History DeathIsCheap / MarvelUniverse

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** Guardian died and survived by being transported to Ganymede, but this was a a story made up by Delphine Courtney, which turned out to be true anyway.

* ''ComicBook/TheUltimates2015'' has the ArcWords "Everything Lives", that [[JustForPun ultimately]] imply that DeathIsCheap as a cosmic principle of the Marvel universe. [[spoiler: This even applies to ''the universe itself''. Six of the seven previous iterations of the universe arrive in the climax to save the current one from being assimilated by The First Firmament.]]

** Once, when Franchise/SpiderMan was asked if the villain of the day was dead, Spidey said "Probably. Half the guys I know have been dead once or twice. Usually did 'em a world of good."

** Lampshaded in an issue of ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' where ComicBook/TheFalcon claimed that [[NeverFoundTheBody unless you made sure to recover the body of a dead supervillain]], they were sure to come back to life at some point. He then pointed out that such resurrections happen with "alarming regularity" in the MarvelUniverse.

** Kraven the Hunter committed suicide in ''Kraven's Last Hunt'', and is resurrected in ''Grim Hunt''. He's not happy about it.

** Magneto died when Asteroid-M was destroyed in ''[[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men]]'' #3, but it turns out he did not die. Magneto died in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'', but that wasn't Magneto. That was after he was presumed dead after the bombing of Genosha. In ''[[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016 Uncanny X-Men]]'' Vol 4 #19, Magneto is killed by Psylocke and revived by Elixir.

* In AlternateUniverse story ''[[ComicBook/TheEndMarvelComics Marvel: The End]]'', ComicBook/{{Thanos}} discovers that the universe is unraveling because of all the heroes coming back from death. He specifically blames things on ComicBook/WonderMan, arguably the first resurrection in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Thanos then unmakes and remakes the universe, and states, "This time, dead is dead." Quite [[{{Irony}} ironic]] in that Thanos ''himself'' has died some of the most times of any character, as he is literally in a relationship with Death.

* In ''[[ComicBook/TheEnd Marvel: The End]]'', ComicBook/{{Thanos}} discovers that the universe is unraveling because of all the heroes coming back from death. He specifically blames things on ComicBook/WonderMan, who was arguably the first resurrection in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Thanos then unmakes and remakes the universe, and states, "This time, dead is dead." Sh-yeah, right.
** Quite [[{{Irony}} ironic]] in that Thanos ''himself'' has died some of the most times of any character, as he is literally in a relationship with Death.

** Taken to its extreme in ''ComicBook/XMen2019''. The mutants now have a reliable method for resurrecting their own in cloned bodies and with recent backups of their memories. So takes on average about one issue for the recently killed characters to be brought back, and they are steadily working on the backlog of long-deceased mutants as well. The only mutants that will not be resurrected (not ''cannot'', but ''will'' not) are precogs, since there is an unwritten rule by Xavier, Magneto, and Moira that precogs will mess up their plans.

** This is explained in the ''ComicBook/ImmortalHulk'' series when it comes to Gamma Beasts as there is a strange green door that can be crossed, bringing Gamma Beasts back from the dead. For Banner, he's more than happy to just die, but it's suggested ''one of his'' Hulk identities charges back through.

* ''ComicBook/SecretInvasion'': The Wasp appeared to die, but became the infinite avengers mansion or something, and is now fine.

** Spider-Man himself has been killed off three times in the past decade. The first time in 2005's ''Spider-Man: The Other,'' when he gets killed by new villain Morlun. Peter stays dead for a single issue before his resurrection. He got killed again in 2012 in issue #700 of ''Amazing Spider-Man'' [[ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan after switching bodies with a dying Doc Ock]]. But then a relaunched ''Amazing Spider-Man'' series with Peter Parker debuting in April of 2014, around the time of the release of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', after being dead for a little more than a year. He then got killed by Deadpool (who was under the impression that Peter Parker was a CorruptCorporateExecutive) in ''ComicBook/SpiderManDeadpool'', but after Deadpool realizes he was tricked, he calls in a favor from Death (his on-again, off-again girlfriend) to bring Peter back.

*** Wolverine dies in ''Death of Wolverine'', and miraculously stays dead while alternate reality [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute counterparts]] have shown up. Ultimately played straight; as of ''ComicBook/MarvelLegacy'', Logan's broken out of his adamantium cocoon and is back to the land of the living.
** ''ComicBook/XFactor'': Jamie Madrox died from the legacy virus, and it was not a duplicate that died. But it turned out to be a duplicate that died. (Jamie later said he always keeps a few duplicates around for just such an emergency, making this something of an AuthorsSavingThrow for him.)

* Mr. Immortal is a parody of this. He's a Creator/MarvelComics superhero with no special powers except immortality, who has been killed in ways including crushing, burning, self-impalement on giant novelty scissors, bear trap, cannon, chainsaw, piranhas, ferrets, spear, and python, and alcohol poisoning (three times).
* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'':

** Lampshaded ''endlessly'' in ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'' issues #397-#400. When a distraught Rick Jones goes to Comicbook/DoctorStrange so that he can resurrect his girlfriend Marlo, Strange explains how it's impossible. Rick goes on to point out how many other characters have died and come back, asking if Strange' assistant had (responding "Actually, yes"). It gets to the point where Marlo does get brought back to life by a magical priest and a crystal chamber simply called the "Deux Ex Machina." She comes back... but is left a complete shell from the experience. (She gets better before issue #418 [their wedding], though.)

* In ''Marvel The End,'' ComicBook/{{Thanos}} discovers that the universe is unraveling because of all the heroes coming back from death. He specifically blames things on ComicBook/WonderMan, who was arguably the first resurrection in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Thanos then unmakes and remakes the universe, and states, "This time, dead is dead." Sh-yeah, right.

** Scott Lang dies in ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', and returns in ''ComicBook/TheChildrensCrusade''.

** Marrina Smallwood is killed by Namor in ''Avengers'' #293, returns in ''ComicBook/DarkReign'', is again killed by Namor, and returns in ''ComicBook/ChaosWar'', along with the rest of the team killed by The Collective in ''Comicbook/NewAvengers'', except Puck, who returns in ''Alpha Flight'' vol 4 #2, claiming to have fought his way out of Hell.
* ''Comicbook/TheAvengers'':
** Clint Barton dies in ''ComicBook/AvengersDisassembled'', and wakes up at the Avengers Mansion after M-day, shown in ''Comicbook/NewAvengers'' #26.
** Deathcry is killed in ''[[Comicbook/{{Annihilation}} Annihilation: Conquest - Starlord]]'', and returns in ''[[ComicBook/ChaosWar Chaos War: Dead Avengers]]''.

** Like the ComicBook/JusticeLeague over at the '''D'''istinguised '''C'''ompetition the Comicbook/TheAvengers have actually enacted plans that involved the entire team dying with the assumption that they'd come back to life. The Avengers did it to rescue teammates from the Grandmaster who'd arranged their deaths so he could use them as pawns in the afterlife (being dead himself at the time) by ''drinking poison'' and more-or-less assuming they'd figure out a way to get back to life once they'd sorted everything out on the other side.
** In ''Comicbook/AvengersUndercover'', Arcade dies in issue #3, until issue #7 reveals it was actually a clone that had died.
** ''ComicBook/SecretAvengers'' had an issue where Comicbook/BlackWidow interrogated a group of gossip columnists after they published a story claiming that ComicBook/BuckyBarnes survived his apparent death in ''Comicbook/FearItself''. She soon discovered that the columnists fabricated the story because they figured Barnes would be resurrected soon enough anyway, given how frequent such returns are in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse.
*** Though there was a bit of additional LampshadeHanging. It was pointed out that while a lot of heroes do return from the grave, Black Widow still has numerous friends and fellow [[Comicbook/TheAvengers Avengers]] [[CListFodder that died and were not granted the luxury of a resurrection]].
*** This was a triple-somersault LampshadeHanging, since the ''real'' reason Widow was interrogating them, was because she ''knew'' that Barnes had faked his death, and was worried the story had leaked. The two "big deaths" of ''Comicbook/FearItself'' (Barnes and Thor) were both ''immediately'' shown to be temporary, since the creators knew no one would believe they were permanent.

* The final issue of ''[[Comicbook/MightyAvengers Captain America And the Mighty Avengers]]'' takes place just prior to the destruction of the Marvel Universe during ''Comicbook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}''. While several other characters are upset about dying, ComicBook/LukeCage takes a very measured attitude and says that this likely isn't the end for real, just the start of a new chapter.

* ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}}'':

* ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'':

* Lampshaded in the ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' tie-in to ''[[CrisisCrossover Age Of Ultron]]'':

* ''Comicbook/IncredibleHulk'':

** One story in Comicbook/SheHulk's run had her move to have a dead man's ghost testify in his wrongful death case against the company he worked for. When the other side objected, Shulkie called Ben Grimm to testify about how he came back from the dead. When counsel objected the dead person in this case was an ordinary human and not a super-being, she then asked by a show of hands how many people in the courtroom had been resurrected from some cataclysmic event. About half the people in the room (including one of the other defense attorneys) raised their hand.

* ''ComicBook/SilverSurfer'' dies in ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' Vol 3 #46, and returns in ''Comicbook/FantasticFour'' Vol 3 #49.

** Comicbook/DoctorOctopus died in ''Comicbook/SuperiorSpiderMan'', and had his consciousness transferred to the Living Brain in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' vol 4. In just the slightest bit of a subversion, the ''original'' Otto Octavius really does die at the end of ''Superior Spider-Man'' , and the one that survives is an artificial copy made shortly before Otto's death. As such, the "resurrected" Otto lacks the memories of the original one's final days, including his VillainousBreakdown and HeelFaceTurn.

** Comicbook/{{Carnage}} has survived death by sprouting new symbiotes, has survived being ripped apart by The Sentry in ''Comicbook/NewAvengers'', survived a deadly explosion by The Wizard, was suffocated to death and revived, and made a HeroicSacrifice in ''ComicBook/{{Axis}}'' and survived.
** Eddie Brock appeared to commit suicide when the Comicbook/{{Venom}} symbiote went to Mac Gargan, but Brock was hospitalized, and survived.

** Lampshaded by Hammerhead in ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan''. His first appearance ended with his '''skull being exploded''' by Gambit. When he returns a Mook remarks, "Geez, Hammer, I thought you were dead". Hammerhead responds with, "I was. It sucked. I came back".
** This trope was seemingly subverted with Peter Parker from ''Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan'', who was killed in battle with the Green Goblin, paving the way for Miles Morales. Peter not only returned from the dead, but if Norman Osborn is to be believed, he's now immortal.

* This is discussed in ''ComicBook/ValkyrieJaneFoster''. In issue #7, Jane discovers Death on life support and the Grim Reaper explains that between [[ComicBook/ImmortalHulk the Green Door]] and [[ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen the Krakoan resurrections]], there really seems to be no need for a Death and requests she convince him otherwise. She does so by explaining that, without Death, everything would keep living on a cellular level, creating a Cancerverse.

** After Banshee dies, during ''X-Men: Deadly Genesis'', his daughter, Siryn remains convinced it's a trick, pointing out all the other Comicbook/XMen who have been reported dead, only to return. Her less savvy teammates believe she's in denial. When Banshee died, Siryn was in a different comic, ''ComicBook/XFactor'', and nobody thought to tell those writers that Banshee had been killed off, so she never responded to his death. When the writers finally found out, they decided, since DeathIsCheap, instead of trying to retcon her grieving in, to have her just be in denial. Eventually, she accepts his death. Banshee shows up in Hades, gambling to come back, returns and dies in ''Necrosha'', and returns and dies again in ''ComicBook/ChaosWar''. In ''Comicbook/UncannyAvengers'', Banshee is back, but evil, and spends some time recovering. Also returning with him are Daken, who died in ''Uncanny X-Force'' #34, and The Sentry, who died during ''ComicBook/{{Siege}}''. They are now just fine.

** Dazzler has died in ''Eve of Destruction'', ''New Excalibur'', and ''Comicbook/AForce'' vol 2 #3, lampshading her deaths in issue #4.

*** Wolverine dies in ''Death of Wolverine'', and miraculously stays dead while alternate reality [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute counterparts]] have shown up. Ultimately played straight; as of ''Comicbook/MarvelLegacy'', Logan's broken out of his adamantium cocoon and is back to the land of the living.

** Taken to its extreme in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen''. The mutants now have a reliable method for resurrecting their own in cloned bodies and with recent backups of their memories. So takes on average about one issue for the recently killed characters to be brought back, and they are steadily working on the backlog of long-deceased mutants as well. The only mutants that will not be resurrected (not ''cannot'', but ''will'' not) are precogs, since there is an unwritten rule by Xavier, Magneto, and Moira that precogs will mess up their plans.

* ''ComicBook/AllNewAllDifferentMarvel'': After everyone in the multiverse dies in ''Comicbook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'', ''Time Runs Out'' and ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'', the multiverse is restored, and everyone gets better.

** Spider-Man himself has been killed off '''''twice''''' in the past decade. The first time in 2005's ''Spider-Man: The Other,'' when he gets killed by new villain Morlun. Peter stays dead for a single issue before his resurrection. He got killed again in 2012 in issue #700 of ''Amazing Spider-Man'' [[ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan after switching bodies with a dying Doc Ock]]. But then a relaunched ''Amazing Spider-Man'' series with Peter Parker debuting in April of 2014, around the time of the release of ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'', after being dead for a little more than a year.

** Kraven the Hunter committed suicide in ''Kraven's Last Hunt'', and is resurrected in ''Grim Hunt''.

** However, there's one big flaw the mutants learned the hard way: anyone who dies in Otherworld is dead forever as it is a nexus to the Multiverse and whoever gets brought back is an amalgam of other dead versions. [[spoiler:Rockslide ends up being the unwitting guinea pig and Gorgon ends up killed in Otherworld as well.]]

* ''ComicBook/TheEternals'': Ajak dies in "The Herod Factor" and returns in ''Eternals'' vol 3. Virako made a HeroicSacrifice in ''Thor Annual'' #7, and returns in ''New Eternals'' #1. Zuras dies in ''Thor'' #300-301, returns, and dies in ''Iron Man Annual'' #6, and returns in ''Eternals'' vol 3.

* The final issue of ''[[Comicbook/MightyAvengers Captain America And the Mighty Avengers]]'' takes place just prior to the destruction of the Marvel Universe during ''Comicbook/{{Secret Wars|2015}}''. While several other characters are upset about dying, ComicBook/{{Luke Cage|HeroForHire}} takes a very measured attitude and says that this likely isn't the end for real, just the start of a new chapter.

** Magneto died when Asteroid-M was destroyed in ''[[ComicBook/AdjectivelessXMen X-Men]]'' #3, but it turns out he did not die. Magneto died in ''ComicBook/NewXMen'', but that wasn't Magneto. That was after he was presumed dead after the bombing of Genosha. In ''[[ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015 Uncanny X-Men]]'' Vol 4 #19, Magneto is killed by Psylocke and revived by Elixir.

** [=Moira MacTaggert=] died from an attack by Mystique while researching the Legacy Virus, and returned from the underworld in ''ComicBook/ChaosWar''.

** Taken to its extreme in ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen''. The mutants now have a reliable method for resurrecting their own in cloned bodies and with recent backups of their memories. So takes on average about one issue for the recently killed characters to be brought back, and they are steadily working on the backlog of long-deceased mutants as well. Only '''two''' mutants cannot be brought back so far ([[spoiler: Destiny and Kate Pryde]]), for different dramatic reasons.

** The concept is explored plenty with ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'' and the corresponding ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' initiative. Mutants who live in Krakoa can be resurrected thanks to a set of five mutants whose powers work in tandem to create the body and, with X's help, restore their memories. However, there's one big flaw the mutants learned the hard way: anyone who dies in Otherworld is dead forever as it is a nexus to the Multiverse and whoever gets brought back is an amalgam of other dead versions. [[spoiler: Rockslide ends up being the unwitting guinea pig.]]

** The concept is explored plenty with ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansXMen'' and the corresponding ''ComicBook/DawnOfX'' initiative. Mutants who live in Krakoa can be resurrected thanks to a set of five mutants whose powers work in tandem to create the body and, with X's help, restore their memories. However, there's one big flaw the mutants learned the hard way: anyone who dies in Otherworld is dead forever as it is a nexus to the Multiverse and whoever gets brought back is an amalgam of other dead version. [[spoiler:Rockslide ends up being the unwitting guinea pig.]]
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