Undead superhero character question

Tonguez · Mar 31, 2005

Blade was born to a Vampire mother - so he's not actually undead

Umbran · Mar 31, 2005

There was, back in the 80s, a Marvel hero called Moon Knight. Not quite undead, so much as coming back from the dead was the basic source fo his powers, IIRC.

Cthulhu's Librarian · Mar 31, 2005

Umbran said:
There was, back in the 80s, a Marvel hero called Moon Knight.

He's still around in the Marvel Universe. I seem to recall him showing up in a few panels in the big End of the Avengers story arc, in the scenes where all the former Avengers were gathered outside the destroyed mansion, and at the funerals in the Avengers one shot that followed the end of the series. I don't know what else he's been in recently, but he's still around.

Villano · Mar 31, 2005

There was also a DC hero called The Immortal Man. He became immortal at the same time Vandal Savage did, except, while Savage was a true immortal, IM could be killed but was continually reincarnated as different people. They "permanently" killed him off, but he's back now (last I saw, he looked like a little girl).

DC also had a guy called Resurrection Man. I think his power was that, each time he was killed, he would come back with a differnt superpower. I'm not sure if he's connected to Immortal Man or not.

Mr. Immortal is another "coming back from the dead" character. He turned up in an issue of Avengers or Avnegers West Coast as part of a team called Great Lakes Avengers. It was sort of a goofy team (with members like Doorman, Flatman, and Squirrel Girl). I think the story was that Hawkeye was sent to talk to them and let them know they can't just declare themselves Avengers.

Anyway, Mr. Immortal's sole power was that he would come back to life no matter how he was killed.

Arnwyn · Mar 31, 2005

Was Deadpool undead?

Tonguez · Mar 31, 2005

arnwyn said:
Was Deadpool undead?

No he was just a guy who was artificially enhanced by the Weapon X programme

and as to Mr Immortal didn't he come back stronger everytime he died?

Also does the fact that Vision was programmed withthe dead 'Wondermans' brain pattern mean he is undead - or something else?

Which also opens the question of cyborgs like um Cyborg (Steve Austin and Teen Titan versions), Robocop, Deathlok and Inspector Gadget etc - does having your mangled flesh, brain and nervous system augmented with robotic parts make you undead?

Cthulhu's Librarian · Mar 31, 2005

Tonguez said:
and as to Mr Immortal didn't he come back stronger everytime he died?

I think every time he came back he had a new superpower that he had to learn how to use. Since he didn't know what he would have or how it worked, it often ended up getting him killed and the cycle started over again.

Rackhir · Mar 31, 2005

Tonguez said:
No he was just a guy who was artificially enhanced by the Weapon X programme

and as to Mr Immortal didn't he come back stronger everytime he died?

Also does the fact that Vision was programmed withthe dead 'Wondermans' brain pattern mean he is undead - or something else?

Which also opens the question of cyborgs like um Cyborg (Steve Austin and Teen Titan versions), Robocop, Deathlok and Inspector Gadget etc - does having your mangled flesh, brain and nervous system augmented with robotic parts make you undead?

I would say no. Especially since most of the cyborgs never died. They were gravely injured and mangled, but did not actually die. Robocop might be the one exception to that, he may have fully died, but it's unclear as to how much of his mind was cybernetic and how much was original. Also it's unclear as to exactly what happened with his brain with regards to death. Though Robocop II at least implies that it would have been kept alive.

Cthulhudrew · Mar 31, 2005

Cthulhu's Librarian said:
I think every time he came back he had a new superpower that he had to learn how to use. Since he didn't know what he would have or how it worked, it often ended up getting him killed and the cycle started over again.

Mr. Immortal's only power was to come back from the dead. He was immortal. When he came back, he was usually a bit berserk (I expect dying is rather traumatic), but that's it.

The guy who died and came back with different powers is Multi-Man, a DC villain.

(For more on Mr. Immortal, there's a Great Lakes Avengers mini-series coming out soon from Marvel, written by Dan Slott. Plus, if you want to see Mr. I's origin, look here.

There was a five issue series of a book called Shadow Reavers a couple years ago (first advertised here, as it had some d20 tie-ins). A couple of the characters may or may not have been undead (we never learned for certain, but Exile and Helen both seemed to have some ties to undead.)