Comic book death

This long-held tenet was broken in 2005, when Jason Todd returned to life as the Red Hood[7] and Bucky was retconned to have survived the accident that seemingly killed him, and brought back as the Winter Soldier who had remained in the shadows for decades.

[21][22] Planters cited comic book deaths (particularly those adapted in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) as the inspiration for a storyline killing off its century-old mascot Mr. Peanut in January 2020 and having him reborn as a baby the next month.

[23] An early prime time television version of this plot trope is in the 1970s original superhero series The Six Million Dollar Man after the 2-part episode "The Bionic Woman" produced spectacular ratings.

[24] Sasquatch: Good guys do occasionally come back from the dead—though not as often as the bad guys... Talisman: But that really only seems to happen to the big guns of the super hero biz—Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, people like them.The Thing: But I thought you X-Men always come back from the dead!She-Hulk: (Handling Charles Xavier's will) I know this is a delicate question and one I would not normally have to ask, but you are the X-Men and you don't do normal ... To the best of your knowledge, is Xavier really dead?

[28] The obituary writer of the in-universe newspaper the Daily Bugle bemoaned to reporter Ben Urich about how many retractions he has had to write after each resurrection of a superhero or supervillain.