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corrinalaw

Top Ten Reasons Superheroes Disappear

Jun 26, 2009 16:05

http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2009/06/top-10-reasons-that-superheroes-disappear/

Got any of your own? I came up with these quickly, I bet I missed some. :)

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Comments 9

*snicker* namkyoung June 26 2009, 20:09:53 UTC

Obscure Reason #450

"I was retconned out of continuity"

Obscure Reason #201

"I was brought back from the dead, killed and brought back again as a villain, loosing all my history over the past umpteenyears"

Obscure Reason #666

"Dan and Joe thought it would be funny, if I ended up in refrigerator and a stove at the same time."

Re: *snicker* corrinalaw June 26 2009, 20:16:42 UTC

Retconned out of continuity. Love it.

I kept thinking of SF reasons too.

"Lost in the Tardis."

"Got stuck hanging out with Mulder & Scully."

"Full moon."
Who's Obscure reason #201? Cassandra Cain?

Re: *snicker* namkyoung June 27 2009, 02:03:50 UTC

=] #201, Cain would be a prime example

Obscure Reason #905

"I was part of an alternate earth/universe, and died when my company couldn't keep up with my storyline anymore."

Obscure Reason #71

"Fans loved me, but I apparently was only good for motivating another character into action"

Obscure Reason #100

"I went to sleep for a really long time, people thought I was dead and I let my sidekick take over my role. Then I came back about as dense as log in water."

Re: *snicker* corrinalaw June 28 2009, 01:11:11 UTC

Let's hope reason #100 is not how Steve Rogers comes back. :)

rbpropst June 26 2009, 20:31:01 UTC

- Had to construct satellite bases around the city you patrol.

- Had to go a spiritual retreat to recommit yourself to your mission.

corrinalaw June 28 2009, 22:32:55 UTC

I should have remembered the second one!

Where's the first one from?

rbpropst June 29 2009, 02:10:26 UTC

When Bruce put Dick under the cowl during the Prodigal crossover it was explained as Bruce taking a "leave of absence" to build the satellite Batcaves around Gotham so he'd never be caught offguard and exhausted like happened during Knightfall. Granted, that reason wasn't given until the (I think) Bat-quake crossover. Before then it was just that Bruce was taking some time off with no explanation as to why.

jerrymcl89 June 26 2009, 20:31:37 UTC

Only wanted to forget I was married. Inadvertantly forgot I was Spiderman.

corrinalaw June 28 2009, 22:34:23 UTC

::snerk::