The Three Laws of Comic Books
After just watching X-Men 3 (short review: it’s the best one yet. Go see it.) I am reminded of the three immutable laws of life and death in the Marvel Universe:
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If you don’t see the body, they aren’t dead.
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If you do see the body, they’ll come back to life.
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Only Uncle Ben stays dead.
May 26th, 2006 at 1:33 PM
Wasn’t Bucky also used as an example of staying dead, which of course he’s finally been brought back to life as the “Winter Soldier”.
Uncle Ben was spotted in a recent Spider-Man comic, but he was probably an illusion.
May 26th, 2006 at 3:56 PM
The original version of this law was indeed, “Only Bucky stays dead.” Unfortunately that no longer seems to be true. :-)