10 Comic Book Deaths That Haven't Been Undone

By Rob Leane /

7. Howard And Maria Stark

Marvel

Here are some more parents that had to die to fit into the origin story of a more important character. Howard Stark, father to Iron Man himself, was killed in a traffic collision along with his wife (and Tony€™s mother) Maria.

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Although it€™s been suggested that their demise wasn€™'t accidental, the comics have never delved too deeply into the details of Tony€™s parents€™ death. The writers seem to prefer leaving it open to interpretation, which adds a nice air of mystery to Tony€™s backstory. Regardless, the death of his parents is a core part of Tony Stark€™s story. Their passing makes him a billionaire orphan who€™s forced to take up leadership of Stark Industries much earlier than he would'€™ve done otherwise.

This forges him into the anarchic genius industrialist that we'€™ve grown to know and love. Again, different versions of Tony€™s parents have made appearances in alternate timeline stories and other such meanderings from the main Marvel plot, but they'€™ve never truly returned to life.

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