History BackFromTheDead / ComicBooks

* ''ComicBook/TheWarlordDC'': The villain Deimos kept coming back, but each time worse than before: first time he had the sword scar across his face; second time, his body was fused with the dog that killed him; third time he was a head on a hand; final time he was a skull in a magical golem body.

* ''ComicBook/CaptainMarvelMarvelComics'': Walter Larson, who had a DeathByOriginStory so Captain Marvel could do a DeadPersonImpersonation, returns in ''ComicBook/MarvelTeamUp'' (2019) #5 as Wastrel, and gets in conflict with the current Captain Marvel and [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]].

* The ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'' universe was destroyed in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', but it was restored at the end of ''ComicBook/SpiderMenII''. Even characters who had died before that, such as [[ComicBook/AntMan Giant-Man]] (who died in ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}})'', Comicbook/CaptainAmerica (who died in ''ComicBook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand'') and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] (who died in ''Secret Wars''), were back in the action.

* The book's tie-in to ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'' left a huge Lampshade-Hanging on this. The entire team except for [[ComicBook/InvisibleWoman Sue]] end up killed by Ultron's invasion, but Johnny's [[VideoWills video will]] tells the viewers not to worry and assures them that the team will be back from the grave in short order. And sure enough, Sue and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} use a TimeyWimeyBall to punch the ResetButton ''hard'', resurrecting the team and all the other heroes who died.
* In ''The All-New Atom'', when [[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd]], [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] and [[ComicBook/TheAtom Ryan Choi]] go to a (most likely fake) Heaven, they meet [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]], who comments, "The recidivism here is shocking. Sometimes I think me and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne's]] parents are the only ones with a permanent parking space." He also comments "And Jason Todd, too? Didn't you just get parole, like, the day before yesterday?"
* [[spoiler:Winifred Burkle]] returns from the dead in ''Angel and Faith'', Season 10, even though she was believed to be DeaderThanDead for years.
* Lampshaded in ''ComicBook/AstonishingXMen''. After ComicBook/{{Kitty|Pryde}} finds out that ComicBook/{{Colossus}} isn't really dead, she warns him that if he's a clone, robot, ghost, or from an alternate universe, she's okay with that, but if he's a shapeshifter or an illusionist, she'll kill him. Obviously, this happens a lot.
* In ''ComicBook/AstroCity'', this is the origin and source for The Gentleman. [[spoiler:He is a fantasy-wish manifestation of Matilda "Tillie" Armstrong, a girl whose father was killed in a supervillain attack. Whenever there's danger, Tillie wishes The Gentleman -- her Dad -- back to life, so he can save the day.]]
* ''ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison'' saw the BatFamilyCrossover "The Resurrection of ComicBook/RasAlGhul" after Creator/GregRucka killed him off in ''Death and the Maidens''.

* Walter Larson, who had a DeathByOriginStory so ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}} could do a DeadPersonImpersonation, returns in ''Marvel Team-Up'' (2019) #5 as Wastrel, and gets in conflict with the current [[ComicBook/CarolDanvers Captain Marvel]] and [[ComicBook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]].

** The Flashpoint versions of Batman and Captain Thunder are stranger examples, in that they seem to remember actually dying but have somehow been revived with their timeline.
** Pre-Crisis ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} is brought back from before her death, only to learn about her eventual fate.

** When ComicBook/{{Bullseye|MarvelComics}} killed ComicBook/{{Elektra}}, Daredevil tried to revive her with a technique that he only saw once and didn't exactly understand. He partially succeeded, but she CameBackWrong, physically and mentally splitting into a [[LightIsGood white-clad version of her that incarnated all her good traits]], and Eryinys, which was more demon-like and incarnated all her negative traits. Eventually the two were combined again, restoring Elektra to normal, and after that she got a reputation for coming back from the dead as much as the X-Men.

* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfSuperman'': After "dying" in battle with the mindless monster Doomsday, four Doppelgangers appear. Which one could be the real Superman? Is it the mysterious black-and-blue colored Superman with the thick shades? Nope! He's a hyper-advanced clone, controlled by the Eradicator, and powered by Superman's "corpse." Is the half-''Terminator'' Cyborg Superman the real deal? Nope! He's Hank Henshaw, using stolen genetic material and Kryptonian alloy stolen from Superman's rocket. Is the Metropolis Marvel who claims to be a clone the real deal? Nope! He's a... well, he's a clone of the real deal. Is the mysterious armored ComicBook/{{Steel}} the new Superman? Nope! He's John Henry Irons, and never really claims to be the new Superman. So, in the end, Superman was actually resuscitated soon after his "death," spent some time in a coma, and eventually was woken up by androids.
** In ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'', Lucy Lane, who had died in battle with ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} in ''ComicBook/WhoIsSuperwoman'', is reborn thanks to her suit changing her DNA. Lana Lang comes back from the dead, too; ironically thanks to Insect Queen restoring her body in order to possessing her after killing her.
** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLightningLad'': The ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes has the honor of having the first ever death and resurrection of a major comic book character. In January of 1963, Lightning Lad died saving Saturn Girl. He remained dead for almost a year, and was resurrected using lightning rods and the sacrifice of Legion pet Proty.
** ''ComicBook/TheDeathOfLuthor'': Lex Luthor accidentally kills himself, but he is revived by ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} so he is forced to serve his life sentence fully.

* Ted remains dead up through ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}''; the new timeline effectively pushes a reset button on his life, so when he shows up he's years younger and the events leading to his death never happened.

** Parodied in Creator/PeterDavid's run. Rick Jones' fiancee Marlo is dead. He goes to Comicbook/DoctorStrange and the following conversation ensues.
-->'''Rick''': Wong, have you returned from the dead?
-->'''Wong''': Well, yes.
-->'''Rick''': And Doc, have you come back from the dead?
-->'''Doctor Strange''': Yes, but I ''am'' a professional.
*** Eventually he [[DealWithTheDevil asks the Leader]] to bring her back from the dead. And the Leader does.
** In issue #434, following the death of Nick Fury at the Punisher's hands, several of Fury's old "Howling Commandos" buddies laugh, drink, and jokingly float numerous theories involving android duplicates, alien intervention, and the like until they reach the casket at the graveside. They're still sitting there speechless and shocked even after the rest of the attendees have left. That said, it was revealed that the "Fury" who died was indeed an LMD and the real Fury was still alive.
** Subverted in ''ComicBook/FallOfTheHulks'', when it appears Glenn Talbot has come back. Eventually, Red Hulk reveals he's just a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots LMD]]. The real Talbot is still very much dead.
* DependingOnTheWriter, ComicBook/JeanGrey's [[MeaningfulName Phoenix powers]] fully manifest whenever she "dies". This has led to her gaining DeathIsCheap [[NeverLiveItDown as a reputation.]] However, most of her demises were merely plot devices to activate her powers, so it's debatable whether or not they count. Technically, she's only [[DeathIsCheap "died"]] twice.

* In another comic of ''ComicBook/Marvel2099'', ''Ghost Rider 2099'', Kenshiro "Zero" Cochraine is killed during a fight with a gang, and he uploaded his consciousness into the cyberspace to prevent losing the data he hacked. There, he came in contact with a collective of {{Benevolent AI}}s known as the Ghost Works, which restore his consciousness into an android body.
** The 2019 reboot of the same story plays things a little different; Zero was already in the system by the time other gang hit, died in an explosion and ended up in Hell, which had taken the form of a digital space called Ghost Works due to people's beliefs. There he met [[spoiler:the original ComicBook/GhostRider, Johnny Blaze, who is now King of Hell]], and he restored him into the body of an android that Zero had just found.
* This is ''ComicBook/MoonKnight's origin. Although [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane it varies]] whether the god Khonshu is real and brought him back, or Spector was just NotQuiteDead and really badass.
* Mr. Immortal's power is a parody of this; his only major power is that he will always come back to life a few seconds after dying.

* ComicBook/{{Psylocke}} once was fatally stabbed by the man known as Vargas while protecting Rogue and Beast, who were badly beaten by the villain. One year after her death, Betsy awoke where she had died, unaware of how she had survived, and was soon reunited with the X-Men. It is later revealed that the responsible was elder brother Jamie Braddock with his RealityWarper powers.

* ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' has ComicBook/{{Thanos}} getting his entire skeleton ripped out by Doctor Doom. A scant few months later, in ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2015'', the eponymous team breach the edge of all existence, where Thanos' spirit had been lingering, which lures him back to the realm of the living.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Between Carnage and The Green Goblin, it would seem that death is more of an inconvenience than anything. Though the Goblin is notable for lasting twenty-odd years, which seeing as he is an {{arch enemy}} is probably a record.

* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan2099'': Volture 2099 was originally left for dead after Miguel left him drop from the top of a skyscraper's elevator shaft. However, several issues later, he comes back with no visible marks on his body, looking for revenge. Miguel demands an explanation, but is never given one.

* In ''ComicBook/StarWarsLegacy'', Darth Krayt gets killed but his body is resurrected. So when Cade Skywalker kills him again, he makes ''sure'' that he won't come back again by sticking his body on a shuttle and sending it straight into Coruscant's sun!
* There's a multiple media example, but [[EnsembleDarkhorse Boba Fett]] first reappeared after [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi being eaten by the Sarlaac]] in ''[[ComicBook/DarkEmpire Dark Empire II]]'' and went on to appear in many, many, ''many'' stories after that.

* The ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe was destroyed in the ''Secret Wars'', but it was restored at the end of ''Spider-Men 2''. Even characters who had died before that, such as [[ComicBook/AntMan Giant-Man]] (who died in ''ComicBook/{{Ultimatum}})'', Comicbook/CaptainAmerica (who died in ''ComicBook/CataclysmTheUltimatesLastStand'') and [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Thor]] (who died in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015''), were back in the action.
* In ''{{ComicBook/Violine}}'', [[spoiler: Muller]] pulls this off twice, the first time claiming he was too evil for crocodiles to finish him off (though losing two arms to them), the second time fighting them off himself with his robot claws.

* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'':
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': After Creator/RobertKanigher turned ComicBook/SteveTrevor into the quintessential UselessBoyfriend he was killed off to give Wondy some angst for her depowered mod era. Eros decided Steve's corpse looked like a nice way to court Diana and wore it for a while as "Steve Howard," then Aphrodite took what she could recover of Steve's memories, abducted and mind wiped a Steve from another universe and implanted those memories into that Steve to give Diana the love of her life back in a decidedly creepy fashion.
** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': As per Creator/GeorgePerez's reimagining of the Amazons every single one of them (including Diana) has been brought back from the dead as their origin; they are created using the souls of women murdered by men who are given new life in bodies formed of clay.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWomanWarbringer'': The Amazons are the rehoused souls of women who were killed in battle while praying for the protection of others, given a chance to live once more so long as they take an oath to defend the wider world from the evils Themyscira can act as a doorway for. By the end of the series [[spoiler:Diana has truly joined the ranks of the Amazons after falling in battle against Jason, and when given the chance to join her sisters she bartered for Nim and Theo to be brought back as well since it was them she was praying for but they were quickly killed right after her]].
* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''[[ComicBook/XFactor2006 X-Factor]]'', where Siryn gets the news that her father, Banshee, one of the X-Men, is dead. She simply doesn't believe it; the X-Men come Back from the Dead more than anyone else in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse (once the entire current team sacrificed themselves only to be resurrected at the end of the issue), so she's sure he's just [[HesJustHiding pretending to be dead]] as part of some plan. In ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers'' he does return [[CameBackWrong as one of the Apocalypse Twins' Horsemen of Death]].