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* Similarly to Supergirl, [[Superman]] continues fighting Doomsday to the death to protect the people of Metropolis, even though it meant sustaining mortal wounds in the process. Of course, he was [[Only Mostly Dead]].
* Similarly to Supergirl, [[Superman]] continues fighting Doomsday to the death to protect the people of Metropolis, even though it meant sustaining mortal wounds in the process. Of course, he was [[Only Mostly Dead]].
* In the first issue of the current series of ''[[Justice Society of America]]'', we meet Mister America, a patriotically-themed super-detective... who has no problem beating up suspects. His family is killed by a villain to destroy his [[Legacy Character|legacy]]. He shows up to beat the tar out of the villain... and then he gets mortally wounded. His response is to run from the Boston dockyards to New York's Battery Park (using [[Le Parkour]]), jump through the Justice Society's skylight, and hit the table in the main meeting hall, dying on impact. In response, the Justice Society tracks down his family's killer.
* In the first issue of the current series of ''[[Justice Society of America]]'', we meet Mister America, a patriotically-themed super-detective... who has no problem beating up suspects. His family is killed by a villain to destroy his [[Legacy Character|legacy]]. He shows up to beat the tar out of the villain... and then he gets mortally wounded. His response is to run from the Boston dockyards to New York's Battery Park (using [[Le Parkour]]), jump through the Justice Society's skylight, and hit the table in the main meeting hall, dying on impact. In response, the Justice Society tracks down his family's killer.
* According to writer Tad Williams, if ''[[Aquaman (Comic Book)|Aquaman]] Sword of Atlantis'' had not been canceled, the second Aquaman, Arthur Joseph, would have sacrificed his life to revive the original Aquaman by giving up the piece of Aquaman's soul that had revived Arthur Joseph. This was so that the original Aquaman could fight an evil entity only he was capable of defeating. Then, perhaps poor Arty Joe would have gained a little more sympathy from fans.
* According to writer Tad Williams, if ''[[Aquaman]] Sword of Atlantis'' had not been canceled, the second Aquaman, Arthur Joseph, would have sacrificed his life to revive the original Aquaman by giving up the piece of Aquaman's soul that had revived Arthur Joseph. This was so that the original Aquaman could fight an evil entity only he was capable of defeating. Then, perhaps poor Arty Joe would have gained a little more sympathy from fans.
* In [[Joss Whedon]]'s run on ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|Astonishing X-Men]]'', Kitty Pryde phases a giant bullet through the Earth...and then is stuck out there. If it had been less of an [[Idiot Plot]], it would've been horrifying and touching, but all it did was [[Torches and Pitchforks|make a lot of fans mad]].
* In [[Joss Whedon]]'s run on ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|Astonishing X-Men]]'', Kitty Pryde phases a giant bullet through the Earth...and then is stuck out there. If it had been less of an [[Idiot Plot]], it would've been horrifying and touching, but all it did was [[Torches and Pitchforks|make a lot of fans mad]].
** Also, there was Colossus infecting himself with the Legacy Virus a few years earlier, thereby releasing the cure into the air deleting Legacy from existence. Of course, that got [[Retcon|retconned]] in ''Astonishing''...
** Also, there was Colossus infecting himself with the Legacy Virus a few years earlier, thereby releasing the cure into the air deleting Legacy from existence. Of course, that got [[Retcon|retconned]] in ''Astonishing''...
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* In the last comic of ''[[Earth X]]'', the Celestials had landed on Earth and is getting ready to destroy the planet. [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] knew that he had to buy time for {{spoiler|Galactus to arrive to fight.}} So, he went up in a giant Iron Man suit and fought off a bunch of Gods by himself.
* In the last comic of ''[[Earth X]]'', the Celestials had landed on Earth and is getting ready to destroy the planet. [[Iron Man|Tony Stark]] knew that he had to buy time for {{spoiler|Galactus to arrive to fight.}} So, he went up in a giant Iron Man suit and fought off a bunch of Gods by himself.
** And prior to that, while the Celestials were still in orbit, Black Bolt attacked them, using [[Make Me Wanna Shout|his powers]] at maximum {{spoiler|to call Galactus}}, which shatters his body.
** And prior to that, while the Celestials were still in orbit, Black Bolt attacked them, using [[Make Me Wanna Shout|his powers]] at maximum {{spoiler|to call Galactus}}, which shatters his body.
* In ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'', {{spoiler|when the [[Space Station]] is falling from orbit, Mindf*** sacrifices herself so Emp can go through the portal instead. (Sistah Spooky tries to save Mindf*** using her magic, but fails.)}}
* In ''[[Empowered]]'', {{spoiler|when the [[Space Station]] is falling from orbit, Mindf*** sacrifices herself so Emp can go through the portal instead. (Sistah Spooky tries to save Mindf*** using her magic, but fails.)}}
* In ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' #74, {{spoiler|Eddie Bloomberg, formerly known as Kid Devil (before he was depowered), is given his heroic send off. While the other Titans are fighting the Fearsome Five, Eddie discovers a dying metahuman with nuclear powers about to literally have a meltdown which would destroy all of San Francisco. Without any hesitation, Eddie takes the living nuke to the Titans jet, being horribly burned and subjected to lethal amounts of radiation in the process. Then he takes the jet into low Earth orbit, refusing to eject just to make sure the jet doesn't change course and go back down to Earth. Eddie vanishes in a nuclear explosion, with the Titans' battlecry "Titans Together" as his last words.}}
* In ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' #74, {{spoiler|Eddie Bloomberg, formerly known as Kid Devil (before he was depowered), is given his heroic send off. While the other Titans are fighting the Fearsome Five, Eddie discovers a dying metahuman with nuclear powers about to literally have a meltdown which would destroy all of San Francisco. Without any hesitation, Eddie takes the living nuke to the Titans jet, being horribly burned and subjected to lethal amounts of radiation in the process. Then he takes the jet into low Earth orbit, refusing to eject just to make sure the jet doesn't change course and go back down to Earth. Eddie vanishes in a nuclear explosion, with the Titans' battlecry "Titans Together" as his last words.}}
* {{spoiler|Giles}} in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' Season 8 series.
* {{spoiler|Giles}} in the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' Season 8 series.
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