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marvel - Which character in a comic book adaptation returned after staying dead the longest?


Many characters die in comicbook movies and shows, only to come back to life later, in some form or another. Which one stayed dead for the longest period of time.


To qualify, the character must:




  • Must have existed in the show/movie before death.

  • Have been implied dead.

  • Come back to life (Any form of resurrection is accepted including was-never-dead.)

  • Return in the same franchise (Dying Flash to come back in Arrow is fine, dying in Avengers to return in X-Apocalypse is not.)

  • Switching from a movie to a show is fine as long as they're in the same universe (e.g. Avengers and Agents of SHIELD)

  • Time is measured in the real world, i.e. the difference in time between the release dates of the two movies/episodes.

  • While any studio is okay, an ideal answer should also mention the longest for each major franchise (MCU, Fox, and CW)


Which character in a comicbook adaptation stayed dead the longest?




Answer



Some Contenders (Spoilers):


Scott Summers was killed in X-Men: The Last Stand, which came out on May 25, 2006.



He was brought back due to time travel shenanigans in X-Men: Days of Future Past, which came out May 10, 2014.



That puts him at eight years of being dead, which as far as I can tell, puts Cyclops as the longest both in general, and for the X-Men Cinematic Universe.


Bucky Barnes was believed dead in Captain America: The First Avenger, which premiered July 19, 2011.



He came back in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which premiered March 13, 2014. That puts him at two years and eight months of being dead.




That puts Bucky as the longest for the MCU.


Richard Parker was believed dead in The Amazing Spiderman, which premiered June 30, 2012.



He was revealed to be alive in a deleted scene from The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which came out on March 31, 2014. If you take it as canon, he was dead for about one year and nine months.



If the deleted scene is canon, Richard Parker was the Amazing Spiderman-verse character who stayed dead the longest.


Sara Lance of Arrow died in the pilot, which aired October 10, 2012.



She was revealed to not be dead in Crucible, which aired October 30, 2013. That means she was dead for a little over a year.




That means Sara Lance stayed dead the longest in the Arrow-verse.


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