User blog:Blinkn/The Dead and the REALLY dead?

I've been wondering about the efficacy or effectiveness of killing characters and how long they stay dead.

Old comic cliche, they usually don't stay dead for long and all that but what are your thoughts on whether knowing that Cable's, Xavier's, Jean's, Cap's, and Human Torch's most recent death is only temporary and how it effects your emotional response to the loss?

And what about certain characters that manage to stay dead? (e.g. Captain Marvel)

Is it better if they stay dead longer and THEN bring them back?

Like say Nightcrawler, Corsair, Banshee, Mystique, Sabertooth, Lilandra, Legion, Wasp, and Vision.

Do you feel better knowing the really popular ones never die for long?

Your thoughts on these or any death and revival issues in Marvel characters.