Enjoy this grim look at some the more notable superhero deaths!
The superhero mortality rate is pretty insane, aint it?
Well, at least the first two are true.
But thats another story.
Dead for forty years worth of comics is close enough to dead for this list.
Did anyone ever really think Lois Lane was in any danger?
The character hadnt been seen in print in over a decade and wasnt exactly a fixture in other media.
She had a profile!
You dont just kill off a character whos been in print for almost thirty years, do you?
Maybe you didnt, but Marv Wolfman and George Perez went ahead and did it anyway.
In the process, they crafted Supergirls finest, bravest, most heroic moment.
Doing it one issue after they offed Supergirl?
That took some real chutzpah.
But Robins real demise came at the hands of the fans.
At the conclusion of the beating/explosion sequence, two 1-900 numbers were posted.
Dialing one would allow the Boy Wonder to recover from his injuries.
A call to the other and Jason would change careers to become a root inspector.
The fans killed Robin.
Never mind the fact that this wasnt the same Robin that most of the general public was familiar with.
Robin was dead, and that was enough to set bells ringing.
And what a splash it was!
The media did not.
Batman (Final Crisis#6, 2009)
Alright, was Batman even dead, anyway?
Spider-Man (Amazing Spider-Man#700, 2012)
As if you didnt see this one coming!
From me, I mean…not from the comic.
But in the meantime, this one still managed to hit us right in the ol feelings.
