10 Most Heartbreaking Moments In Justice League History

7. Sue Dibny's Murder

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Sue Dibny’s death remains one of the most tragic and sometimes critically panned in all of comics. The wife of Elongated Man aka Ralph Dibny, Sue enjoyed a lovely marriage with her husband, and even served on the Justice League herself.

During the Identity Crisis arc, while Ralph is away on a mission, Sue is mysteriously murdered in her own room. Ralph comes home to make the heartbreaking discovery, with burn marks the only clue relating to the cause of death.

This kicks off a full blown murder mystery with the entire League determined to find the killer. In reality though, this was all about the cruel nature of her passing and the taste it left in all our mouths. Subsequently, the storyline has also been bashed by sections of the fanbase, with many calling out DC for simply using one character’s death as a means of furthering the persona of another, i.e. Ralph.

Setting aside all that however, it was heart-wrenching then, and it is still heart-wrenching now.

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After battling Galactus and pinning Hulk Hogan in the main event of Wrestlemania, I've taken a break from living in fantasy worlds, to focus on writing about them. I'm a comic book geek, a wrestling mark, a break dancer, and a scientist. One of those things may not be true.