Most Overused Comic Plot lines

[Tami]

1. New authors to rewriting history: the previous Plot Line was all wrong (A Fever Dream/Alternate Universe/No Explanation Given/etc.).

2. Damsel (or male equivalent) in Distress. Especially if it is a love interest.

3. ____ Destroys the Universe (over and over again).

4. My father was an alien (god, demon, whatever).

[DanMad1977]

They did! Then they brought her back in order to "fix" the Spiderman comics.

Yes, in one of the best issues to date...but nooo
Norman Osborns death was also perfect...but nooo
Kravens death was perfect....but nooo

This may be my most overused plot...bringing back dead characters

[Tami]

Yes, in one of the best issues to date...but nooo
Norman Osborns death was also perfect...but nooo
Kravens death was perfect....but nooo

This may be my most overused plot...bringing back dead characters

Even worse, killing off characters just so that you can bring back. Does anyone seriously believe that big names like Superman and Captain America can remain dead for long?

[DanMad1977]

Even worse, killing off characters just so that you can bring back. Does anyone seriously believe that big names like Superman and Captain America can remain dead for long?

Thats even the worst thing, yes. Superman and Captain America were in the news the day they died. Good publicity getting them out in the open, but for a comic book reader its just a roll eyes moment.

[Jack Dracula]

Even worse, killing off characters just so that you can bring back. Does anyone seriously believe that big names like Superman and Captain America can remain dead for long?

It does sell a lot of comics though, which is really the point. People have to get their limited-edition, red-chromium, holographic, plastic sealed with a trading card "Death of.." issue.
It might be worth a fortune someday.

[icctrombone]

All the terrible things that have been happening to the hero is, because an arch villain thought to be dead, is actually alive and has been masterminding it all.