 1979 (Adventure Comics #462), a few months before Jean Grey died. She has come and gone a couple of times and he is still dead.
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What? It's Superman. It'd be like killing the Joker. You've shot yourself in the foot in regards to story telling ability.
Earth-2 Batman died again in Earth 2 #1.
Not the Golden Age one who has been dead for 33 years, though.
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Absolutely no one in that series is the same character. It is an alternate reality that contains none of the things that made the real Earth 2 good.Earth-2 Batman died again in Earth 2 #1.