15 Comic Book Characters Who Should've Stayed Dead

Imagine that you consider yourself the greatest big game hunter in the world, but one particular animal, your white whale, has eluded you over and over. Finally, you capture it, prove yourself superior to it, and then end your own life, satisfied and content with your actions.

This is the story of Kraven the Hunter, and it's a strange one, since you find yourself sympathizing with one of Spider-Man's most dogged tormentors. When he chooses to end his life, you may not approve, but you understand. His story is complete. And, in true Spider-Man story fashion, Peter is left with hard questions to grapple with in the aftermath.

And then, Kraven's moronic family mucks everything up by resurrecting him. Subsequently, we get sasquatch hunts, a dressing down from Squirrel Girl (after the famed big game hunter torments SQUIRRELS!?), and a Howard the Duck crossover.

There is no denying that this is a cold one nobody should've cracked open again.