Death is a fundamental part of superhero-comic DNA. Countless heroes have been pushed to a crime fighter’s life because of the death of a loved one, and the Grim Reaper continues to follow these figures after they’ve put on their masks and costumes. Yet while death is a major element of superhero comics, so is resurrection, and the list of heroes that have died and then somehow recovered is enormous. No matter what Marvel and DC’s publicity departments want people to believe, no fatality is permanent in superhero stories, but death can still be used as a valuable storytelling tool.
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