


In Death of the Family, it looked like Deadshot had been killed off.Even when we're shown the body floating up in water (like in the end of L'Île maudite). Alix: Arbaces seems to die at least one in almost every album he appears in.Most notably, Wolverine is blown up leaving nothing but a skeleton behind, and regenerates his entire body from part of his brain which survived inside his skull. Various characters with healing factors, e.g.Characters who cause Hydra Problems tend to also do this at least once before it's made clear that almost killing them helps them. Often results in Who Needs Their Whole Body? Because of this trope, any Genre Savvy character will Make Sure He's Dead. This can also be a character who's Made of Iron because they're just that strong. If a villain does this a lot, it's probably because they have Joker Immunity. Not to be confused with The Undead or Back from the Dead. It can be shown by having their eyes open, hand poking out of rubble, or fingers twitch. There may or may not be some overlap with Staying Alive. Often happens after not finding the body. Either way, the fight isn't over yet.Ĭompare Only Mostly Dead and Almost Dead Guy. Maybe they were spared by a healing spell - or in more drastic cases, upgraded to One-Winged Angel status by way of Emergency Transformation, or a case of We Can Rebuild Him.

Maybe they were rescued from certain death by their right-hand man. On the contrary, they're back, ready for more, and madder than hell.

Any situation where the bad guy has been dealt a mortal blow which they could not possibly have survived, and it looks as though The Hero has won - but a couple of scenes later comes the twist: they're Not Quite Dead.
