15 Comic Book Characters Who Should've Stayed Dead

8. Amanda Waller

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When dealing with a double-dealer like Checkmate's White Queen and Suicide Squad's chief handler, you can't trust anything. You can't trust what she says, or what she does.

So when she gets shot in the heart by Deadshot and killed, you should know better. You really should.

Yes, Amanda Waller fakes her own death in the most insane manner possible: taking a bullet to the heart and having Enchantress just move the bullet to "the most reparable part of the heart" so Waller survives.

Now, your friendly neighborhood article writer isn't a doctor, but "the most reparable part of the heart" sounds about as clinical and reliable as "the most sword-resistant part of the neck" which would be, you know, none of it. It's all pretty sword-friendly.

In a universe where Superman survives a virus with a 100% kill rate because weirdo versions of himself threw rocks at his funeral ship, Waller's resolution still seems less plausible.

 
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