THE END #6 - Comment

Did anyone else read Thanos' comment, 'Death will now be permanent. Never again will there be any miraculous resurrections. No fooling or bargaining with the great divide. Heroes will no longer be recycled. From this point on, when they fall another will have to take their place..'

and think

No, because it's a what if.

-Ralf Haring 'The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less.' -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon

Any particular reasons to arrive at that conclusion?

It would be a rare series that has its effects felt in another continuity, without being itself about continuity-travelling in some way.

My take on the matter is that Starlin _wants_ to consider this change permanent - it may even have something to do with his father's death, which I hear was a motivation behind the 'Death of Captain Marvel' GN - but when the tire meets the tarmac, Starlin is simply nowhere near any position of power to even attempt to make such a major editorial decree. Heck, even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had to ressurrect Sherlock Holmes after 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' due to reader demand. Somehow I doubt even Joe Quesada (and his superiors, of which I understand are quite a few and not of the kind most sensitive to plots credibility either) could really make such a statement.

I don't think it matters much, frankly.

The question of 'resurrections,' after all, is a purely editorial one. Stories can 'confirm' such an editorial policy at a given time, but they are hardly relevant in determining it. If Marvel want to change their stance tomorrow, for whatever reason, some story claiming the opposite won't stop them.

but joe q has made such a statment, or atleast made it clear that deaths in the mu are no longer temporary. see psyloke for an example.

What he actually said is that there wouldn't be resurrections willy-nilly and that any retcons of deaths would have to be for a very good reason indeed.

It is not absolute in any way shape or form. They could change their minds tomorrow.

-Ralf Haring 'The mind must be the harder, the heart the keener, the spirit the greater, as our strength grows less.' -Byrhtwold, The Battle of Maldon

Eh, not only do I not find his editorial direction horrible (I've actually returned to buy Marvel comics more often now that there are more trades, as well as some new directions I like) but I don't think it's supposed to be an 'absolute' statement.

They have already brought back characters thought dead since this was announced... I think this is more along the lines of 'if someone is seen shot in the head and dead, you'd better have a damn good way of bringing them back' and trying to end cheap ressurection cycles.