Many of you must have wondered how Archie’s story would end. The maximum one could think of was whether he would end up with Veronica or Betty, or some surprise character waiting ahead. Instead Archie has died. It is too morbid. Millions of fans worldwide are sad with the demise of freckled boy-next doo. In the 36th issue of Life with Archie  comic series, Archie takes a bullet for his gay best friend Kevin Keller, which leads to his death.  The 37th issue will focus on other characters including Reggie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead. It is an end of an era.

Some other popular comic characters were also killed off. In Blue Cat Blues, Tom is bent on committing suicide and Jerry tries to prevent it without success. The little mouse thanks his stars for having a loyal girl friend but is deeply pained to see her going with another mouse in a car with ‘just married’ plank on it. The episode ends with the lovable characters ending their lives by coming under a moving train.

Spider-man is the web spinning hero. He faced death at the hands of Doctor Octopus who was a scientist turned villain. Spider-man gives back all his memories to Doctor Octopus and makes him realise how he has wasted his life in villainy. Peter dies , but the principles of Spider-man live on with the transformed  Doctor Octopus. All this is the content of the Amazing Spider-Man # 700.

In The Death of Superman, the super-hero is shown to have died after succumbing to his injuries. He fights the Machine Man Doomsday, but loses his own life too. Later Superman Doomsday  has a plot where a robot resurrects Superman.