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Newest character in database (28 May 2018):
Muriel Banks - Christian (denomination unknown)
Most recently updated (2 Jun 2018):
Tom Jenson
Show only: 5 resurrected heroes | 24 resurrected villains | 1 resurrected clergy |
Number of characters in this sub-list: 34 (out of a total of 36,945 in the database).
A number of characters have been resurrected. They have literally been portrayed as having been dead and then brought back from the dead, usually through occult means. (These resurrections do not include the countless instances of characters who were simply thought mistakenly to have died, but were later revealed to have escaped death.) One would think that being dead and then resurrected would have a significant impact on a character's beliefs, including their beliefs about the afterlife, immortal spirits, and other topics often considered "religious." But it is not always clear that this is the case. Many resurrected characters are villains and after coming back from the dead they often seem no less villainous than before. There is often no indication of any introspection or change in personality on the part of the character. Nevertheless, the fact that these characters were resurrected must be regarded as notable from a religious perspective, particularly if we have no other information about their religious affiliation or beliefs.
This is in no way an attempt to exhaustively catalog all characters who have been resurrected. Such a list could grow extremely lengthy if one considered all characters and all stories, and such a listing would inevitably entail complicated subjective decisions regarding whether characters actually dead or were only on the brink of death, whether they were brought back via supernatural versus scientific means, etc. This is principally a listing of characters who were genuinely resurrected and for whom we have no other religious classification.
Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.) |
Religious Affiliation |
Team(s) [Notes] |
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Legion of Unliving | 3 | |||||||
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Deep Six | 8 | |||||||
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Hellgate's agents [empowered by and served Anton Hellgate] |
8 | |||||||
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Protectors | 2 | |||||||
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[Master Darque's sister] | 39 | |||||||
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[a Harbinger; trained with Tibetan monks] | 65 | |||||||
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I.C.O.N. | 2 | |||||||
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[follower of Reverend Milos Traub; died, revived by "God"] | 2 | |||||||
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[son of Crispus Allen (Spectre)] | 11 | |||||||
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black [Crispus Allen's deceased son] |
7 | |||||||
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HYDRA; Lethal Legion (leader)... [The Thing's aunt] |
1 | |||||||
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Hellgate's agents [agent of Anton Hellgate, resurrected and empowered by him] |
1 | |||||||
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Spirits of Vengeance [resurrected and merged with his pet dog by Blackheart] |
7 | |||||||
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Bloodstrike [has 4 arms] |
Extreme Studios, etc. | 22 | ||||||
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KGB; Snakeroot... [part Mongol from the Russian steppes] |
4 | |||||||
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[thanatologist; created agents from dead bodies] | 14 | |||||||
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G.E.I.S.T. [slain and resurrected by Death's Head 3.0] |
5 | |||||||
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[sort of a 16th Century version of Swamp Thing] | 8 | |||||||
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[1st app: The Incredible Hulk Annual #19 (Aug. 1993)] | 6 | |||||||
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Asian | 22 | |||||||
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[Peter Parker's best friend; Green Goblin's son] | 607 | |||||||
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[1st app: X-Statix Presents: Dead Girl #1 (Mar. 2006)] | 5 | |||||||
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[Moira's son] | 5 | |||||||
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Hellgate's agents | 7 | |||||||
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A.I.M. | 11 | |||||||
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Hellgate's agents | 4 | |||||||
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[founding member of Daredevil fan club of Smolensk] | 10 | |||||||
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[mass murderer] | 104 | |||||||
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[pro basketball player] | 14 | |||||||
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[disapproved of her father, mob boss Henry Aquista] | 15 | |||||||
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The Justice Society of America; United States Marine Corps | 34 | |||||||
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Secret Empire [led an army of right-wing extremists] |
21 | |||||||
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rat; Short Teeth... [undead humanoid rat] |
5 | |||||||
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[as drug addict, accidentally killed his own father] | 23 |