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* ''ComicBook/ExMachina'': Great Machine's archenemy [[TheBeastmaster Pherson]] earns the title mostly by just refusing to stay dealt with, continually reappearing to keep tormenting Mitchell and his crew and attempt bizarre evil schemes. Even after he seemingly dies for real via getting caught in an exploding building, Molotov argues that they shouldn't assume anything until they actually have his body, [[NeverFoundTheBody which they never do locate]]. [[spoiler:Amusingly, the last time Pherson seems to turn up at the end of the series, it turns out to really be a robot with similar powers, implying he ''[[SubvertedTrope actually did]]'' die in that last fight and Mitchell's team have been worrying for nothing.]]
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* Extremely brutally defied in ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}'' along other superhero comic cliches. The villains are just as subject to the comic's AnyoneCanDie rule as the heroes, and many supervillains bite it over the course of the series and often do so with surprisingly little fanfare, even long-running major figures like [[spoiler:Angstrom Levy, who is Invincible's archenemy and yet doesn't even live to see the final arc]]. The comic actually criticizes and deconstructs the trope quite a bit, as there are multiple instances where villains exploit the heroes' mercy to do more damage and a big part of Invincible's own CharacterDevelopment is learning to accept that sometimes he just has no choice but to kill his enemies for the sake of saving lives. As a general rule, the more evil, dangerous, and unsympathetic a villain is, the more likely the heroes will take off the kids gloves and put them down.
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* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': While initially intended as a one-shot villain (which likely means he was meant to [[KilledOffForReal die for real the first time]]), [[AxCrazy Jei]] [[BreakoutVillain proved popular enough]] to have this trope apply. Struck by lightning and seemingly disintegrated? He survives. Stabbed by his own spear and thrown off a cliff into a raging river? He survives. Impaled by the sword Kusanagi? He...[[SubvertedTrope doesn't actually survive this one]], but [[DemonicPossession immediately possesses a swordswoman he'd previously wounded]], so [[DoubleSubverted he basically survives]]. Absolutely ''nothing'' Usagi and co. have done has gotten rid of him for good--[[ImplacableMan no matter what they hit him with, he always comes back eventually]].
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* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': While initially intended as a one-shot villain (which likely means he was meant to [[KilledOffForReal die for real the first time]]), [[AxCrazy Jei]] [[BreakoutVillain proved popular enough]] to have this trope apply. Struck by lightning and seemingly disintegrated? He survives. Stabbed by his own spear and thrown off a cliff into a raging river? He survives. Impaled by the sword Kusanagi? He...[[SubvertedTrope doesn't actually survive this one]], but [[DemonicPossession immediately possesses a swordswoman he'd previously wounded]], so he ''[[DoubleSubverted basically]]'' [[DoubleSubverted he basically survives]]. Absolutely ''nothing'' Usagi and co. have done has gotten rid of him for good--[[ImplacableMan no matter what they hit him with, he always comes back eventually]]. Unlike most comics, [[JustifiedTrope the story later provides an explanation]]: [[spoiler:Jei is a bodiless spirit who can possess people, and a spirit ''can't'' be killed for good.]]
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** Malebolgia was killed by came back.
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** Malebolgia was killed by but came back.
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* {{ComicBook/Spawn}}: Violator plays this straight many times no matter how many times he was killed and sealed he always makes it back.
** Jason Wynn he died and later came back recently as Disruptor
** Kincaid is killed a couple times but also comes back
** Malebolgia was killed by came back.
** Overtkill being a cyborg can be rebuilt and brought back.
** Curse also comes back from death. Really almost all spawn villains have this.
** Jason Wynn he died and later came back recently as Disruptor
** Kincaid is killed a couple times but also comes back
** Malebolgia was killed by came back.
** Overtkill being a cyborg can be rebuilt and brought back.
** Curse also comes back from death. Really almost all spawn villains have this.
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Really, as with KarmaHoudini, almost every comic book supervillain will benefit from this trope. Only those who are notably unpopular or have since been replaced by different characters using the same gimmick will be done away with for good (even then it doesn't always stick).
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Really, as with KarmaHoudini, almost every comic book supervillain will benefit from [[JokerImmunity this trope.trope]]. Only those who are notably unpopular or have since been replaced by different characters using the same gimmick will be done away with for good (even then it doesn't always stick).
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* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': While initially intended as a one-shot villain (which likely means he was meant to [[KilledOffForReal die for real the first time]]), [[AxCrazy Jei]] [[BreakoutVillain proved popular enough]] to have this trope apply. Struck by lightning and seemingly disintegrated? He survives. Stabbed by his own spear and thrown off a cliff into a raging river? He survives. Impaled by the sword Kusanagi? He...[[SubvertedTrope doesn't actually survive this one]], but [[DemonicPossession immediately possesses a swordswoman he'd previously wounded]], so [[DoubleSubverted he basically survives]]. Absolutely ''nothing'' Usagi and co. have done has gotten rid of him for good--[[ImplacableMan no matter what they hit him with, he always comes back eventually]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' is a rare case where this trope applies to the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]]. While the titular character never dies, nearly all of his plans (with a few exceptions) usually end with him about to die, in a FateWorseThanDeath or trapt in an otherwise inextricable situation, only to come back alive and well in the next book with no other explanation than RuleOfFunny. A book titled ''Iznogoud's Returns'' actually was dedicated to explain how he came back from some of these situations, but even that book had some of his "returns" involving him escaping an inextricable situation only to end up in another one (something the reader actually is ''warned'' about at the beginning of the book).
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* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' is a rare case where this trope applies to the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]]. While the titular character never dies, nearly all of his plans (with a few exceptions) usually end with him about to die, in a FateWorseThanDeath or trapt trapped in an otherwise inextricable situation, only to come back alive and well in the next book with no other explanation than RuleOfFunny. A book titled ''Iznogoud's Returns'' actually was dedicated to explain how he came back from some of these situations, but even that book had some of his "returns" involving him escaping an inextricable situation only to end up in another one (something the reader actually is ''warned'' about at the beginning of the book).
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*** Once Simon Furman took over the US book, he brought in another Galvatron from a parallel timeline (the US book didn't include the ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' cast prior to this). Though he wasn't as recurring as his UK counterpart, Galvatron still managed to survive a crash that wrote Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave and Ratchet out, and was still able to return in ''Regeneration One'' for up until the final issue (where he met his end at Ultra Magnus's hands).
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*** Once Simon Furman took over the US book, he brought in another Galvatron from a parallel timeline (the US book didn't include the cast from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'' cast prior to this). Though he wasn't as recurring as his UK counterpart, Galvatron still managed to survive a crash that wrote Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave and Ratchet out, and was still able to return in ''Regeneration One'' for up until the final issue (where he met his end at Ultra Magnus's hands).
