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Over at Newsarama, they have an article talking about death in comics and if it matters nowadays. They talk to some writers like Mike Carey (X-Men, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Crossing Midnight), Adam Beechen (Robin, Countdown, Teen Titans), Chris Gage (Law & Order, Union Jack, World War Hulk: X-Men) as well as some other writers to see what their take is on death in comic books during these times.
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Mike Carey said:I think it depends on context, like any other story element. If it's obvious that the death is just a blip and the character is going to come back, then I'd say it has no impact at all. But if it's made to seem real and irrevocable, it can still have power -- even if it's reversed later. As an example of a death being well used within a story context, I'd offer the way Peter David has Siryn react to Banshee's death. Her refusal to believe in it -- her conviction that he'll come back, like Jean Grey and Colossus and all the other supposedly dead X-Men -- is actually very poignant and painful to watch. It turns a cliché into something very human and believable and moving.
Click on the link above to read what the other writers have to say on this subject.
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