Marvel’s made it no secret that as part of “Avengers Vs. X-Men”, Captain Marvel is coming back. No, not the red guy, the other one at Marvel.
Coming back from the dead is, of course, a staple of all comic books. We’re pretty sure there was a “Death of Archie” arc at some point in the late ’90s. But some characters stay deader than others.
So, weigh in in the comments: who’s dead that you’d like to see come back? A few of our nominees under the cut.
Ted Kord
We will say this: at least the second Blue Beetle got a great send-off that moved the character away from the joke he was and established him as a good detective. But we miss Ted and Booster screwing around. C’mon, DC, he doesn’t have to be the Blue Beetle, but bring the poor guy back.
Banshee
It’s always terrible when a good character gets offed by a retcon, and Banshee’s death always felt a little cheap. On the other hand, as the guys at “Nextwave” pointed out, “X-Men come back more often than Jesus”, so we’re sure somebody will revive the guy eventually.
Hitman
The New 52 desperately needs a smart-ass with x-ray vision and a gun.
Goliath
If for no other reason than the way he got his ticket punched was the most ridiculous moment of “Civil War”.
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Wally West. I dunno if he’s dead or just doesn’t exist anymore, but he needs to come back ASAP.
AGREED.
Last time I checked there were 5 seperate incarnations of Mavel or Mar-vell in the marvel universe, (not counting alternate universe incarnations.) I assume you mean the Roy Thomas/Gil Kane version.
I though they’ve had hints that Ted Kord survived that last timestream trip with Booster after all.
Captain Marvel (Marvel version)…was anyone clamoring for this guy to come back? Marvel’s cosmic guys are always interesting to hardcore fans but they don’t really sell well and run out of steam the second the initial creative team walks away.
And Batman said something like this to Superman: “The last time you truly inspired anyone was when you were dead.” That’s how I think EVERYONE feels about Barry Allen. The IDEA of the martyred Flash was so much more awesome than the stiff character himself.
Yeah, I still feel bringing Barry back was a mistake.
Tough question. Especially since I’m not even sure who is dead or alive these days. And then there were all those skrulls pretending to be heroes…
I think they killed off the Human Torch? Pointless. He may not have been the most dynamic character but it’s just not the FF otherwise.
They did but he was only dead for like nine months before they brought him back.
I miss the 616 Nightcrawler, but like you said, he’ll be back eventually.
Ten bucks says it happens during “Avengers Vs. X-Men”; he just bamfs in out of nowhere.
Forgot to ask: In Avengers vs. X-Men, does Wolverine have to fight himself? Or is he back on only one team now?
No, he’s just going to referee.
Some of us old farts would like to see Doctor Solar (Gold Key), The Atom and The Fly (Charlton, I think).
I seem to remember in the mid-90s Archie Comics, of all people, did a Fly series. It wasn’t bad.
Can we bring back the Hal Jordan that was Parallax because he went crazy?
No, he went crazy because he had Parallax in him all along. Like the spices in a taco after you eat it, and it lingers in your farts for like six weeks? Like that.
I agree with mannie. Peter Porker, The Amazing Spider-Ham needs to be brought back.
Absolutely.