Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-16461120-20151108055131/@comment-61022-20151109180644

Per the Secret Wars Handbook, the entry on the Cabal, the Squadron they slaughtered was from Earth-31916. Was Nighthawk among the pile of bodies? I remember it being one panel and there was a pile of characters.

But a pile of bodies doesn't necessarily mean they are dead, feigning death in a pile of dead bodies is a desperate tactical move that has been employed. Nighthawk seems like the type to do that.

But again, unless there is an editorial statement or it actually depicted, we shouldn't assume one way or the other.

As for Ultimate Cap appearing in Ultimate End even though he was reported as dead during Cataclysm... That's another one I'd file under unclear. If I remember he was caught in some kind of blast or some such thing or was lost in the final push against Galactus. I didn't read anything after that, did they find the body? I don't think he even "died" on panel. Much like 616 Cap and Iron Man -- a helicarrier crashing in the spot they're fighting it out is not a conclusive death because there are so many outs (The idea that Stark didn't have even a teleporter or some kind of weapon or device to get free is too outlandish)

"Deaths" are such a toss away in the Marvel Universe and I am of the opinion that unless there is an actual corpse I maintain that death is not conclusive.

Again, I can foresee them explaining everything before the series is done (In respect to Stark, Rogers and so on)

The Squadron though... I think unless there is some kind of forthcoming explanation we should treat them as separate entities until something concrete is provided. By concrete I mean an in-story explanation or an editorial explanation (in a Handbook for example)

As always, writers intend one thing or another, but often they are overwritten by editorial decisions.