Not for long though. In comics they'd just bring the dead back to life. It would all be a dream or they'd realize it's a simulation, an alternate dimension, alternate reality, someone would time travel and fix it, on and on and on. Gods I love comic books.
Speaking of, besides things like Game of Thrones, are there any stories that even come close to the random and pointless deaths you see in old-school fantasy gaming? War stories, sure. But they'll generally have a highly-paid cast that survives most of the run time. You don't have Tom Hanks in your D-Day movie only for him to get shot dead on the beach in the opening scene.