I was gobsmacked by the shooting death of cypher from new mutants
And you?
I was gobsmacked by the shooting death of cypher from new mutants
And you?
Danny’s senseless death in the final issue of Powerman & Iron Fist left me damn near in tears.
Yeah, that really got to me too. I actually cried. It was the most morbid death probably in Marvel comics history. And it happened to someone so young. My young self was shocked.
I was also shocked by the death of Jean Grey. Though, I was too young to read it in its original run I read it in Classic X-Men. It actually affected me. Before I raed comics I didn't think much of them but I was shocked that comics could be that way and could touch you so much.
Anyway, my pick is Nightcrawlers sacrifice in 'Second Coming'. Kurt wasn't a fave among editorial at the time and it was all about Cyclops and Wolverine. They were using him less and less and it was only a matter of time. I actually thought they wouldn't bring him back and that's what made it really hurt.
Thanks. My feelings about Doug exactly.
Also deeply shocked by the death of Tom baker's Dr who...
Outside of comics, I would say the "death" of Larry Talbot in House of Frankenstein. This was early '71 and just starting to watch those old horror films when I caught the first pairing of the Frankenstein Monster, Dracula, and the Wolf Man. This was the first time I saw the latter and while he scared me like no other screen fiend had up to then or would later do so in the future, it was impossible not to feel sympathy for him since he couldn't control his change into a werewolf. When Marcus Welby's nurse kills him near the end, while I knew it had to happen, it still saddened five-year-old me. Only later on I found out monsters died and were resurrected constantly in films years before characters in comics did it.
A bat! That's it! It's an omen.. I'll shall become a bat!
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Nothing comes close to either one of these.
I’ll don the mask and wear the cape
If I am super, how can I wait?
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I was 8 or 9 when Gwen Stacy died. I couldn't believe it. Superheroes never failed, and they especially weren't possibly even partially responsible for their supporting players demise.
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In Y The Last Man when Ampersand died. I actually wept.
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"When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis
“It’s your party and you can cry if you want to.” - Captain Europe
Gwen was a shock, and her death still resonates.
I am also still pissed they let Kevin Smith kill Karen Page.
The death of Kathy in the Vertigo Shade the Changing Man hit me hard.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Hopefully this counts, but my choice would be...
Genis-Vell
"Good-bye. Good luck. Good riddance."
The first characters I remember being deceased were Ferro Lad and Gwen Stacy, but I came after the fact for both of them. Regarding Gwen, I started reading Spidey when her clone was running around town. I must have had a thing for platinum blondes back then because both her and Lucy Lane were my first comic-book crushes for their respective companies.
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