People always love to say " death in comics mean nothing they'll be back in one or two years ". If Flash , superman , spidey, and all of the other popular heroes stayed dead when they originally died DC and marvel both would be in financial ruin at this point. What are your thoughts on this ?
Why do people want comic deaths to matter ?
Cause it more or less wastes time. If it's a major character we know they are not staying dead, thus for some rendering the story pointless. Now not so major characters should more less stay dead to keep the impact.
Why is DC and Marvel the only medium where people don't stay dead? Movie, TV, books, and other comics once someone dies they stay dead...... What the point of a legacy character when they will never pick up the mantel..... Poor some of my forty to my homie Ned Stark.....
@darling_luna: It is still a good way to get a break from certain characters like Batman or Wolverine
@judasnixon: Buffy , anime ,video games , movies especially action movies , all do it quite often outside of marvel and dc
@kgb725: Or you can do that yourself and read other characters : D If you read Wolverine, you are there for him are you not ?
I get you, but like I said you can break away yourself.
@darling_luna: I do or at least I try to read good characters/series when I get the chance to
@kgb725: I don't mean you you, you as in general
Actually, it would be a great way to see change and evolution in comics. I mean, I like Kal-El, but maybe if characters like him, Bruce, Peter, etc. would stay dead, we would see some real growth from characters that have been considered "teens" for decades now.
Bruce Wayne replaced by Tim or Dick, Supergirl taking over the position of top-dog her cousin held, Bart living up to the hype as the next Flash, Ben doing what he was actually created to do by taking over as the only Spider-Man following the Clone Saga.
DC and Marvel want to remain relevant, but think that sticking to the same characters they have for decades is a key part of that. Now don't get me wrong, I have no problem with it, but if you're going to keep these characters around, let's not pretend that one of them dying is that huge a deal in the grand scheme of things.
I will say because it loses the impact of the moment, A character's death should not be done lightly. Having your characters resurrected over and over again makes it all meaningless.
@judasnixon: comics are on going, even book series end
I don't have a problem with them dying or 'dying', nor do I think all of them even need epic, fight to the bitter end send offs. It's just that deaths and 'shake ups' have been used a lot in the past few years and it's basically become cliché.
The fact that other characters aren't spotlighted enough (events are a perfect time to show off a character) is why deaths and MIA moments lose impact because Marvel and DC don't build up others to fill the shoes.
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