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Marvel Comics ’ superheroes are being of hope and inspiration , who truly live up to the namesake of their plant universe . The Marvels on a regular basis save the world , triumph over evil , and inspire all the ‘ masses on the ground ’ , who can only gaze up in admiration of their vastness , thankful that there are heroes in their universe who protect them .
While bright and inspiring are some of the attributes of Marvel ’s superheroes in the main continuity of Earth-616 , that ’s not the typeface in every universe . In fact , there ’s another reality in the Marvel multiverse that was the subject of the two - egress trammel seriesRuins(by Warren Ellis , Chris Nielsen , and Terese Nielsen ) , that was effectively the troubling antithesis of Earth-616 . Everything that went right in the main persistence go horrifically wrong in this one , which mean that a great number of superheroes ( including entire teams ) front twisted circumstances that left them either dead , or in a state far worse than death . Here are the 12 dark hero deaths in Marvel ’s infamousRuinstimeline .
12The Avengers
The Avengers are known as Earth ’s Mightiest Heroes because they are truly the greatest superpowered beings on the planet , both in term of their collective strong point and their unwavering valorousness . However , in the Ruins timeline , almost every member was take out with a single shot . In the scuttle varlet of the first issue of Ruins , readers watch as the Avengers ’ quinjet is shoot from the sky . It ’s by and by unwrap that the missile that vote down the Avengers was launched to take out one primary target : Captain America . The other Avengers were merely byproducts ofCaptain America ’s assassinationcarried out by the U.S. regime , ordered by President Charles Xavier . Aside from the master butt , Iron Man , Giant - Man , and the Wasp were all killed by the targeted projectile as well , eliminating all the Avengers in one horrific heartbeat .
11Hawkeye
While Hawkeye was also an Avenger at this time , he was n’t on the quinjet when it was shot down , and his life was dispense with as a result . However , he would n’t last much longer than his fellow Avengers , as Hawkeye was detain by office and promptly scoot in the oral sex , executing vogue . Hawkeye outlast his fellow mate , but not long enough to avenge their death , hurt a fate as fast and lurid as theirs .
10Daredevil
9Silver Surfer
The Silver Surfer is one of the most surprising entries on this list given his god - tier power , and the fashion of his death is even more shocking . Silver Surfer ’s consistency was launch drifting in space , his innards floating alongside his lifeless corpse . As assessed by Mar - Vell , it seemed as though the Surfer yearn for his steal man , and just want his lung to breathe in overbold air one more time . Given his major power , he does n’t need to breathe , but he apparently longed for it so intensely that he ripped loose his body in Earth ’s orbit just so his lung could sense air again . Silver Surfer turned his own cosmic power against himself , and he die gruesomely .
8Jean Grey
Jean Grey ’s Ruins ’ last is in spades less vivid than that of the Silver Surfer , though perhaps infinitely more depressing . After approaching Nick Fury to solicit sex for money , Jean Grey is shot in the street by the derange X - director of SHIELD . On Earth-616 , Jean Grey is an Omega point Mutant whose power is noted throughout the cosmos , and who lead one of the strong superhero teams in the world , if not the entire galaxy . Yet in Ruins , her position in life force her to resort to harlotry just to make oddment meet , and in a unsafe area , no less , where she was then shot by some swashbuckler she would have otherwise been willing to have sex with for money .
7Nick Fury
After gun down Jean , and then threatening to do the same to a diary keeper who ’s been take a bit too many head about superhero deaths for the government ’s liking , Nick Fury turn his pistol on himself , ending his own biography . Not only that , but Fury all but openly take his involvement in the demise of the Avengers , as he ’s the one who revealed that the whole affair was orchestrated to primarily take out one man : Captain America . Fury was one of the main reason why this macrocosm was so frightful , and before he die , he have sex that was the case .
6Captain Marvel
While there was no obvious mention of Carol Danvers ’ fate in this realness , readers are told exactly what happens to the original Captain Marvel , Mar - Vell . When Mar - Vell lead a Kree squadron to overrun Planet Earth and impart the human globe to their ever - mature imperium , Captain Marvel found the corpse of the Silver Surfer ( as described above ) . However , the Surfer ’s consistency was n’t full dead - in a sense - as it was radiate lethal cosmic energy , which was presumably remnants of the Power Cosmic the Surfer was interpenetrate with upon his initiation . This made the Kree ship crash - acres on Earth , and when human race ‘ gave ’ them a plot of landed estate on which to live , it was decided that the Kree would be place on an country of America grunge that was extremely irradiated from an teemingness of nuclear testing . Captain Marvel and every other Kree in this concentration clique was dying of Cancer the Crab as a result of the radiation therapy . Interestingly enough , Mar - Vell really died of cancer in the independent persistence as well , though this version of events is far more unrelenting , as he has to watch helplessly as his people have the same destiny .
5Hulk
The Hulk ’s story is exactly the same in this timeline as it was in Earth-616 . Bruce Banner turn tail into the examination area where his gamma bomb is about to be detonated to save Rick Jones , and he gets blasted by the gamma rays . However , instead of being turned into a superhero , and perhaps the substantial being on Earth , if not the galaxy , Bruce ’s body immediately gets covered in enormous tumor that begin break almost as soon as they formed . However , where this ingress support out from all the others is that Bruce Banner did n’t really die . Designated ‘ Hulk ’ by the CIA , Banner was transmit to an underground dugout for quarantine survey , suffering a fate far worse than death and destined to never be any variety of sub , Avenger or otherwise .
4The Punisher
The Punisher is one of the few heroes on this lean who did n’t change much from his Earth-616 counterpart , but whose taradiddle ended all the more grimly - and unspectacularly . After interviewing someone about another dead superhero , the journalist who Nick Fury closely killed , Philip Sheldon , walks by the cadaver of the Punisher , lie in the street with gunfire wounds litter his exanimate body . base on the ‘ Punisher ’ insignia on his chest , it can be confidently asserted that he was the exact same antihero fans are used to seeing , but one who is n’t as apparently immortal as the original .
3Ghost Rider
It ’s fascinating that a gentleman who sells his person to Satan and see a small taste of the suffering hell has to provide on a day-to-day base has a liveliness that ’s less horrifying than just a steady hombre who devolve on a bike for entertainment . But , that ’s on the dot the case inRuins , as Johnny Blaze is n’t a supernatural antihero , he ’s just a professional stuntman travel with a show that specializes in shocking stunts that wow and excite masses across the nation . In a stunt that Blaze decide would be his last , he douse himself in gasoline , started rag his motorcycle towards a ramp for another unbelievable jump , then lit a match . Johnny go up in flames as he vaporize off the incline , landing only to tantalise around the desert for hours , scream as he slowly burn to death . His death in Ruins was reminiscent of his life as Ghost Rider , but infinitely more depressing .
