15 Comic Book Characters Who Should've Stayed Dead

Take your pick on this one.

The only person to die and come back more frequently than Wolverine, you simply cannot make a list about comic book deaths without namedropping Jean Grey. (He has killed her a few times in the comics himself.)

But unlike most lists, I'm not talking about her resurrection via ocean-floor pod after serving as a vessel for the Phoenix.

No, in this case, it's that time Magneto infiltrated the Mansion masquerading as the mutant Xorn, then went full-on South American drug lord. He ordered mass executions of his enemies (humans), relied on the drug Kick to augment his powers, and losing the support of his followers. When he was defeated by the X-Men, he killed Jean Grey. In response, Wolverine CUT HIS HEAD OFF.

It was an immensely shocking moment, a one-two punch that felt like a clean slate, a launching pad for a fresh start for the X-Men. Jean was gone, having already ended her marriage to Cyclops and resolved her long-running attraction to Wolverine.

So, of course, it was retconned into baffling irrelevance by Marvel when both Magneto and Jean Grey returned (alongside Xorn, his twin brother, and all manner of BS trying to explain away Morrison's work).

It would have been far easier and more meaningful to just let the bodies hit the floor.