10 Greatest Sacrifices In Comic Book History

[@grahamcann1761]

The thing about Superman's death, that most people seem to not know, or forget, is they told us he'd be coming back. I remember during the 'hype' for the upcoming issue an editor(s) in a newspaper interview saying, of course they weren't going to kill off the most popular hero, and even indicating he'd be back in about a year. Compare that to Marvel editors who said, they'd really killed Cap, it's not a clone, it's not a doppelganger, it's not a Skrull... As always thank you so very much for the video.

[@TheRealSamuelLozano]

I feel like Wally Wests sacrifice should be included, even though he comes back.

[@ericmiller93]

They all come back. They always come back.

[@spider-man500]

Ultimate Spider-Man's death should be much higher on the list.

[@yourfavoritedrawer7680]

it really should

[@eapen7297]

it should but i think he was reveived but i cant remember🕷🕷

[@jcaseyjones2829]

I feel literally traumatized to this day by the ending of Ultimate Spider-Man.

[@lantztalksmanga]

I think for my favorite sacrifice in comics is Batman's "death" at the end of Endgame. It felt like a fitting conclusion for the character, even if he didn't stay dead for long.

[@Mrjoshdance]

People always sleep on Superboy sacrificing himself in Infinite Crisis. Conner Kent is one of the most underrated characters out there.

[@Frenchy_47]

He’s a brilliant character that DC have seemingly swept to the side in order to make room for in my opinion a crapper version, Johnathan Kent.

[@Mrjoshdance]

@@Frenchy_47 ya I agree! I miss the Conner Kent/Tim Drake relationship from the 2000’s. As well, I loved the father/son/brother relationship he had with Clark.

[@killingragethrowback]

Cap's death was symbolic of how the present America is killing the ideal America. Let's also take a moment to remember when Supergirl died just to buy the other heroes time in the Crisis of Infinite Earths. Flash was not the only sacrifice of that event. And in the Final Crisis, everyone seems to forget just what kind of sacrifice Batman made when he shot Darkseid. He may not have given up his life, but he gave up his word to never use guns to kill willingly, because he knew what the stakes were.

[@mozwald7901]

He was also ready to give his life seeing as Bruce assumed the Omega Beams would evaporate him

[@jopiaspieder1184]

Take away No.5 because everyone fighting Thanos with the infinite gauntlet sacrificed themselves not just Captain America

[@zaruget]

i agree

[@theanonymousterryhall5419]

When all the heroes were there they had a chance. When Cap stood up to him he knew he had no chance of winning at that moment.

[@jopiaspieder1184]

And so did every here, villain and cosmic entity that went up against Thanos too. In fact go look and read what happened during that fight anyway. Cap just hung out in the background letting everyone fight Thanos directly. Sure he may of tried to rescue some people but did not take Thanos head on until everyone else was dead. Like I said go look at the book 📖 and see for yourself.

[@theanonymousterryhall5419]

@@jopiaspieder1184 Cap was in charge of the attack I believe. The heavy hitters went first. I get that you may see it your way - but Cap being the last hero left with no chance at all try to throw the hands with a god was an amazing moment for Cap. It's one of those moments where you understand why other heroes look up to him. This was no regular battle. All his friends and heroes were dead around him. He knew what it was.

[@jopiaspieder1184]

@@theanonymousterryhall5419 Read the book and look at the panels before commenting

[@SensoriaMaRia]

I was really pleased you included The Death of Wolverine in this list. I knew he would return... but damn that last word he said "nuff," hit hard.

[@ianedwards2496]

SILK Spectre not SILVER Spectre. (I need to get out more.)

[@somethingfishy6097]

I remember caps death, I was at work up in the hills in the middle of nowhere in Australia and the local radio station had it on their news on the hour.

[@bryanabbott6169]

I remember when Batman followed suit with Knightfall. There was a ad display sent to comic book stores proclaiming Batman's death would be set in stone. And yet, no.

[@avclub2456]

Reading flash's death and connecting the dots was emotional

[@ajd2393]

I wouldn't call superman dying to doomsday the "greatest". more like "most well know".

[@iiishimmyiii]

“Roar shark see’s everything in black & white” lol

[@xshadowzone]

Yes.

[@tarekjuman8339]

Supergirl stopping anti monitor from killing superman should be up there.

[@Hatterboot24]

Roar-Shark is my new favorite hero.

[@rorunii2619]

mate it's rorshach

[@knusperstange_5653]

*Rorschach

[@joshvanhaver3655]

Should have included the Crimson Avengers sacrifice.

[@SHORTY-NI]

I'd put Batman's sacrifice to kill Darkseid on high on the list.

[@maryandersonbrown7626]

Aw :( I’m sad you left off Colossus sacrificing himself to cure the legacy virus. It’s a tragic end for a tragic story.

[@tastycodlover4082]

jericho sacrificing himself to safe duck grayson on titans was pretty good of him. he also trapped himself in death strokes body

[@mozwald7901]

If you do a second part to this video, some sacrifices you could include are: Batman sacrifices himself to kill Darkseid

[@Harold075]

Surprisingly Batman in Final Crisis wasn't here.

[@nintendogamer3227]

Truly noble losses...each & every one. T_T

[@mozwald7901]

If you ever do a second part to this you could include: Batman sacrificing himself to kill Darkseid in Final Crisis Superboys death in Infinite Crisis Bart Allen’s sacrifice fighting off the rogues despite losing his super speed

[@laurakuhn8743]

The code name is Silk Spectre, not Silver Spectre

[@dyingbreed5386]

Great list but I'd argue Hal did what he did purely for selfish reasons.

[@VinnieGer]

That Superman one shook me as a beansprout.

[@guapoindustries5030]

I know ultimate Spider-Man gone be in here somewhere

[@jordanloux3883]

Inverted Cletus Kasady's sacrifice in Axis. The man goes out singing Free Bird as he saves non-mutants from a bomb made to blow them all up. It genuinely feels like the equivalent of Major Kong riding a nuclear bomb like a mechanical bull in Dr. Strangelove. Totally insane and you kinda want that to be how you go out.

[@meetmahajan9596]

Hey where is batman killing darkseid in final crisis.?

[@santhegemini]

all star superman should have took the top spot since it actually had the freedom to be permanent

[@jamiekyrin]

Um... Supergirl? She died in Crisis too? Got a cover and everything?

[@crakatoot5480]

Rorschach didn't sacrifice himself, he wanted the Dr to kill him. That guy was so FRIED, he wanted it to be over

[@DemonPrinceofHell]

Yeah he was losing it

[@Eric-ch6gq]

Adam expected it and made the surfer play out a last ditch plan as a fail safe incase the battle didn't work

[@Yukooo333]

I knew Hal Jordan would be here 🥰

[@nikos731]

V in the book never fought (not to mention killed by Kreedy). He was shot and killed by Finch, basically one of the books protagonists. V could have killed him Finch right there, but decided not to, also mentioning the legendary "ideas are bulletproof" quote. If you are going to mention parts of a story, at least read that story.

[@MOSESI]

0:23 who the hell is sliver specter..... Silk perhaps?

[@kyokushinheart]

I’m kind of pissed that Spidermans secret identity at the end of civil war and the impact this had on his life, was not on the list Edit: kinda worst then death…

[@hunterrousseau3770]

If they adapted this into the MCU it would make sense to bring Miles Morales in and make him the new "Spider-Man"

[@TheRealSamuelLozano]

Who would die, Toney Andrew, or Tom, I think Tobey.

[@hunterrousseau3770]

@@TheRealSamuelLozano Tom. I just said MCU how was that not clear enough?

[@hunterrousseau3770]

@The Spell Alchemist that's what I meant either after the next trilogy or a team up movie like Endgame with Tony Stark

[@laughingmask3118]

Wolverine had an amazing death.... That was eventually perverted into another one of the frequent fallacies of comic book superhero death retcons. Damn you, Marvel. Damn you to Hell.

[@bigladnathanclips]

The tombstone in the thumbnail wouldn't have said Parker even if it wasn't destroyed

[@JeffWeselyan]

Nice scar batman

[@waynehudson8434]

Supergirl’s death in crisis was a much better sacrifice!

[@glennmorganfan9411]

Superman's death wasn't really a sacrifice, it was just unfortunate. ....and the REAL reason they did it was to lure back readers. Superman's popularity was at an all time low at that point. Killing him off made major headlines and got people's attention back to him and his comics. A less publicized, but more meaningful, and ACTUAL, sacrifice was TO-T-U-K of the Green Lantern corps. The Guardians ORDERED him to pass on his ring to a being in Sector 1287. He went there, but all he found were billions of "fuzzballs". Eventually he learned that the fuzzballs were hive mind organisms that gained nutrients AND intelligence and personality of whatever they absorbed. He sacrificed himself by giving his body for them to absorb. (They basically ATE HIM) This allowed his essence AND his power battery to be absorbed by The Collective. Now because of their massive numbers and hive mind, each puffball acts as its own Green Lantern making Sector 1287 the safest in the galaxy.

[@benparrish672]

Barry Allen The Flash is the greatest superhero and the Speed-Force is one of the best powersets in fiction

[@baldrian22]

what about batman sacreficing himself to take out darkside in final crises, not only his life but his no gun rule and no kill rule to

[@WesleyB-Rook]

Weird choices for GREATEST sacrifices. Most of them aren’t as great as they are just underrated

[@mridp7695]

Petition to ban this man from ever saying Rorschach again please

[@kratosgow2]

Zoom?!

[@kelvin6403]

silver spectre?!?!

[@theyef3479]

Cap’s death against thanos wasn’t a sacrifive

[@cot1579]

Number one is Barry, bar none

[@moremartinthanmartin]

00:24 oof. That's embarrassing.

[@mackthisarrowhearth295]

No John Constatine from DCeased?

[@claybfx]

Did you say Silver Spectre???

[@evanransom]

Uh… Why isn’t Skurge on here?

[@asmellyplumbus]

Did he just say silver spectre?

[@KOTF3005]

*RAWRSHARK*

[@benparrish672]

The Joker Barry Allen The Flash Batsy Spidey ArchAngel ODIN Venom Reed Richards Jon Constantine Rogue Harley Killer Frost Storm Darkseid is

[@thewungs4848]

This is nice… I think.

[@kevinhusch1297]

Act in

[@ranavijaysingh660]

Ever heard of itachi ???

[@BazzaB1974]

FFS! Its Rorschach, not Raw Shark!! Have you even read Watchmen? 🤔

[@hunterrousseau3770]

Too bad they totally botched it in Batman V Superman when he was just stabbed in one fall swoop and at least the direct to home video did it better

[@ObesePuppies]

greatest sacrifice? Lol in comic books? You mean the characters who get killed and revived every month? 😂

[@DCLK]

These sacrifices mean nothing cause they were all brought back to life

[@Metalbloodlord]

Doomsday clock sucks

[@michealo3559]

Wow! Amazing job! Get to the top quicker - P R O M O S M!!

[@Shadedsins]

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