User blog comment:Pijuyo2/Deceased Characters (final version)/@comment-61022-20110102225052

Sabretooth - Meh, I could live with out him. He was effective back when he would torture Wolverine about his past. Wolverine now has a healing factor that is a billion times better than ever, and he knows his past. The two things Sabes used to trump Wolverine with most times are no longer a major issue. I'd say that if they did bring Sabretooth back from the dead, have him focus on a new character to clash with. I think it would be interesting if they made him clash with Iron Fist again, just like in the old days.

Bill Foster - The bargain basement Giant-Man. Pretty much created back in the day when Blaxploitation films were all the rage. Frankly if they found a way to revive him and make him a relevant character like they did with Luke Cage then maybe I'd be interested. The only important thing he's done in his publication history was get killed during the Civil War... Oh then there's the whole beating cancer by a fluke thing.

Omega Red: Another Wolverine villain who's really disposable now that the major points of his antagonism with Wolverine is over. Another one of the "Bad guys from Wolverine's mysterious past" character has his story value eliminated thanks to Wolverine now knowing his past. Plus I didn't they resolve his need for the C-Synth device? At any rate, if they were to bring him back, I'd recommend pitting him against another character, because they're going to have to give him a new motivation to keep going after Wolverine again -- at least if they want to keep him interesting (the ol' revenge thing is tired)

Senty: I am going to have to agree with people, while it's unlikely that he's dead, he's just a ridiculously powerful character he could beat anyone. He's pretty much Marvel's answer to Superman. The only thing that was interesting about Robert Reynolds was his mental problems and his divided nature. Once that had been fully explored, and then had him go completely nuts thanks to Osborn's manipulations he kind of lost his interest as a character. If they brought him back, I'd say they'd have to come up with some kind of limitations to his powers -- or, even better: Send him into space. I think the Sentry would make an EXCELLENT space character, mixing it up with the Silver Surfer, the Guardians of the Galaxy and the like. Pit him against characters that are on an almost even playing field with him power wise. If I were to write the story, I'd have the Sentry become reborn at the Crunch and try to find his way back to Earth. It's a big universe and he could pretty much run into anyone. I could see him go up against Galactus, Thanos. Since his weakness is to the Negative Zone, maybe even make survivors of the Annihilation Wave his primary antagonists because they would be the only ones who could really hurt him.

Ares and Phobos: Well they are part of the Greek pantheon. There's always a way to make these characters come back. I'm not too familiar with Phobos, but I think Ares was at his best when he was clashing with Hercules.

Bullseye: Another character who's central purpose from a story telling perspective has pretty much dried out. As far as a Daredevil rogue, how many times do they need to write a story where he goes out and kills someone close to Matt Murdock? It's been done to death. I will give credit to the fact hat putting him in the Thunderbolts and later the Dark Avengers was a brilliant idea. It was putting him in a different situation and a different context. If they were going to bring Bullseye back, I would say that they would have to give him a different foe to clash with.

Molecule Man: .... Peaked after Secret Wars II. I mean what more could you really do with the guy? He has the power to alter any molecules and that's pretty much it. The thing with characters with cosmic scale powers is if you limit them to Earth, they get kind of boring because the potential for story telling is limited by the confines of the setting. Plus, the Molecule Man wasn't really a bad guy once he started going to therapy. If they bring him back, they're going to have to make him very menacing, like creating a reality warp or something (Hey, why should it be mutants doing all the reality warping all the time?) I would love to see them do one of those reality warp stories with the Fantastic Four. Molecule Man would seem like the most ideal character in their rogues gallery to do it.

Vision: Isn't the Vision with the Young Avengers essentially the same character? His O/S was downloaded into Iron Lad's armor... Unless there is a lack of his personality or something? Again, here's a character who was defined by who he interacted with. The Vision was the love and husband of the Scarlet Witch. With Wanda effectively destroying him and having gone bonkers during the House of M. You would have to find new purpose for the character. If I were to bring him back, I think I'd bring him back as a villain, and have him go after Wanda in revenge for her destroying him. Maybe be a regular villain for Speed and Wiccan in a Young Avengers plot, resolve the whole mystery of who they really are.