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Post by mikelmidnight on Oct 20, 2017 12:17:41 GMT -5
The Sword. He was a crusading reporter during the Golden Age, and took on the costumed identity of The Sword. After a few issues he stopped being the Sword, but continued fighting against crime out of costume. I always thought there must be a story there.
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Post by String on Oct 20, 2017 12:19:13 GMT -5
Arowette from the David/Mail 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. In a an interview I read recently with PAD, he talks about Arrowette's quitting. Some fans were complaining why she was still a member of the cast if she stopped being a super-hero. His thinking was, if your friend quits a job for something else, are you going to stop being their friend? No, of course not which is why he kept her around the group after she did quit. It's funny when you think about it, as if wearing a mask is the only valid reason for being a part of a team. |
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 20, 2017 12:20:12 GMT -5
Marvel's Sons of the Tiger had that "I've had it!" moment with one of their members literally throwing their amulets (source of their powers) into a trash can and giving a big middle finger to superheroing.
I haven't followed the characters in the modern era, but it wouldn't surprise me if that didn't stick.
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Post by badwolf on Oct 20, 2017 12:30:52 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. To update my previous response, yeah, kind of (I think.) She was killed at the end of her series, but revived a year later in an Avengers story meant to resolve the somewhat dodgy end of her final issue (not really Ann Nocenti's fault; I always got the impression she was rushed into concluding SW's story with the sudden cancellation of her series.) But even though Jessica was revealed to have lived, she was without her powers...I think? (Don't have those issues any more.) Anyway, yes, she did disappear for a long time. I remember her making a return appearance in Alias -- with her powers -- many years later. But I'm not sure if she appeared at all in between those two points. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2017 12:58:36 GMT -5
Marvel's Sons of the Tiger had that "I've had it!" moment with one of their members literally throwing their amulets (source of their powers) into a trash can and giving a big middle finger to superheroing. I haven't followed the characters in the modern era, but it wouldn't surprise me if that didn't stick. It did; the amulets were recovered by Hector Ayala, who would become the White Tiger thanks to their power. |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2017 12:59:41 GMT -5
Rom retired, didn't he? He was taken out of his armour and started playing Adam and Eve with Brandy on some planet?
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Post by shaxper on Oct 20, 2017 13:26:51 GMT -5
Earth 2 Batman retired.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2017 13:43:23 GMT -5
This is a bit of cheating, but Earth-1 Superman retired in the story "Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow" that concluded his original run. Technically speaking, the post-Crisis Superman is not the Earth-1 fellow, who we saw willfully expose himself to gold Kryptonite and relinquish his powers.
I'm glad to report that he started a family with Lois and they raised a son together. He also wore a moustache.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Oct 20, 2017 14:07:57 GMT -5
This is a bit of cheating, but Earth-1 Superman retired in the story "Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow" that concluded his original run. Technically speaking, the post-Crisis Superman is not the Earth-1 fellow, who we saw willfully expose himself to gold Kryptonite and relinquish his powers. I'm glad to report that he started a family with Lois and they raised a son together. He also wore a moustache. That was an imaginary story; doesn't count.  (Kidding, of course.) |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 20, 2017 14:14:33 GMT -5
This is a bit of cheating, but Earth-1 Superman retired in the story "Whatever happened to the man of tomorrow" that concluded his original run. Technically speaking, the post-Crisis Superman is not the Earth-1 fellow, who we saw willfully expose himself to gold Kryptonite and relinquish his powers. I'm glad to report that he started a family with Lois and they raised a son together. He also wore a moustache. That was an imaginary story; doesn't count. (Kidding, of course.) Aren't they all? |
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 20, 2017 20:07:46 GMT -5
He did come back in costume, though, in the first Adventure Comics storyline, after they cancelled All-Star (which was intended to be the next issue of All-Star). He dies in costume. Granted, it was the first time he put it back on, since E-2 Selina Wayne was killed. In the revived All-Star he is retired and is the police commissioner of Gotham and ends up at odds with the JSA (thanks to some mental tweaking by a villain). I kind of liked him in that role (aside form the heightened paranoia, from the mind meddling) and wouldn't have minded a series of stories with him using his detective skills on the force, rather than in costume. |
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Post by chadwilliam on Oct 20, 2017 21:08:48 GMT -5
Not sure if this counts because he did die in costume, but it has to be pretty close...
Barry Allen retired to the 30th century to be with his wife after he was cleared of the murder of The Reverse Flash. Of course, Crisis hit and his retirement lasted all of about a few months (if I'm remembering correctly) but this wasn't a "I sure miss fighting supervillains" return to action, but a "reality is dissolving all around me and I can't exactly do nothing" attitude. I guess it's the difference between going after an armed robber and defending yourself against one. Had he lived it sure seemed as if he'd be returning to Florida circa 2985.
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 21, 2017 11:41:23 GMT -5
Marvel's Sons of the Tiger had that "I've had it!" moment with one of their members literally throwing their amulets (source of their powers) into a trash can and giving a big middle finger to superheroing. I haven't followed the characters in the modern era, but it wouldn't surprise me if that didn't stick. It did; the amulets were recovered by Hector Ayala, who would become the White Tiger thanks to their power. And after he renounced the powers, Bob Diamond got them back. There was no Sons reunion, and the amulets turned out to be part of an enchanted tiger statue created by Master Khan that could be transformed into a life-size, living tiger if one knew the proper incantation. Cei-U! I summon Jo Duffy's trippy imagination! |
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Oct 21, 2017 11:47:12 GMT -5
It did; the amulets were recovered by Hector Ayala, who would become the White Tiger thanks to their power. And after he renounced the powers, Bob Diamond got them back. There was no Sons reunion, and the amulets turned out to be part of an enchanted tiger statue created by Master Khan that could be transformed into a life-size, living tiger if one knew the proper incantation. Cei-U! I summon Jo Duffy's trippy imagination! That's why you're the historian around here, Kurt! But Bob must have given them back, since Hector was wearing them and playing White Tiger again in Daredevil vol. 2 #38, when he was arrested by the police -which led to his being eventually shot dead while trying to escape at the end of his trial. |
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Post by Cei-U! on Oct 21, 2017 14:16:21 GMT -5
And after he renounced the powers, Bob Diamond got them back. There was no Sons reunion, and the amulets turned out to be part of an enchanted tiger statue created by Master Khan that could be transformed into a life-size, living tiger if one knew the proper incantation. Cei-U! I summon Jo Duffy's trippy imagination! That's why you're the historian around here, Kurt! But Bob must have given them back, since Hector was wearing them and playing White Tiger again in Daredevil vol. 2 #38, when he was arrested by the police -which led to his being eventually shot dead while trying to escape at the end of his trial. I'll take your word for it. That happened after the resurrection of Jean Grey ended my interest in the Marvel Universe. Cei-U! Poor Hector never could catch a break! |
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