List of superheroes who have stayed dead

No resurrections (Phoenix, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, dozens of others), clones (Goodwin/Simonson Manhunter), manifestation as ghosts or demons (Deadman, Ghost Rider) permitted. Dead, and then that’s it, no return. Visits in the afterlife permitted. Costumed superheroes only (Rick Flagg from Suicide Squad doesn’t count).

Lets see…

The Flash (Barry Allen)
Ferrous Lad (LSH)
Kole (New Teen Titans)
Captain Marvel
Goldstar (Booster Gold’s sister)

Ferro Lad did come back in one of the reboots. Chemical King of the LSH has stayed dead.

Argh.

How about the Jason Robin.?
Not to mention my favorite, 1/3 of Triplicate Girl back in the 1960s.

Does the original Proty count?

There are several characters used in one-off appearances that got bumped off at the end of their stories. There’s the really original Supergirl, pre-Danvers, in her orange and green costume from the 1950s, for instance. Or, IIRC, some of the Bizarro Supermen. Although I guess they’re not really heros.

What about Toro the original Human Torch’s bed warmer? He’s dead isn’t he?

Nope, he’s back, as Red Hood.

Back; Rebooted; Out of Continuity, in that order.

I think Chemical King may have been back in one of the Legion reboots - his death is certainly out of continuity.

I was going to say half of the Doom Patrol, but it looks like they Sledge Hammered* them a couple of years ago.

*Sledge Hammer: The Early Years.

I’m fairly (but not fully) certain Chemical King has stayed dead. If you are going to take current continuity, ever-changing as it is, into account, this is going to be way more difficult.

Earth-2 Bruce Wayne then?

I think the original Thunderbird of the X-Men has stayed amongst the non-living. He’d be about the only X-Man to manage that.

Now that I think on it, Skin and Synch of Generation X have been dead for a minute or two without coming back. If only they’d been in a more popular book. :frowning:

How did they explain that one?

An alternate Superboy got pissed off and punched reality so hard that dead Jason got switched with one from an alternate reality where “Robin Lives” won the vote.

Superboy’s reality punches are also the explanation for every retcon and continuity error since Crisis on Infinite Earths. Hawkman? Donna Troy? Doom Patrol? Reality Punch.

I want a crossover with Marvel where Superboy-Prime punches Scarlet Witch, thus destroying all casuality everywhere.

The original Bucky is still dead, as far as I know.

Nope.

Zombified by the commies. Now called “the Winter Soldier”.

Nope, back as the Winter Soldier as of three or four months ago.

Spoilers for the crisis that is infinite:

Ted Kord as Blue Beetle was killed in the IC titles and still seems to be dead in OYL canon (there’s a new Blue Beetle, can’t remember his name). But maybe it’s too early to be hedging bets…

How is that story line anyway? I’m not a big Captain America fan, but this seemed pretty interesting.

As far as I know, three of the four DC Sandmen (Sandmans?) who’ve so far died have stayed that way: Wesley Dodds, Garrett Sanford and Dream/Morpheus.

I believe Hector Hall is currently dead again, too, but he’s been through the Pearly Revolving Door nearly as often as the Dalai Lama.

I don’t usually join in these comics threads as its been quite a while since I read them…and then I read the more obscure comics from independant studios and such. I remember though a comic series where in the end ALL the ‘super hero’s’ died. It was about a special process that allowed humans to gain super powers (in response to an alien invasion IIRC), but randomly inside of a year they would die…sometimes quietly, sometimes spectaularly (I recall one went up like an atomic bomb…luckily in the midst of an alien horde). I can’t recall the name of the comic now (it was Strike Force something…Moriorty or Moriarty…something like that).

Anyway, it certainly fit the bill as EVERY superhero died in the end. I only read 5 or 6 issues but someone died in every one of them.

-XT