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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5858686" data-attributes="member: 19675">Again, it depends.If Spock's importance to Kirk was clearly established in episode 1, his death in episode 2 could have been a defining moment for Kirk and the series as a whole.The movies I cited- as well as Joel Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series- kill off seemingly important characters early in the action.  This let's the audience/readers know that anyone could die.  The Phantom and Green Lantern comics do this as well, albeit as background to the current characters- they're just the latest in a long line.The 007 movies with a mortal James Bond or Die Hard movies with different heroes each time would have been different, but not necessarily bad.  If "James Bond, 007" is- like the Phantom- just an assumed identity, it puts a darker spin on the series.</blockquote>