Lately, with Marvel Now here and around the corner, I have seen an increase in what appears to be a clean up of characters that Marvel seem to feel are no longer needed.
To help answer this I looked for a list that someone might have put together of those that died. It was quite a long list so I shortened it by only including those that died 2010 to present. I also list those I find of particular interest and of significance, at least to me.
If you wish to see the entire list including those of Ultimate Comics & those of DC and others, head here
| Character | Issue | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|
Thanos Imperative #3 (August 2010) | Destroyed by the cosmic energies of the Cancerverse in metaphysical combat; eventually overwhelmed and ripped apart from the inside by the massive energies coming from the Cancerverse and the faith engines of an entire armada of warships from The Universal Church of Truth | |
New Avengers vol. 2, #6 (November 2010) | Fell in battle with Brother Voodoo, who used Agamotto's own eye against him by unleashing all of its mystic energy at once; Agamotto, like Brother Voodoo, was caught in the epicenter of the blast and destroyed | |
Ant-Man (Eric O'Grady) | Secret Avengers #23 (March 2012) | Beaten to death by the Father's henchmen |
Siege #2 (February 2010) | Torn in half by the Sentry | |
Superior Spider-Man #4 (February 2013) | Killed by Massacre who took one of her eyes to get past a retinal scanner. | |
Chaos War #4 (December 2010) | ||
Secret Warriors #27 (July 2011) | Shot in the head by Nick Fury | |
X-Force vol. 3, #28 (July 2010) | Obliterated by Hope Summers | |
Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) | Shot by a burglar | |
Black Talon (Samuel David Barone) | The Punisher vol. 8, #11 (May 2012) | Shots in the chest by the Punisher |
Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) | New Avengers vol. 2, #6 (November 2010) | Died in battle against Agamotto; he unleashed the entirety of mystic energies contained within the Eye of Agamotto all at once and was caught in the epicenter of the blast which also destroyed Agamotto |
Bullseye (Lester) | Shadowland #1 (July 2010) | Stabbed to death by Daredevil possessed by the Hand's demonic beast |
Bushwacker (Carl Burbank) | X-Force: Sex and Violence #2 (October 2010) | Throat slashed by Wolverine |
Incredible Hulk vol. 3, #105 (April 2007) | Killed when the warp core on the Hulk's shuttle was detonated by Red King | |
Avengers: The Children's Crusade #8 (December 2011) | Killed in the battle by Doctor Doom | |
New Avengers vol. 2, #34 (November 2012) | Killed by Doctor Strange using forbidden dark magic; was trying to kill Doctor Strange for his Brother Voodoo's death | |
Avengers Arena #3 (January 2013) | Stabbed in the chest by an unidentified cybernetic creature (Possibly Death Locket) (situation could change, check out the forum) | |
Darkstar (Reena Stanicoff) | Darkstar and the Winter Guard #3 (August 2010) | Killed by a Dire Wraith, that is then overwhelmed by Laynia Petrovna |
Demolition Man (Dennis Dunphy) | Captain America vol. 6, #14 (July 2012) | Shots by Sharon Carter, after brainwashed by Henry Peter Gyrich was under control by HYDRA |
Doc Samson (Leonard "Leo" Samson) | Incredible Hulk #610 (June 2010) | Sacrificed himself by absorbing the excess energy of a machine in order to keep it functioning at a crucial moment; he was reduced to a charred skeleton in seconds |
Drax the Destroyer (Arthur Sampson Douglas) | The Thanos Imperative #4 (November 2010) | Unable to overcome or ignore his "programming" to kill the Mad Titan, Thanos was forced to disintegrate Drax in a single massive blast |
Moon Knight vol. 4, #9 (January 2012) | Killed by Count Nefaria | |
X-Force vol. 3, #24 (February 2010) | Stabbed in the heart with the blade by Selene | |
The Amazing Spider-Man #90 (November 1970) | Crushed by falling debris while saving a child during a fight between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus | |
Uncanny X-Force #27 (July 2012) | Neck broken by the Ultimaton | |
X-Force vol. 3, #28 (July 2010) | Killed by Hope Summers | |
The Amazing Spider-Man #637 (July 2010) | Killed by his father, Kraven the Hunter | |
The Amazing Spider-Man #121 (June 1973) | Died during a battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin while on top of the Brooklyn Bridge; died from sudden deceleration of her body after falling from a great height and being caught by Spider-Man | |
Thunderbolts #140 (January 2010) | ||
Venom vol. 2, #15 (April 2012) | Shots by Eddie Brock | |
The Avengers vol. 4, #1 (May 2010) | Killed by an alternate version of the Avengers | |
The Spectacular Spider-Man #107 (October 1985) | Shot in the chest by the Sin-Eater | |
New X-Men #150 (December 2003) | ||
Jigsaw (Billy "The Beaut" Russo) | Punisher: In the Blood #5 (March 2011) | Fell into the warehouse of flames |
Kraven the Hunter (Alyosha Kravinoff) | ''Spider-Girl vol. 2, #4 (February 2011) | Killed by his sister, Ana Kravinoff |
Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) | The Amazing Spider-Man #637 (July 2010) | Slashed in the throat by Sasha Kravinoff, Kraven the Hunter's wife |
Invincible Iron Man #526 (October 2012) | Killed by Zeke Stane | |
Alpha Flight vol. 4, #8 (January 2012) | Killed by Alpha Flight | |
Psylocke #4 (February 2010) | ||
Iron Man v5 #1 (November 2012) | Killed by an AIM | |
Megatak (Gregory Nettles) | Venom vol. 2, #21 (July 2012) | Killed by Toxin |
Mettle (Ken Mack) | Avengers Arena #1 (December 2012) | Incinerated by Arcade (situation could change, check out the forum) |
Microchip (David Linus Lieberman) | Punisher: In the Blood #4 (February 2011) | Throat slashed by the Punisher for murdering G. W. Bridge |
Punisher: In the Blood #2 (December 2010) | Shot in the head by the female assassin | |
Montana (Jackson W. Brice) | The Amazing Spider-Man #651 (January 2011) | Plummeted to his death |
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) | X-Force vol. 3, #26 (April 2010) | Impaled through the chest by one of Bastion's arms, while protecting Hope |
Secret Warriors #22 (November 2010) | Killed in Elysium by the Gorgon | |
Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) | Avengers vs. X-Men #11 (September 2012) | Killed by Cyclops, who was possessed by the Phoenix Force |
Rampage (Stuart Clarke) | Punisher: In the Blood #4 (February 2011) | Shots by Jigsaw |
Red Raven (Dania) | Avengers Arena #2 (December 2012) | Killed in the arena by Arcade(situation could change, check out the forum) |
Rhino (Aleksei Mikhailovich Sytsevich) | The Amazing Spider-Man #687 (June 2012) | Drowned in Doctor Octopus' underwater base (Unconfirmed as no body was located) |
Venom vol. 2, #15 (April 2012) | Stabbed in the head by Eddie Brock | |
X-Force vol. 3, #25 (March 2010) | Warpath managed to stab her chest, causing her to explode into rays of light | |
Wolverine vol. 4, #1 (September 2010) | Killed by ninjas while trying to defend his clan | |
Spider-Man (Peter Benjamin Parker) | The Amazing Spider-Man #700 (December 2012) | Died when Doctor Octopus switched minds with Spider-Man's body taken over his place to escape inevitable death from his decaying body |
The Amazing Spider-Man #634 (June 2010) | Killed by Kraven's family to perform a sacrifice to revive Grim Hunter | |
The Mighty Thor #21 (October 2012) | Killed by Thor with the weapon Mjolnir and the twilight sword | |
Hawkeye: Blindspot #1 (February 2011) | Died of cancer | |
Incredible Hercules #141 (February 2010) | Killed in battle by Hercules in the Continuum universe | |
New Avengers vol. 2, #32 (November 2012) | Killed in the mind by Daniel Drumm possession |
I'm sure there are others, but what I'd like to know, is your opinions and whether or not it's a good move for Marvel to make Marvel Now.
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