1. Resurrection
This should come as no surprise to anyone for being at the top of the list. Death in comic books carries no weight whatsoever. Why? Because nobody stays dead! Back when Superman "died", it was a huge deal. It made international news. There were lines forming outside of comic book stores. The world was shocked. How could DC kill of the original super hero? Bringing him back a few months after sales had been boosted with some weak coma story was the answer to that. There's no question, death issues sell, and so do resurrection ones. When a character dies, it's just starts a countdown until they come back. What diminishes the story even more than it being a cliché, is that it's always announced. Death and resurrections are typically announced months in advance. It's sad when a death or resurrection announcement in more surprising than the actual story itself. It doesn't matter how final death may seem either, the resurrection is going to happen. Colossus is a fun one. After he died, he was cremated. His ashes were spread in Russia. It was almost like Marvel was trying to prove that they were capable of killing off a popular character. Nope. Turns out, those weren't really his ashes! Death in comics is as far from final as it could possibly. When every major death feels like a means to boost sales, it's time to up the stakes and make character deaths actually mean something. Resurrection is by far the biggest comic book cliché that needs to die.