# Which comic book characters are currently dead?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-characters-are-currently-dead/502727>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 12, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-characters-are-currently-dead/502727 "2009-07-12T01:27:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-characters-are-currently-dead/502727/41 "2009-07-14T21:07:24Z")

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> [@Mollie\_Magill](#):
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> I thought the rule was, “Only Bucky and Uncle Ben will remain dead,”

Not so much a rule, apparently – more of a guideline.

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**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-characters-are-currently-dead/502727/42 "2009-07-14T22:45:07Z")

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> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#):
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> I may just change my username to “Currently Dead.”

How about “Dead (pending retcon)”.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-characters-are-currently-dead/502727/43 "2009-07-15T01:02:22Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Apparently no one’s been cast for the movie, which will start filming next year.

Michael Keaton’s available.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-comic-book-characters-are-currently-dead/502727/44 "2009-07-15T01:02:48Z")

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Generalissimo Francisco Franco, as featured in a rare “lost edition” of _The Tick vs. Spider-Man_.

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