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Urban legend tells of a drifter wandering the side roads and back streets of the USA, a man who won't - can't - stay dead. A ''[[Resurrection Man]]''.
The legend is true. His name is Mitchell Shelley, and he's wandering the Earth, trying to do good by others where he can. Every time he dies, he comes back with a new superpower.
Mitch was originally the star of his own [[DC Comics]] ongoing back in the [[The Nineties|1990s]]., created and written by [[Dan Abnett]] and Andy Lanning (later known for [[Annihilation]], [[
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* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: Turned out Mitch wasn't a very nice guy in his pre-Resurrection Man life, a corrupt lawyer deep in mob business. He seems to have been better in previous incarnations.
** The New 52 version was even less of a nice guy in his fomer life; {{spoiler|he was running the nanobot project, and conducting illegal human testing}}.
* [[Arch Enemy]]: The Body Doubles are Mitch's most frequently reoccurring foes. Also, [[Vandal Savage]], as he and Mitch have constantly clashed in the long span of their lives, up until the 853rd Century.
* [[The Atoner]]: A touch of this after he finds out who he used to be.
* [[Back
* [[Badass Longcoat]]
* [[Badass Long Hair]]: in later issues.
* [[Body Surf]]: The Rider.
* [[The Cameo]]: Two panels of Abnett & Lanning's [[Elseworlds]] oneshot ''The [[Superman]] [[Frankenstein's Monster|Monster]]'', feature an (unnamed) ''actual'' resurrection man (i.e. a [[Grave Robbing|grave robber]]), with Mitch's shoulder-length hair and broad-brimmed hat.
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: Pretty much, even though he normally doesn't wear one.
* [[Civvie Spandex]]: Typically doesn't wear a costume, favoring a black hat, black coat, black shirt and whatever trousers he can grab.
* [[Discard and Draw]]: Every time he dies.
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Hooker, initially.
* [[Exiled From Continuity]]: An aversion in Mitch's first ongoing (when the Vertigo embargo was still in force), as [[The Sandman|the Dreaming's]] Cain and Abel show up in one issue.<ref> Possibly because both are characters from older series that Gaiman integrated into his book instead of characters of his own creation.</ref>
* [[First
* [[Gender Bender]]: One resurrection had Mitch come back as a woman.
* [[Ghost Memory]]: Mitch used to get flashes of his previous incarnations when he was little (and again when possessed by the Rider).
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: Hooker.
* [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]]: Naturally. One issue has a confused Batman trying to figure out why the same guy keeps getting murdered by Gotham City criminals. A crossover with [[Hitman (Comic Book)|Hitman]] sees Hitman repeatedly shooting him over and over until he gets a useful power. In the 853rd century, even Resurrection Man himself gets in on the act, wearing a gauntlet that lets him commit instant suicide.
* [[Inner Monologue]]
* [[Lovely Angels]]: The Body Doubles, a pair of bounty hunters.
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* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: It ''may'' be possible to kill Mitch permanently. No-one's succeeded.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: And a bit peeved Mitch refuses to stay dead.
* [[Perma
* [[Quest for Identity]]: The first ongoing, and now the second.
* [[Rasputinian Death]]: Occasionally gets this from people trying to make sure he stays dead. It never works.
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