September 9th, 2011
There is possibly only one explanation to the riddle of why do they kill off superheroes in comic books? One answer might be because the originator of the superhero has himself died. The question poses a riddle since a superhero might have the power of immortality and not only invulnerability. That would mean that only those superheroes who are only invulnerable to the usual consequences that non superheroes would face are killed of in comic books. To kill off an immortal superhero might not be accepted by his followers. Some immortal superheroes are sent off into outer space or buried deep in the bowels of the Earth. If the originator himself doesn’t kill off his superhero who is immortal, whoever follows the comic book rights to the superhero can dispose of the superhero who is immortal similar to stories in mythology. If a superhero is going to be supplanted by another superhero, the immortal superhero who can’t be killed can be put away forever. That does seem to the followers of the superhero that their hero has been killed. For ordinary superheros who aren’t immortal, they are killed off because their followers have dropped them or their creator has retired.
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