List of dead comic book characters

Below is a '''list of [[fictional character]]s who have died''' in [[American comic book]]s, specifically in the [[superhero]] genre, and thus far have not returned.

While characters frequently die in comic books, it is just as common for them to be resurrected. Writer [[Peter David]] split the blame for the phenomenon between creators, publishers, and fans: creators and publishers kill characters to increase drama and sales, while fans demand that characters they don't like be killed. However, if a character is killed, fans who liked the character vocally support their resurrection, creators often wish to use characters who have died, and publishers find that returns of popular characters lead to a boost in sales. This causes a [[wiktionary: vicious circle|vicious circle]]: after witnessing several improbable returns, fans begin to doubt that the characters are permanently dead at all, and death begins to lose its dramatic impact.<ref name="peterdavid">[[Peter David|David, Peter]] [August 1990]. Peter David, Myra David. "Dead and Recovering Nicely..." ''But I Digress''. Krause, 1994. ISBN 0-87341-286-9, 15-17.</ref> A death thus reversed is called a [[comic book death]].

While it is a recurring theme that no character ever remains dead, there are some exceptions. Usually, characters associated with the origin story of a major character (e.g. Spider-Man's [[Uncle Ben]] or Batman's [[Martha Wayne|mother]] and [[Thomas Wayne|father]]), or those whose deaths significantly altered the later development of major character (e.g. [[Gwen Stacy]] or [[Karen Page]]), remain "permanently" dead. However, from time to time, a superhero or other comics character is judged by their creators to have served their dramatic purpose, and remains dead because their story is simply over.

As there are no "rules" to fiction, all characters carry the possibility of being resurrected at any time. The following characters are ''present'' exceptions to the standard conventions of comic book death. Currently, they remain deceased.

==List of dead comic book characters==
===DC Comics===
[[DC Universe]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! |Character
! |Issue
! |Deceased
|-
|[[Alexander Luthor, Jr.]]
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #7 (June 2006)
|Killed by the [[Joker (comics)|Joker]].
|-
|[[Alexandra DeWitt]]
|''Green Lantern'' Vol. 3 #54 (July 1994)
|Strangled and stuffed in a refrigerator by [[Major Force]]. (see [[Women in Refrigerators]].)
|-
|[[Amon Sur]]
|''Green Lantern'' Vol. 4 #26 (December 2007)
|Killed by [[Laira (comics)|Laira]].
|-
|[[Atom (Al PRATT)|Atom]] (Albert "Al" Pratt)
|''[[Zero Hour (comics)|Zero Hour: Crisis in Time]]'' #3 (September 1994)
|Killed by Extant.
|-
|[[Azrael (comics)|Azrael]] (Jean-Paul Valley)
|''Azrael: Agent of the Bat'' #100 (May 2003)
|Shot to death by Nicholas Scratch and Carlton Lehah.
|-
|[[Baron Blitzkrieg]]
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #7 (June 2006)
|Incinerated by [[Superman-Prime|Superboy-Prime]] during the Battle of Metropolis.
|-


|[[Black Condor]] (Ryan Kendall)
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #1 (October 2005)
|Killed by [[Sinestro]] during an ambush.
|-

|[[Bloodsport (comics)|Bloodsport]] (Robert DuBois)
|''[[Adventures of Superman (comic book)|Adventures of Superman]]'' #507 (December 1995)
|Accidentally kills himself.
|-
|[[Bloodsport (comics)|Bloodsport]] (Alex Trent)
|''[[Adventures of Superman (comic book)|Adventures of Superman]]'' #507 (December 1993)
|Burned to death in prison.
|-
|[[Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)|Blue Beetle]] (Theodore "Ted" Kord)
|''[[Countdown to Infinite Crisis|DC Countdown to Infinite Crisis]]'' (May 2005)
|Shot through the head by [[Maxwell Lord]].
|-
|[[Bushido (comics)|Bushido]] (Ryuko Orsono)
|''[[Infinite Crisis|Infinite Crisis #4]]'' (March 2006)
|Heat visioned in Half by [[Superboy-Prime]].
|-
|[[Captain Boomerang]] (George "Digger" Harkness)
|''[[Identity Crisis (comics)|Identity Crisis]]'' #5 (October 2004)
|Shot by his victim [[Jack Drake]].
|-
|[[Ch'p]]
|''[[Green Lantern: Mosaic]]'' #2 (July 1992)
|Run over by a yellow truck.
|-
|[[Clawster]]
|''[[Death of Superman]]''
|Killed by Doomsday.
|-
|[[Commander Steel]] (Henry "Hank" Heywood)
|''Eclipso'' #13 (November 1993)
|Caught in the detonation of the ''Sunburst 300'', while battling [[Eclipso]]'s forces.
|-
|[[Crimson Fox]] (Constance D'Aramis)
|''Starman'' Vol. 2 #38 (January 1998)
|Killed by the [[Mist (comics)|Mist]] as related in a flashback.
|-
|[[Crimson Fox]] (Vivian D'Aramis)
|''Justice League America #104'' (October 1995)
|Killed by Maurice Puanteur.
|-


|[[Doctor Mid-Nite#Beth Chapel|Dr. Midnight]] (Beth Chapel)
|''Eclipso'' #13 (November 1993)
|Killed by Eclipso.
|-
|[[Doctor Polaris]] (Neal Emerson)
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #1 (October 2005)
|Incinerated by the [[Human Bomb]].
|-
|[[Hawk and Dove|Dove]] (Don Hall)
|''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' #12 (March 1986)
|Killed by Shadow-creatures during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. Is remembered as being crushed by building debris instead.
|-
|[[Dream (comics)|Dream]] (Morpheus)
|''Sandman'' #69 (July 1995)
|Executed by the Furies for the crime of [[filicide]].
|-
|[[Doctor Mid-Nite#Charles McNider|Dr. Mid-Nite]]
|''[[Zero Hour (comics)|Zero Hour Crisis in Time]]'' #2 (1994)
|Killed by Extant.
|-
|[[Duela Dent]]
|''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'' #51 (May 2007)
|Shot by one of the new [[Monitors (comics)|Monitors]].
|-
|[[Elongated Man]] (Randolph William "Ralph" Dibny)
|''[[52 (comic book)|52]]'' #42 (February 2007)
|Killed by [[Neron]].
|-
|[[Firebrand (DC Comics)#Alex Sanchez|Firebrand]] (Alex Sanchez)
|''JSA: Secret Files'' #2 (September 2001)
|Stabbed in the neck by a [[Checkmate]] Knight in [[Roulette (DC Comics)|Roulette]]'s arena.
|-
|[[Firefly (comics)|Firefly]] (Garfield Lynns)
|''[[The OMAC Project]]'' #6 (November 2005)
|Burned to death by OMAC cyborg.
|-
|[[Flash (Barry Allen)|Flash]] (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen)
|''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' #8 (November 1985)
|Literally ran himself to death destroying the [[Anti-Monitor]]'s main weapon during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
|-
|[[Bart Allen|Flash]] (Bartholomew "Bart" Allen)
|''The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13'' (June 2007)
|Beaten to death by several of his [[Rogues (comics)|Rogues]].
|-
|[[Freedom Fighters (comics)|Freedom Fighters]]
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #1 (October 2005)
|Most murdered in an attack by the [[Secret Society of Super Villains|Society]].
|-
|[[Fury (DC Comics)|Fury]] (Hippolyta Trevor-Hall)
|''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #80 (February 2006)
|'Died' of exposure in the Himalayas. Her spirit was taken into the dreamtime by her son Daniel, the new [[Dream (comics)|Dream]] of the Endless.
|-
|[[Geist (comics)|Geist]] (Dwayne Geyer)
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #7 (2006)
|Killed by Superboy-Prime during the Battle of Metropolis.
|-
|[[General Glory]] (Donovan Wallace)
|''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #3 (2006)
|Killed by the ''Fourth Reich'' at his wedding.
|-

|[[Hank Hall|Hawk]] (Henry "Hank" Hall)
|''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #15 (October 2000)
|Placed in a crashing plane by [[Albert Rothstein|Atom Smasher]].
|-
|[[Hawkwoman#Shayera Thal|Hawkwoman]] (Shayera Thal)
|''[[Rann-Thanagar War]]'' #5 (November 2005)
|Killed by [[Blackfire]].
|-
|[[Hector Hall]]
|''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #80 (February 2006)
|Died of exposure in the Himalayas. His spirit was taken into the dreamtime by his son Daniel, the new [[Dream (comics)|Dream]] of the Endless.
|-
|[[Hitman (comics)|Hitman]] (Thomas "Tommy" Monaghan)
|''Hitman'' #60 (April 2001)
|Shot by Agent Truman's men while saving an old friend.
|-
|[[Human Bomb]] (Roy Lincoln)
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #1 (October 2005)
|Punched to death by [[Bizarro]] during Society ambush of Freedom Fighters.
|-
|[[Impala (DC Comics)|Impala]] (M'Bulaze)
|''JSA'' #28 (November 2001)
|Killed at some point in [[Roulette (DC Comics)|Roulette]]'s arena; his picture is shown with several others on her wall of Fallen Players of the House.
|-
|[[Indigo (comics)|Indigo]]
|''Outsiders'' Vol. 3 #25 (August 2005)
|When Indigo briefly regained control, she begs [[Metamorpho|Shift]] to kill her before the [[Brainiac (comics)#Brainiac 8|Brainiac 8]] persona could harm the people she loves. Shift, in tears, transforms her molecular structure into flesh, [...] her.
|-
|[[Isis (DC Comics)|Isis]] (Adrianna Tomez)
|''[[52 (comic book)|52]] #44 (March 2007)
|Killed in a battle with Apokolips' Four Horsemen; died in the arms of Black Adam.
|-
|[[Jack Drake]]
|''[[Identity Crisis (comics)|Identity Crisis]]'' #5 (October 2004)
|Killed by [[Captain Boomerang]]; impaled by a boomerang.
|-
|[[Jack T. Chance]]
|''Green Lantern'' Vol. 4 #22 (August 2007)
|Killed by [[Parallax (comics)|Parallax]].
|-
|[[Jade (comics)|Jade]] (Jennifer-Lynn Hayden)
|''[[Rann-Thanagar War|Rann-Thanagar War: Infinite Crisis Special]]'' (February 2006)
|Caught in an anti-matter energy blast while attempting to stop Alexander Luthor during [[Infinite Crisis]].
|-
|[[Jim Corrigan]]
|''Crisis Aftermath: The Spectre'' #3 (September 2006)
|Shot by Mal, the son of his victim [[Crispus Allen]].
|-
|[[Judomaster]] (Hadley "Rip" Jaggar)
|''Checkmate'' #12 (February 2007)
|Back broken by [[Bane (comics)|Bane]] during Battle of Metropolis.
|-

|[[Katma Tui]]
|''[[Action Comics]] Weekly'' #601 (May 1988)
|Murdered by [[Star Sapphire (comics)|Star Sapphire]].
|-
|[[KE'Haan|Ke'Haan]]
|''Green Lantern'' Vol. 4 #23 (September 2007)
|Killed by [[Anti-Monitor]].
|-
|[[KGBeast]] (Anatoli Knyazev)
|''[[Detective Comics]]'' #817 (May 2006)
|Was thrown off a roof and later found with two gunshot wounds to the head.
|-
|[[Kobra (comics)|Kobra]] (Jeffrey Franklin Burr)
|''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #51 (October 2003)
|[[Black Adam]] ripped his heart out.
|-

|[[Kreon]]
|''Green Lantern'' Vol. 4 #12 (July 2006)
|Killed by the [[Manhunters (comics)|Manhunters]].
|-

|[[Major Disaster]]
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #7 (June 2006)
|Neck snapped by Superboy-Prime.
|-
|[[Maxi-Man (comics)|Maxi-Man]] (Henry Hayes)
|''JSA'' #28 (November 2001)
|Killed at some point in [[Roulette (DC Comics)|Roulette]]'s arena; his picture is shown with several others on her wall of Fallen Players of the House.
|-
|[[Maxwell Lord]]
|''[[Wonder Woman]]'' #219 (July 2005)
|Neck snapped by Wonder Woman.
|-
|[[Mirror Master]] (Samuel Joseph Scudder)
|''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' #10 (January 1986)
|At the hands of [[Krona (comics)|Krona]] while arguing with fellow villains.
|-
|[[Mister America (DC Comics)|Mister America]] (Trey Thompson)
|''[[Justice Society of America]]'' #2 (January 2007)
|He was an FBI special agent who took justice into his own hands after a metahuman gun-for-hire murdered his wife, son, and brothers. Thompson himself was also murdered.
|-
|[[Mister Terrific (Terry Sloane)|Mister Terrific]] (Terry Sloane)
|''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #61 (July 2004)
|Killed by the Spirit King.
|-
|[[Mongal]]
|''Green Lantern'' Vol. 4 #8 (March 2006)
|Killed by her brother, [[Mongul#Mongul II|Mongul]].
|-

|[[Nemesis (DC Comics)|Nemesis]] (Soseh Mykros)
|''JSA'' #58 (April 2004)
|Killed by Eclipso in Kahndaq during the Black Reign story arc.
|-
|[[Lilith (DC Comics)|Omen]] (Lilith Clay)
|''[[Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day]]'' #2 (July 2003)
|Neck snapped by a rogue [[Superman]] Android.
|-
|[[Onimar Synn]]
|''[[Rann-Thanagar War]]'' #6 (December 2005)
|Defeated by a coalition of heroes and split into seven parts.
|-
|[[Orca (comics)|Orca]] (Dr. Grace Balin)
|''[[Detective Comics]]'' #819 (May 2006)
|Was found dead in sewers under Gotham City with a gunshot to the head.
|-
|[[Orpheus (comics)|Orpheus]] (Gavin King)
|''[[Legends of the Dark Knight]]'' #182 (October, 2004)
|Killed by [[Black Mask (comics)|Black Mask]] in A Plan to ambush Batman.
|-
|[[Osiris (DC Comics)|Osiris]] (Amon Tomaz)
|''[[52 (comic book)|52]]'' #43 (February 2007)
|Devoured by [[Sobek (comics)|Sobek]], a personification of one of the 'Four Horsemen'.
|-
|[[Overthrow (comics)|Overthrow]] (Arnold Daniel Beck)
|''[[The OMAC Project]]'' #2 (July 2005)
|Killed by [[OMAC (comics)|OMAC]].
|-
|[[Pantha]] and [[Wildebeest (comics)#Baby Wildebeest|Baby Wildebeest]]
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #4 May 2006
|Killed by Superboy-Prime.
|-
|[[Peacemaker (comics)|Peacemaker]] (Mitchell Black)
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #7 (June 2006)
|Killed by [[Prometheus (comics)|Prometheus]].
|-
|[[Phantom Lady#Dee Tyler|Phantom Lady]] (Delilah "Dee" Tyler)
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #1 (October 2005)
|Killed by [[Deathstroke]].
|-
|[[Power Boy]]
|''Teen Titans East Special'' #1 (November 2007)
|Accidentally killed by Hawk.
|-
|[[Psycho-Pirate#Roger Hayden|Psycho-Pirate]] (Roger Hayden)
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #6 (May 2006)
|Head crushed by [[Black Adam]].
|-
|[[Question (comics)|The Question]] (Charles Szasz)
|''[[52 (comic book)|52]]'' #38 (January 2007)
|Dies of lung cancer in [[Nanda Parbat]].
|-
|[[Ram (comics)|Ram]] (Takeo Yakata)
|''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]'' #28 (November 2001)
|Killed at some point in [[Roulette (DC Comics)|Roulette]]'s arena; his picture is shown with several others on her wall of Fallen Players of the House.
|-
|[[Ravager (comics)|Ravager]] (Bill Walsh)
|''Deathstroke the Terminator'' #4 (November 1991)
|Stabbed by Deathstroke the Terminator.
|-
|[[Rocket Red Brigade#Rocket Red # 4|Rocket Red]] (Dimitri Pushkin)
|''[[The OMAC Project]]'' #5 (August 2005)
|Killed when he deliberately overloaded his battlesuit's power supply to destroy [[OMAC (comics)|OMAC]]s during [[Infinite Crisis]].
|-
|[[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Sandman]] (Wesley Dodds)
|''[[Justice Society of America|JSA]]: Secret Files and Origins'' #1 (August 1999)
|Threw himself from a cliff in the Himalayas rather than reveal the identity of the new Dr. Fate to [[Mordru]].
|-
|[[Shazam (comics)|Shazam]]
|''[[Day of Vengeance]]'' #6 (November 2005)
|Killed by the [[Spectre (comics)|Spectre]] during his war on magic.
|-


|[[Sylvester Pemberton|Skyman]] (also known as Star Spangled Kid) (Sylvester Pemberton)
|''[[Infinity, Inc.]]'' #51 (June 1988)
|Killed by the poisonous touch of [[Mister Bones]], who was forced to touch Skyman by [[Solomon Grundy (comics)|Solomon Grundy]].
|-
|[[Spellbinder (DC Comics)#Delbert Billings|Spellbinder]] (Delbert Billings)
|''[[Detective Comics]]'' #691 (November 1995)
|Killed by [[Spellbinder (DC Comics)#Lady Spellbinder|Lady Spellbinder]].
|-
|[[Stephanie Brown|Spoiler]] (Stephanie Brown)
|''Batman'' #633 (December 2004)
|Tortured and the injuries led to her death by [[Black Mask (comics)|Black Mask]]. Medical care that may have saved her life was deliberately withheld by Dr. [[Leslie Thompkins]].
|-
|[[Deborah Camille Darnell|Star Sapphire]] (Deborah Camille Darnell)
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #6 (May 2006)
|Killed by [[Crispus Allen|Spectre]] for decapitating and slaughtering those who did not bow down before her. Her hatred for men has resulted in the torturous deaths of hundreds.
|-
|[[Sue Dibny]]
|''[[Identity Crisis (comics)|Identity Crisis]]'' #1 (June 2004)
|Accidentally slain by [[Jean Loring]].
|-
|[[Superboy (Kon-El)]]
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #6 (May 2006)
|Caught in the explosion of [[Alexander Luthor, Jr.|Alexander Luthor]]'s tower.
|-
|[[Kal-L|Superman (Kal-L)]]
|''[[Infinite Crisis]]'' #7 (June 2006)
|Beaten by Superboy-Prime, dies on the planet/Green Lantern [[Mogo]].
|-

|[[Tana Moon]]
|''Superboy'' Vol. 3 #74 (May 2000)
|Dies of the villainous Agenda Spence.
|-
|[[Terra (comics)|Terra]] (Tara Markov)
|''[[World War III (comics)|World War III]]'' #3 (April 2007)
|[[Black Adam]] punches through Terra's chest.
|-
|[[Time Trapper]]
|''[[Zero Hour (comics)|Zero Hour Crisis in Time]]'' #1 (September 1994)
|Killed by [[Parallax (comics)|Parallax]].
|-
|[[Tomar-Re]]
|''Green Lantern'' Vol. 2 #198 (March 1986)
|Killed by the [[Goldface]].
|-
|[[Trickster (comics)|Trickster]] (James Jesse also known as Giovanni Giuseppe)
|''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'' #22 (November 2007)
|Shot by [[Deadshot]], trying to save his friend the [[Pied Piper (comics)|Pied Piper]].
|-
|[[Ventriloquist (comics)|Ventriloquist]] (Arnold Wesker)
|''[[Detective Comics]]'' #818 (June 2006)
|Wesker and the Scarface dummy were both shot in the head.
|-
|[[Vigilante (comics)|Vigilante]] (Adrian Chase)
|''Vigilante'' #50 (February 1988)
|[...] after realizing he had gone mad.
|-
|[[Wildcat (Yolanda Montez)|Wildcat]] (Yolanda Montez)
|''Eclipso'' #13 (November 1993)
|Killed by Eclipso during infiltration mission.
|-
|[[Young Frankenstein (comics)|Young Frankenstein]]
|''[[World War III (comics)|World War III]]'' #3 (April 2007)
|Dies of injuries after [[Black Adam]] rips off his arms.
|}

===Marvel Comics===
[[Marvel Universe]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! |Character
! |Issue
! |Deceased
|-
|[[Ant-Man (Scott Lang)|Ant-Man]] (Scott Edward Harris Lang)
|''Avengers'' #500 (September 2004)
|Murdered by [[Scarlet Witch]] with an [[Avengers Disassembled|explosion]].
|-
|[[Ancient One]]
|''Dr. Strange '' #14
|Killed by [[Shuma-Gorath]].
|-
|[[Banshee (comics)|Banshee]] (Sean Cassidy)
|''[[X-Men: Deadly Genesis]]'' #2 (February 2006)
|Killed when the Blackbird crashed into a passenger airplane.
|-
|[[Baron Blood (comics)|Baron Blood]]
|''Captain America'' #254
|Decapitated by [[Captain America]].
|-
|[[Baron Zemo|Baron Heinrich Zemo]] (Dr. Heinrich Zemo)
|''Avengers'' #15 (April 1965)
|Crushed in an avalanche.
|-
|[[Betty Ross Banner]]
|''Hulk'' Vol. 2 #469 (October 1998)
|Expoxed to radiation poisoning; Bruce desperately tries to save her.
|-
|[[Bill Foster (comics)|Black Goliath]] (Dr. William Barrett "Bill" Foster)
|''[[Civil War (comic book)|Civil War]]'' #4 (September 2006)
|Killed by a clone of [[Thor (Marvel Comics)#Civil War|Thor]].
|-
|[[Captain America]] (Steven "Steve" Rogers)
|''Captain America'' Vol. 5 #25 (March 2007)
|Shot by a sniper, then shot three times in chest and stomach by a brainwashed [[Sharon Carter]].
|-
|[[Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)|Captain Mar-Vell]]
|''Marvel Graphic Novel'' #1 (1982)
|Cancer; although, his past self reappears in ''Civil War: The Return''.
|-
|[[Genis-Vell|Captain Marvel]] (Genis-Vell)
|''[[Thunderbolts (comics)|Thunderbolts]]'' #100 (March 2006)
|Torn apart by [[Baron Zemo]]
|-
|[[Carnage (comics)|Carnage]] (Cletus Cassidy)
|''[[New Avengers (comics)|New Avengers]]'' 1-2 (2004)
|Flown outside of Earth's atmosphere and torn apart by [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|The Sentry]].
|-
|[[Copycat (Marvel Comics)|Copycat]] (Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle)
|''Deadpool'' #59 (December 2001)
|Killed by [[Sabretooth (comics)|Sabretooth]].
|-
|[[Cypher (comics)|Cypher]] (Douglas Ramsey)
|''[[New Mutants]]'' #60 (1988)
|Jumped in the path of a bullet meant for [[Wolfsbane (comics)|Wolfsbane]].
|-
|[[Darkstar (comics)|Darkstar]] (Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #255 (October 2002)
|Killed by [[Fantomex]] after being controlled by [[Huntsman (comics)|Weapon XII]].
|-
|[[Destiny (Irene Adler)|Destiny]] (Irene Adler)
|''[[The Uncanny X-Men]]'' #255 (December 1989)
|Killed by [[Legion (Marvel Comics)|Legion]].
|-
|[[Dinah Soar]]
|''[[Great Lakes Avengers|GLA]]'' #1 (June 2005)
|Killed by [[MaelstroM (comics)|Maelstrom]].
|-
|[[DJ (comics)|DJ]] (Mark Sheppard)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #23 (April 2006)
|Missile struck by William Stryker on bus of depowered students.
|-
|[[Doctor Sun]]
|''Fantastic Four'' #321
|Killed by [[H.E.R.B.I.E.]].
|-
|[[Dryad (comics)|Dryad]] (Callie Betto)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #23 (April 2006)
|Missile struck by William Stryker on bus of depowered students.
|-
|[[Egghead (comics)|Egghead]] (Elihas Starr)
|''Avengers'' #230
|Gun misfired, accidentally [...] himself.
|-
|[[Feral (comics)|Feral]] (Maria Callasantos)
|''Wolverine'' Vol. 3 #54 (July 2007)
|Killed by [[Sabretooth (comics)|Sabretooth]]
|-
|[[Guardian (Marvel Comics)|Guardian]] (James MacDonald Hudson)
|''New Avengers'' #16 (April 2006)
|Killed by [[Weapon Omega|The Collective]].
|-
|[[Gertrude Yorkes]]
|''[[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]]'' #18 (July 2006)
|Stabbed by [[Geoffrey Wilder]].
|-
|[[Glenn Talbot]]
|''INCredible Hulk'' #260 (June 1981)
|Killed when the [[War Wagon (comics)|War Wagon]] crashes in Japan while fighting the [[Hulk (comics)|Hulk]] and the feedback fries his brain.
|-
|[[Grand Director]]
|''Captain America'' #236
|Committed [...].
|-
|[[Grasshopper (comics)|Grasshopper]] (Doug Taggert)
|''[[Great Lakes Avengers|GLA]]'' #2 (July 2005)
|Killed by [[Zaran]].
|-
|[[Gwen Stacy]]
|''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #121 (June 1973)
|Died falling from the top of the Brooklyn Bridge during a battle between Spider-Man and the [[Green Goblin]].
|-
|[[Hornet (comics)#Hornet (Eddie McDonough)|Hornet]] (Eddie McDonough)
|''Wolverine '' (vol. 3) #23
|Killed by a brain-washed [[Wolverine (comics)|Wolverine]].
|-
|[[Icarus (comics)|Icarus]] (Jay Guthrie)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #27 (August 2006)
|Killed by Rev. [[William Stryker]]
|-
|[[Jack of Hearts]] (Jack Hart)
|''Avengers'' (vol. 3) #76 (January 2004)
|Committed [...] in space via self explosion.
|-
|[[Jack O'Lantern (Marvel Comics)|Jack O'Lantern]] (Steven Mark Levins)
|''[[Civil War (comic book)|Civil War]]'' #5 (November 2006)
|Killed by [[Punisher|The Punisher]].
|-
|[[Jarella]]
|''Incredible Hulk'' #205 (November 1976)
|Crushed by debris while pushing a boy out of the way during a battle between the Hulk and Crypto-Man.
|-
|[[Jean DeWolff]]
|''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' #107
|Shot in the chest by the [[Sin-Eater (comics)|Sin-Eater]].
|-
|[[Jester (Marvel Comics)|Jester]] (Jody Putt)
|''[[Civil War (comic book)|Civil War]]'' #5 (November 2006)
|Killed by [[Punisher|The Punisher]].
|-
|[[Jim Wilson (comics)|Jim Wilson]]
|''Incredible Hulk'' #420 (August 1994)
|Dies of AIDS, with Hulk by his side.
|-
|[[Karen Page]]
|''Daredevil'' Vol. 2 #5 (March 1999)
|Killed by [[Bullseye (comics)|Bullseye]].
|-
|[[Kraven the Hunter]] (Sergei Kravinoff)
|''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' Vol. 1 #294 (November 1987)
|Shot himself in the head after defeating and impersonating [[Spider-Man]].
|-
|[[Maggott]] (Japheth)
|''[[Weapon X]]'' #5 (March 2003)
|Executed in a gas chamber at the Neverland Concentration Camp.
|-
|[[Magik (comics)|Magik]] (Ilyana Rasputin)
|''[[The Uncanny X-Men]]'' #303 (August 1993)
|[[Legacy Virus]].
|-
|[[Major Mapleleaf#Major Mapleleaf (Lou Sadler Jr.)|Major Mapleleaf]] (Louis Sadler Jr.)
|''[[New Avengers]]'' #16 (April 2006)
|Killed by [[Xorn#The Collective|The Collective]].
|-
|[[Mariko Yashida]]
|''Wolverine'' #57 (1992)
|Poisoned by [[Matsu'o Tsurayaba]] and [[Silver Fox]].
|-
|[[Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde)|Mastermind]] (Jason Wyngarde)
|''Uncanny X-Men Annual'' #17 (1993)
|[[Legacy Virus]].
|-
|[[Meggan]]
|''[[The Uncanny X-Men]]'' #465 (December 2005)
|Sacrificed herself in order to save all of reality.
|-
|[[Microbe (comics)|Microbe]] (Zachary Smith Jr.)
|''[[Civil War (comic book)|Civil War]]'' #1 (May 2006)
|Caught in explosion created by [[Nitro (comics)|Nitro]].
|-
|[[Miss America (Marvel Comics)|Miss America]] (Madeline Joyce)
|''Giant-Size Avengers'' #1
|Died giving birth to her child.
|-
|[[Mockingbird (Marvel Comics)|Mockingbird]] (Barbara "Bobbi" Morse-Barton)
|''Avengers West Coast'' #100 (November 1993)
|Died fighting [[Mephisto (comics)|Mephisto]].
|-
|[[Moira MacTaggert]]
|''X-Men'' Vol. 2 #109
|Murdered by [[Mystique (comics)|Mystique]].
|-
|[[Squirrel Girl#Monkey Joe|Monkey Joe]]
|''[[Great Lakes Avengers|GLA]]'' #3 (August 2005)
|Killed by Leather Boy.
|-
|[[Mysterio]] (Quentin Beck)
|''Daredevil'' Vol. 2 #7 (1999)
|Committed [...] after being diagnosed with a tumor.
|-
|[[Namorita]] (Namorita "Nita" Prentiss)
|''[[Civil War (comic book)|Civil War]]'' #1 (May 2006)
|Caught in explosion created by [[Nitro (comics)|Nitro]].
|-
|[[Nate Grey]]
|''X-Man'' #75 (2001)
|Sacrificed himself to stop an alien race from [...] the human race and harvesting their mitochondria.
|-
|[[Ned Leeds]]
|''Spider-Man Vs. Wolverine'' #1
|Killed by the [[Foreigner (comics)|Foreigner's]] mercenaries.
|-
|[[Network (comics)#Network (Sarah Vale)|Network]] (Sarah Vale)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #23 (April 2006)
|Missile struck by William Stryker on bus of depowered students.
|-
|[[Night Thrasher]] (Dwayne Michael Taylor)
|''[[Civil War (comic book)|Civil War]]'' #1 (May 2006)
|Caught in explosion created by [[Nitro (comics)|Nitro]].
|-
|[[Puck (comics)|Puck]] (Eugene Milton Judd)
|''[[New Avengers]]'' #16 (April 2006)
|Killed by The Collective.
|-
|[[Puck (comics)#Puck (Zuzha Yu)|Puck]] (Zuzha Yu)
|''[[New Avengers]]'' #16 (April 2006)
|Killed by The Collective.
|-
|[[Pyro (comics)|Pyro]] (St. John Allerdyce)
|''Cable'' #87 (January 2001)
|[[Legacy Virus]].
|-
|[[Quasar (comics)|Quasar]] (Wendell Elvis Vaughn)
|''[[Annihilation (comics)|Annihilation]]: Nova'' #4 (July 2006)
|Killed by [[Annihilus]].
|-
|[[Quill (comics)#Quill (Max Jordan)|Quill]] (Maxwell Jordan)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #27 (August 2006)
|Shot by William Stryker's "Purifiers".
|-
|[[Revanche]] (Kwannon)
|''X-Men'' #32 (May 1994)
|Killed by her lover when she contracted the [[Legacy Virus]].
|-
|[[Rintrah (comics)|Rintrah]]
|''Dr. Strange Sorcerer Supreme'' #52 (April 1993)
|Killed smashing enscrolled talisman of Tartessus.
|-
|[[Risque (comics)|Risque]] (Gloria Muñoz)
|''New X-Men Annual'' 2001
|Killed by the [[U-Men (comics)|U-Men]].
|-
|[[Rubbermaid (comics)|Rubbermaid]] (Andrea Margulies)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #23 (2006)
|Missile struck by [[William Stryker]] on bus of depowered students.
|-
|[[Sabretooth (comics)|Sabretooth]] (Victor Creed)
|''Wolverine'' #55 (2007)
|Beheaded by Wolverine with the Muramasa Blade, a sword that blocks the healing factor.
|-
|[[Ben Reilly|Scarlet Spider]] (Ben Reilly/2nd Spiderman)
|''Spider-Man'' #75 (December 1996)
|Killed by the [[Green Goblin]].
|-
| [[Shaman (comics)|Shaman]] (Michael Twoyoungmen)
|''[[New Avengers]]'' #16 (April 2006)
|Killed by The Collective.
|-
|[[Sin-Eater (comics)|Sin-Eater]] (Stanley Carter)
|''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' #136 (March 1988)
|Shot by police when he suicidally attacks them, in order to defeat the Sin-Eater persona.
|-
|[[Skin (comics)|Skin]] (Angelo Espinosa)
|''[[The Uncanny X-Men]] #423''
|Killed by the [[Church of Humanity (comics)|Church of Humanity]].
|-
|[[Spencer Smythe]]
|''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #192 (May 1979)
|Radiation poisoning.
|-
|[[Supreme Intelligence]]
|''Annihilation'' #5 (December 2006)
|Mercy-killed by [[Ronan the Accuser]] after being lobotomized.
|-
|[[Synch (comics)|Synch]] (Everett Thomas)
|''Generation X'' #70
|Explosion whilst attempting to save fellow students.
|-
|[[Tag (comics)|Tag]] (Brian Cruz)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #23 (April 2006)
|Missile struck by William Stryker on bus of depowered students.
|-
|[[Tarantula (Marvel Comics)|Tarantula]] (Anton Rodriguez)
|''[[The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' #236 (January 1983)
|Jumps off of a building after being mutated into a giant spider.
|-
|[[Thanos]]
|''Annihilation'' #4 (November 2006)
|Heart torn out by [[Drax the Destroyer]].
|-
|[[Thunderstrike (Eric Masterson)]]
|''Thunderstrike'' #24 (1995)
|Died fighting the curse of the [[Bloodaxe (comics)|Bloodaxe]].
|-
|[[Torpedo (Marvel Comics)|Torpedo]]
|''[[Rom (comics)|Rom]]'' #24
|Killed by the [[Dire Wraith]]s.
|-
|[[Vindicator (comics)|Vindicator]] (Heather MacNeil Hudson)
|''[[New Avengers]]'' #16 (April 2006)
|Killed by The Collective.
|-
|[[Wallflower (comics)|Wallflower]] (Laurie Collins)
|''[[New X-Men]]'' #25 (June 2006)
|Shot in the head.
|}

====Ultimate Marvel====
[[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate Marvel Universe]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! |Character
! |Issue
! |Deceased
|-
|[[Carnage (comics)#Ultimate Carnage|Carnage]]
|''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #64
|Killed by [[Ultimate Spider-Man|Spider-Man]] after being thrown into a smokestack, later [[cloning|cloned]] by [[Ultimate Nick Fury|Nick Fury]].
|-
|[[Alternate versions of Gambit#Ultimate Gambit|Gambit]]
|''Ultimate X-Men Annual'' #1
|Energy drained by [[Rogue (comics)#Ultimate Rogue|Rogue]] after being fatally injured by [[Juggernaut (comics)#Ultimate Juggernaut|Juggernaut]].
|-
|[[Green Goblin#Ultimate Green Goblin|Green Goblin]]
|''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #117 (December 2007)
|After he killed his own son, he willing to perform by [[S.H.I.E.L.D.#Ultimate S.H.I.E.L.D.|S.H.I.E.L.D.]] to accurately discharge.
|-
|[[Gwen Stacy#Ultimate Gwen Stacy|Gwen Stacy]]
|''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #62
|Killed by [[Carnage (comics)#Ultimate Carnage|Carnage]].
|-
|[[Harry Osborn#Ultimate Harry Osborn|Harry Osborn]]
|''Ultimate Spider-Man'' #117 (December 2007)
|Killed by his father, the [[Green Goblin#Ultimate Green Goblin|Green Goblin]].
|-
|[[Jean DeWolff#Ultimate Jeanne De Wolfe|Jeanne De Wolfe]]
|''Ultimate Spider-Man'' Annual #2
|Killed by [[Punisher#Ultimate Marvel|Punisher]].
|}

====Marvel MC2 Universe====
[[MC2]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! |Character
! |Issue
! |Deceased
|-
|[[Aunt May#MC2|Aunt May]]
|''Death revealed in Spider-Girl''
|Natural Causes.
|-
|[[Alternate versions of Captain America#MC2|Captain America]] (Steve Rogers)
|''MC2: Last Hero Standing''
|Fatally wounded by [[Loki (comics)#MC2|Loki]]; transformed into a star, in the shape of his own shield, by [[Thor (Marvel Comics)|Thor]].
|-
|[[Carnage (comics)#MC2 Carnage|Carnage Symbiote]]
|''The Amazing Spider-Girl #12''
|Destroyed by Spider-Girl with [[Reverb (comics)|Reverb]]'s sonic-wave equipment.
|-
|[[Venom (comics)#MC2|Venom Symbiote]]
|''Spider-Girl #100''
| Sacrifices itself to save Spider-Girl by confronting the [[Hobgoblin (comics)#MC2|Hobgoblin]].
|-
|[[Wonder Man#MC2|Wonder Man]]
|''Death revealed in A-Next''
|Starved of life-giving serum by Baron Zemo.
|-
|}

===Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles===
[[Mirage Studios| Mirage Studios Universe]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! |Character
! |Issue
! |Deceased
|-|
|[[Baxter Stockman]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4 #9
|The remains of Baxter Stockman are destroyed by Donatello after he learns that Stockman has caused [[April O'Neil]] to become infertile as a result of the nanobots he injected her with in TMNT Vol. 2.
|-
|[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters#Gabrielle|Gabrielle]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1 #58
|Dies due to complications during childbirth
|-
|[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters#Klunk|Klunk]]
|''Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 2 #9''
|Klunk is hit by a car.
|-
|[[Rat King]]
|''Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1 #4
|The Rat King's physical body is killed after falling into a silo. However his spirit appeared later on in the ''City at War'' series.
|-
|[[Shredder (TMNT)|Shredder]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1 #21''
|Decapitated by [[Leonardo (TMNT)|Leonardo]].
|-
|[[Splinter (TMNT)|Splinter]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4 #10''
|Died of unknown reasons, presumed to have died of a heart attack.
|-
|}
====Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures====
[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Archie Comics)|Archie Universe]]
{| Class="wikitable"
|-
! |Character
! |Issue
! |Deceased
|-
|[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters#Dreadmon|Dreadmon]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #54''
|Killed by Androids Lynch, Dead-Eye, Waster, and Fist.
|-
|[[Jagwar]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #54''
|Killed by Androids Lynch, Dead-Eye, Waster, and Fist.
|-
|[[Leatherhead (TMNT)|Leatherhead]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #54''
|Killed by Androids Lynch, Dead-Eye, Waster, and Fist.
|-
|[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters#Mondo Gecko|Mondo Gecko]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #54''
|Killed by Androids Lynch, Dead-Eye, Waster, and Fist.
|-
|[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters#Ray Fillet|Ray Fillet]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #54''
|Killed by Androids Lynch, Dead-Eye, Waster, and Fist.
|-
|Sarnath
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #50''
|Sarnath sacrifices himself by collapsing a black hole that was threatening the universe, using the turnstone's powers.
|-
|[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters#Wingnut|Screwloose]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #54''
|Killed by Androids Lynch, Dead-Eye, Waster, and Fist.
|-
|[[Slash (TMNT)|Slash]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #57''
|Slash sacrifices himself to give the Turtles a chance to escape from Malinga's hive ship which plunges into the sun.
|-
|[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters#Wingnut|Wingnut]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #54''
|Killed by Androids Lynch, Dead-Eye, Waster, and Fist.
|-
|[[List of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters#Scumbug|Wyrm & Scumbug]]
|''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #52''
|Turned to crystal by Toxzeem and then subsequently shattered (albeit by accident) by McIntyre and Squint.
|-
|}

==References==
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== See also ==
[[Comic book death]]

[[Category:Comics characters]]
[[Category:Lists of comics characters|Dead]]

List of dead comic book characters

See Also

Villains of Pugad Baboy

List of characters in Astro City series

Amy the Squirrel

Homicron

Venus (comic)