Greetings nerdy list aficionados and it’s time for one that proved to be a bit more
slippery than initially anticipated cause we’re talking about immortality in comics.
Now we’re going to put the salt away the salt that says any character the writers want
to imbue with plot shielding or a miraculous resurrection.
No we’re going to be taking a look at characters who are immortal or functionally immortal.
We’re also going to kick people off who have died a lot, looking at you Thor.
So it’s been an interesting one.
I’m Sasha and these are the Top 10 Avengers who can’t die.
I’m going to add the caveat at the time of this recording cause well you know how
these things go.
Ok enough stalling, let’s do this.
Number 10 – Vision – obviously from the comicverse mcu vision died hard, twice.
Vision first debuted in The Avengers #57 in 1968, Vision was created by Ultron using the
brain patterns of the hero Wonder Man and is dubbed first as a synthezoid before he
adopts the name Vision, Janet Van Dyne calls him this upon seeing him for the first time.
Now Vision has a wide array of powers such as being able to accrue mass, manipulate density,
fly, phase, which he can use to cause great pain and he does.
Now Vision isn’t immortal in your typical sense but rather by design his body is a casing
for his consciousness and just like Ultron it can be shed and moved over to another especially
now that he’s made up of millions of nanobots.
A swarm, Visions been out of commission before but he never stays gone for too long.
Ok listen so many people have died, and come back it’s a staple at this point and as
you know Kelly blames this on the death of Superman.
Number 9 – Gilgamesh the Forgotten One, an eternal he shares the same invulnerabilities
as the rest of his ilk which render the majority of them essentially immortal, essentially.
Gilgamesh debuted in eternals 13 in 1977 so let’s dive into how he is virtually immortal
as they call it.
Once reaching adulthood eternals stop aging, they also become immune to all known diseases.
Gilgamesh also have a nigh invulnerable body, dense, protected able to withstand bulltets
and falls and even cosmic energy.
Also extreme temperature which is important how embarrassing would it be to win an epic
battle and then promptly freeze to death.
What a headline.
However all of this boosted physicality is achieved through mental discipline that allows
him complete mastery over his own body.
And that means his concentration can be broke.
Break it and he’s open to being hurt or killed.
So villains hooray there’s a chance.
Number 8 Hercules -Hercules first appeared in journey into mystery number 1 back in 1965
and was initially set up as a rival of Thor’s.
Hercules is of course inspired by the figure of Grecian mythi despite the fact that they
call him by his roman name, a common occurrence just look at Disney I guess heracles just
doesn’t focus test as well.
Hercules is the strongest of the Olympians and possesses all the abilities you would
imagine that entails.
Super strength, speed reflexes the whole nine yards.
He is also said to be immortal.
Though he has sacrificed his godly powers which of course changes things.
Hercules actually had a compelling discussion with Vision about the nature of immortality
and what a double edged sword it truly is so hey upping Vision’s immortality cred.
Hercules is here and not Thor cause well he doesn’t just die all the time, ok all the
time is an overstatement but for an “immortal” Thor has died a fair bit.
He’s actually found himself in some fun reddit threads with titles such as Immortal
until killed only in comics would that title be so so accurate.
Number 7 Firebird – Firebird first appeared in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #265 in 181
born Bonita Juarez as a child she came into contact with a radioactive meteor fragment
which we all know in comics only means powers, and oh what powers.
This radiation caused her to be able to generate heat, flames and fly believing her powers
to be divine she named herself after a mythical bird.
Now Thor firmly believes that firebird is immortal.
She is immune to radiation and poisons, as well as demonic possession always a concern.
She can also survive in space and can deflect most physical attacks with her own pyrokinesis.
So why does Thor think she’s immortal well because she has survived two specific attacks
that only he could have survived.
Although I mean how good is his cred he died.
Now getting out of questionable territory and onto firm ground here come the true immortals.
Number 6 – Ex Nihilo – This character is very recent debuting in 2012 yes that’s
recent in Avengers vol 5 number 1.
Ex Nihilo is a gardener which is a robotic species created by the builders as a result
he has the ability to create and modify existing life all the way up to a planetary scale.
His focus obviously organic life he is a gardener he was only taken out after the entire marvel
universe collapsed.
So yeah it takes an event of that scale you’re immortal other so called immortals are getting
knocked over by non universe ending events not ex nihilo.
Number 5 – Captain Universe with the caveat when its possessing a member of the Avengers.
So Captain universe is actually what the person is called when they are possessed by the uni
power which is an extra dimensional force that renders the host cosmic.
As Captain universe the person is still them just embued with the power and also with a
universe themes costume.
This power comes from the enigma force and no ones quite sure about it really but they
speculate it comes from the microverse.
This power can and has attached itself to anyone from normal people to those who are
already well endowed with power like doctor strange.
While possessing the power cosmic the bearer is well they’re pretty much invulnerable.
Side note how good is that what if where peter keeps the captain universe powers he’s essentially
doctor manhattan.
So the uni force your costume is far too optimistic but the phenomenal cosmic power more than
makes up for it.
Number 4- The Hulk – Now for years it was a question is the hulk immortal what is the
scoop.
Well thanks to the immortal hulk we can finally say yes yes he is and it’s horrifying.
Especially since it’s the hulk that’s immortal not bruce banner.
So yeah , this concept has been played with before in the story Hulk The End released
in 2002.
Wherein the Hulk literally finds himself the last person on earth even outliving banner.
Leaving The Hulk to bitterly lament that he truly is the strongest there is cause he is
the only one there is.
Depressing.
Immortal hulk gets pretty dark too especially as everytime the hulk returns he resurrects
banner who dies at the end each time.
Just yikes.
This is not fun immortality this is gamma radiation gone wrong immortality.
It’s really depressing to think that the Hulk is just doomed to suffer forever.
Number 3 – Wonder Man, wonder man is not on enough of our lists he used to be so pivotal
and now you’ll find people who are like who’s wonder man.
He first appeared in the avengers #9 back in 1964 and we can finally firmly say yes
he is immortal.
Although he didn’t know this right away he only learned this when he travlled to hades
and was fighting some heavy hitters down there like Mr I want your marriage mephisto and
the grimm reaper.
His immortality is though to be present because of the ionic treatements that granted him
his powers in the first place, actually he got his powers because of Baron Zemon.
His immortality is actually pretty funny because initially it loked as though he had died in
his first appearance and he actually didn’t reappear until 1972.
But he wasn’t properly revived until Kang the conqueror got him a new body in 1975.
So he came into his immortality late as it were.
Number 2 – The Sentry, ah Robert Reynolds one of Marvel’s most successful retcons.
Robert Reynolds as sentry first appears in the year 2000 in sentry #2.
His story began when an average or rather mundane man bob Reynolds woke to remember
he was a superhero with the power of 1 million exploding suns but not only had he not remembered
this until that very moment but no one else did either.
It turns out this is because he is also host to a powerful entity known as the void that
needs to be kept supressed at all costs.
Reynolds story is actually a depressing one at times he wants to die but he can’t he’s
too immortal.
His powers too vast.
He jumpstarts himself everytime the power of all those exploding suns.
He’s also able to kill most characters just with one blow as Void, Void is the darkside
of his powers.
Part of his immortality is that his molecules exist ahead of the current timeline so he
exists in the past the present and the future all at the same time.
Too much power too much
Number 1 - Mr. Immortal – It’s right there in the name and it’s true no false advertising
here.
Mr Immortal aka Craig Hollis first debuted in West Coast Avengers (Vol. 2) #46 in 1989.
So again the how of Craig’s immortality is not a happy one.
He has been watched over since infancy by the entity Deathurge because of a dying last
wish of Craig’s mother.
However, Deathurge proved to be a negative influence on his life and even encouraged
him to do bad things, however it was after the suicide of his girlfriend and Deathurges
refusal to take him too.
That Craig learned he couldn’t die after numerous unsuccessful suicide attempts.
Eventually Craig decided to put his powers to use as a hero even adopting a bit of a
catch phrase dying’s what I do best which sounds good but is actually a lie, dying is
what he does worst.
He does appear to die if his injuries are bad enough but that’s just the appearance
of it he usually comes back to life at the longest 10 minutes.
It’s also involuntary so no mental control necessary.
He’s not as powerful as most of the people on this list but he has the most genuine claim
to immortality, simple straight forward in the name and true.
So those were 10 immortal or mostly immortal avengers whose immortality story do you enjoy
the most.
I actually really like Sentry, Let me know your thoughts down below.
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