Every Character's Death and Resurrection

[Slimybug]

Just how many characters have been killed and resurrected in DC Comics, and what is the average timespan between the two events? Let's have a look.


Lightning Lad
Death: Adventure Comics #304, January 1963
Return: Adventure Comics #312, September 1963

Barry Allen
Death: Crisis on Infinite Earths #8, Nov. 1985
Return: Final Crisis, 2008
Timespan: 23 years

Metamorpho
1st Death: Outsiders #28 Feb 1988
Return: Invasion #3 Feb 1989
Timespan: 1 year

2nd Death: JLA #1 Jan 1997
Return: Doom Patrol #4 March 2002
Timespan: 6 years

Jason Todd
Death: Batman #428, Dec. 1988
Return: 2005
Timespan: 17 years

Superman
Death: Superman #75, Jan. 1993
Return: Exact issue unknown, ca 1993.
Timespan: Less than a year.

Hawk
Death: Zero Hour, 1994
Return: Blackest Night, 2010

Green Arrow
Death: Green Arrow #101 Oct 1995
Return: Green Arrow #1 April 2001
Timespan: 5.7 years


Hal Jordan
Death: The Final Night, 1996
Return: Green Lantern: Rebirth, 2005
Timespan: 9 years.


Donna Troy
Death: Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day #3, Aug. 2003
Return: DC Special: The Return of Donna Troy, 2005
Timespan: 2 years.

Jade
Death: Infinite Crisis, 2006
Return: Blackest Night, 2010
Timespan: 4 years

J'onn J'onzz
Death: Final Crisis #1, 2008
Return: Blackest Night, May 2010
Timespan: 2 years

Batman
Death: Final Crisis, 2009
Return: Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne, 2010
Timespan: 1 year

Others
Arsenal (Roy Harper)
Kilowog (and a bunch of the corps)
The Question (Vic Sage)
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Karate Kid 1 (Legion of Super Heroes)
Blok (Legion)
Sun Boy (Legion)
Element Lad (Legion)
Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg)
Chemical King
Mon-El
Laurel Gand
Magnetic Kid
1/3 of Triplicate Girl


Characters that have remained dead
The Golden Age: Atom, Hourman
Others: Don Hall/Dove, Katma Tui, Kole, Ferro Lad (Legion), Azreal

[silly]

Did not know that Jade was dead. I thought I saw her lately with her brother in an event lately.

[Batgrayson]

Just how many characters have been killed and resurrected in DC Comics, and what is the average timespan between the two events? Let's have a look.

Others: Jade

Alan's daughter? She was resurrected at the end of Blackest Night, and returned again at the end of Doomsday Clock. She was on Infinite Frontier one shot, too.

Don Hall/Dove is another one who has never been revived, and when there's a reboot, he is already dead and Dawn is Dove II.

[jb681131]

Ra's Al Ghul multiple times.

Jason Todd (Robin / Red Hood).

Alfred Pennyworth recently.

[hotroddii]

Katma Tui has never returned

[K7P5V]

Katma Tui has never returned

Neither has Holly Granger (A.K.A. Hawk)

[CPSparkles]

Damian Wayne
Batman Inc - April 2013
returned - Feb 15


Damian Wayne
died - new 52 RSOB
returned - same issue

[Digifiend]

Hourman didn't stay dead. The android one took his place.

[liwanag]

how long has don hall been dead now?

[Captain Nostalgia]

I don't really want to do the leg work but...

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
Arsenal (Roy Harper)
Kilowog (and a bunch of the corps)
The Question (Vic Sage)
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Hawk
Supergirl
Robin (Jason Todd)
Karate Kid 1 (Legion of Super Heroes)
Blok (Legion)
Sun Boy (Legion)
Element Lad (Legion)


Stayed Dead

Kole
Ferro Lad (Legion)
The original Dove (pretty sure he got knocked off in the original Crisis)
Azreal (Pretty sure he's gone to)

That's all that I can think of.

[Batgrayson]

Don Hall has been dead for 36 years, since CoIE. He was alive at some point in the past after reboots from CoIE and also the New52, but still dead in the present.

Azrael, Jean Paul, wasn't revived pre-Flashpoint, but thanks to New52, he was reintroduced on bat-titles.

[Zero Hunter]

Green Arrow
Death: Green Arrow #101 Oct 1995
Return: Green Arrow #1 April 2001
Timespan: 5.7 years

Metamorpho
1st Death: Outsiders #28 Feb 1988
Return: Invasion #3 Feb 1989
Timespan: 1 year

2nd Death: JLA #1 Jan 1997
Return: Doom Patrol #4 March 2002
Timespan: 6 years

[Digifiend]

Those dates look wrong, they overlap! I assume that should be 1989?

I don't really want to do the leg work but...

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
Arsenal (Roy Harper)
Kilowog (and a bunch of the corps)
The Question (Vic Sage)
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Hawk
Supergirl
Robin (Jason Todd)
Karate Kid 1 (Legion of Super Heroes)
Blok (Legion)
Sun Boy (Legion)
Element Lad (Legion)


Stayed Dead

Kole
Ferro Lad (Legion)
The original Dove (pretty sure he got knocked off in the original Crisis)
Azreal (Pretty sure he's gone to)

That's all that I can think of.

Supergirl was notably rebooted, not resurrected - her silver age adventures are one of the few things that still definitely isn't canon in Infinite Frontier.

Azrael was used as recently as Justice League Odyssey. If he was resurrected, it was off panel and caused by the New 52 reboot.

So is Shazam - pre-Flashpoint, the Wizard had died, so Billy became the new Wizard and Freddy was Captain Marvel. In New 52, of course, he was rebooted. Though the Wizard is now dead again, which has caused Billy's powers to fritz, something Teen Titans Academy will be exploring.

[jamgut]

I don't really want to do the leg work but...

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
Arsenal (Roy Harper)
Kilowog (and a bunch of the corps)
The Question (Vic Sage)
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Hawk
Supergirl
Robin (Jason Todd)
Karate Kid 1 (Legion of Super Heroes)
Blok (Legion)
Sun Boy (Legion)
Element Lad (Legion)


Stayed Dead

Kole
Ferro Lad (Legion)
The original Dove (pretty sure he got knocked off in the original Crisis)
Azreal (Pretty sure he's gone to)

That's all that I can think of.

More from the Legion:

Lightning Lad
Invisible Kid (Lyle Norg)
Chemical King
Mon-El
Laurel Gand
Magnetic Kid
1/3 of Triplicate Girl

[jaygon]

I don't really want to do the leg work but...

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
Arsenal (Roy Harper)
Kilowog (and a bunch of the corps)
The Question (Vic Sage)
Blue Beetle (Ted Kord)
Hawk
Supergirl
Robin (Jason Todd)
Karate Kid 1 (Legion of Super Heroes)
Blok (Legion)
Sun Boy (Legion)
Element Lad (Legion)




Stayed Dead

Kole
Ferro Lad (Legion)
The original Dove (pretty sure he got knocked off in the original Crisis)
Azreal (Pretty sure he's gone to)

That's all that I can think of.

Did Kole appear in Heroes in Crisis?