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Podcast: The Voyage Podcast
Episode: The Voyage Blog-cast: How superhero deaths and resurrections are echoes of the greatest story of all time
Description: In superhero comics, the resurrection of major characters after a dramatic death has become such a recurring trope that when a superhero dies, fans openly wonder how and when the character will be brought back. Both critics and fans of the genre dismiss these resurrections as gimmicks. While there is certainly some truth to this explanation, the idea of resurrection is embedded more deeply in certain kinds of stories.
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Original author: Matthew Heffron
Originally posted on the Voyage Blog on 4/1/19
You can read the entry here: https://voyagecomics.com/2019/04/01/how-superhero-deaths-and-resurrections-are-echoes-of-the-greatest-story-of-all-time/
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