Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-61022-20160330220251/@comment-61022-20160405204753

Actually, no, we can't assume that is the case. Although it is has been stated he was killed by Madame Hydra in, the panel showing his death shows Viper shooting him with a normal gun. Countless villains have survived such a situation in the past. And yes, I am aware of where his soul apparently appears in Mephisto's Hell.

Just because an apparent soul is seen in Hell, it's not necessary that person. It could be an impostor of some kind.

Two examples:


 * Mockingbird was replaced by a Skrull circa and it was the Skrull impostor that was killed in . Later her "soul" apparently appeared in hell.


 * Ant-Man (Scott Lang) Also seemingly killed in was saved at the last moment by his daughter as seen in . However the apparently dead Ant-Man appears in -.

Handbooks regularly give some ambiguity if a dead soul seen in hell is really that person, or possibly an impostor (likely a demon) posing as them.

That said, people NEED to STOP assuming that a character has truly died and was resurrected in situations like these. We report them dead until they turn up again. But we do NOT assume how they came back to life. We wait until there's an official explanation.

In fact you should actually do some research before making blanket statements like that.