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Post by Outrajs on Oct 20, 2017 7:41:27 GMT -5
I don't mean..."I screwed up badly...I will quit and then come back when the time is needed..." type of quit. I mean they either burned their costume or gave it to someone else and the next crime they saw they just passed it up...never returning to superherodom forever? And if so...why?
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 20, 2017 7:51:27 GMT -5
Off the top of my head I think the only heroes that quit to never come back are ones that didn't have an active book that was being published. It's the type of story that's told in a flashback. I want say the Golden age Sandman and maybe White Tiger.
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 20, 2017 7:54:01 GMT -5
Basically the premise of Alias, that Jennifer Jones gave up being a superhero and became a private investigator.
Within Astro City, Jack-in-the-Box encounters his "children," from alternate futures, and decides to give up being a hero and concentrate on being a father to his unborn child. However, he selects a successor and mentors him, remotely monitoring his operations and advising him, as seen in Batman Beyond, with Bruce and Terry.
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Post by MDG on Oct 20, 2017 8:19:35 GMT -5
Hadn't the Earth-2 Batman quit being Batman for a decade or so before he died?
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Post by Warmonger on Oct 20, 2017 8:21:09 GMT -5
Didn't the Shogun Warriors quit during the Doug Moench run on FF after their robots were destroyed?
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 20, 2017 8:22:33 GMT -5
The OP asked for a person that quit and NEVER came back. I'm thinking that's rare and in the E2 Batman's case doesn't apply.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 20, 2017 8:24:38 GMT -5
Basically the premise of Alias, that Jennifer Jones gave up being a superhero and became a private investigator. Within Astro City, Jack-in-the-Box encounters his "children," from alternate futures, and decides to give up being a hero and concentrate on being a father to his unborn child. However, he selects a successor and mentors him, remotely monitoring his operations and advising him, as seen in Batman Beyond, with Bruce and Terry. Jennifer Jones threw on the costume in the Avengers series. I was going to say Bumblebee from the original Titans series but I think he came back for the Titans Hunt storyline just in time to be murdered. |
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Oct 20, 2017 8:55:04 GMT -5
Arowette from the David/Nauck Young Justice series. She was basically pressured into superheroine by her mother and still hung out with Wonder Girl and remained a member of the cast after she quit dressing up in costume.
If it counts, Peter Parker quit being Spider-man in the MC2 Spider-girl title.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2017 9:04:42 GMT -5
I don't mean..."I screwed up badly...I will quit and then come back when the time is needed..." type of quit. I mean they either burned their costume or gave it to someone else and the next crime they saw they just passed it up...never returning to superherodom forever? And if so...why? These Legionnaires all quit before the "Five years later" story arc in LoSH vol. 4: Lighting Lad (injured, became a farmer) Saturn Girl (raised a family with the former) Colossal Boy (became a cop) Duo Damsel (depowered, became an instructor for future heroes) Bouncing Boy (same) Dream Girl (became a politician) Star Boy (became a baseball coach) Sun Boy (screwed up badly, but didn't come back as a hero... he became a government mouthpiece) Shadow Lass (widowed, went into extended mourning) Polar Boy (he was jailed!) ... probably a few more, but it's been a few years. I think most of them would have stayed retired, but the real reason they never came back is that their book was completely rebooted after sixty-odd issues and set in a different reality. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 20, 2017 9:22:50 GMT -5
Ray Coffin, the first human to possess the power of Captain Universe, aids the Micronauts against Baron Karza, then gives up the power to spend time with his son, Steve.
Steve would later wield the power of Captain Universe against the enigmatic Mister E in Marvel Spotlight Vol. 2, one of the titles to benefit from Ditko's return to Marvel.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2017 10:16:24 GMT -5
Batman quits the Justice League once to form the Outsiders and did quit Justice League International Once and again quit the Justice League on two separate times because of personal issues beyond his control for his own good.
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Post by badwolf on Oct 20, 2017 10:22:34 GMT -5
Ray Coffin, the first human to possess the power of Captain Universe, aids the Micronauts against Baron Karza, then gives up the power to spend time with his son, Steve. Wasn't Captain Universe always a temporary role, that chose someone "when needed", though? |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 20, 2017 10:39:30 GMT -5
Wasn't Captain Universe always a temporary role, that chose someone "when needed", though? Subsequently, yes. But Coffin was the first, and the power even attempted to return to him at a later date. He had aged though, and the sudden (re-)possession caused a heart attack. The power then possessed his son Steve temporarily, even healing Ray before departing. It's likely the role was always intended to be temporary, as you state. Still, I think Ray's decision to relinquish the power fits the OP's parameters. YMMV.  |
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Post by shaxper on Oct 20, 2017 11:50:09 GMT -5
Didn't the original volume of Spider-Woman end with her quitting? She's back now, but (and I could be totally wrong here) it seems like she was out of the game for a good two decades.
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Post by badwolf on Oct 20, 2017 12:08:39 GMT -5
Didn't the original volume of Spider-Woman end with her quitting? She's back now, but (and I could be totally wrong here) it seems like she was out of the game for a good two decades. No, she was killed by Morgan le Fey. |
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