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[Dalek]

For me, the most memorable is Johnny Storm, sacrificing himself to save our world from the monsters of the Negative Zone. Ben Grimm, temporarily human and powerless volunteers to stay behind to close the gate, but Johnny pushes him to safety at the last moment.

 

[BadAss2961]

The really real world

Oh, thought this was coming off that other CBM thread.

 

[Squire]

You posted the one I was thinking of.

 

[Ōkami]

Barry Allen on Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Supergirl too on a lesser stent.

 

[Megadragon15]

Ted "Go to hell, Max!" Kord. His answer to Maxwell Lord asking to him to join Checkmate was a hole in the head.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Ted "Go to hell, Max!" Kord. His answer to Maxwell Lord asking to him to join Checkmate was a hole in the head.

Speaking of Max Lord

 

[8BitsAtATime]

Damian wayne's death. For some reason it hit me hard. That news report at the end ruined me.

"Bug, I have to break in! We are getting reports that the current violent conflict between Batman and Unknown assailants has taken a victim.

Robin is dead. Repeat. Robin is Dead."

 

[bluesun.exe]

Captain Marvel's (dc) death in kingdom come.

 

[Tyrant Rave]

Apocalypse in the beginning of Uncanny X-Force

The way Fantomex just shot a kid in the head was chilling. Especially considering Deadpool basically told him it was fucked up.

 

[Wag]

Poor Tommy...

 

[TheGreatDirector]

Earth-Two (Golden Age) Superman and Lois in Infinite Crisis for some strange reason was really emotional to me.

 

[Shadow_Lord]

Uncle Ben's death

The Waynes' death

 

[BossLackey]

Not exactly "classic", but Saga has an insane amount of "oh shit this person's head exploded and I did not expect that" moments.

 

[bob_arctor]

Barry Allen on Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Supergirl too on a lesser stent.

Yup, these are good ones. Jean Grey killing herself rather than becoming Dark Phoenix really hit hard as well. Sentinels killing everybody in DoFP. When Spidey was killed by Kulan Gath was tough if temporary. Captain Marvel's death (Kree Mar-vell). Thunderbird. Nah, just kidding, nobody cared about him.

Edit: Belasco's domain had all the X-Men dead more or less and in horrific ways iirc. Those always stuck with me.

Terra's death was messed up too considering the build-up and her backstory/relationship with Wilson.

 

[SamuelSupreme]

Superman's original death still hits me....for some reason Thor and Hyperion's death at the end of time runs out got to me.

 

[fredrancour]

It ain't a superhero story, but in Neil Gaiman's Sandman:

Volume 9:

Spoiler

Death escorting Dream away.

"I have made all the necessary preparations."
"You've been making them for ages. You just didn't let yourself know that's what you were doing."
"If you say so."
"Dream? Give me your hand."

I was mopey for the whole day afterwards.

Oh, and on the "Glorifying violence" end of the spectrum, I gotta give it to Marvel's Annihilation for

Spoiler

Nova ripping Annihilus inside-out.

 

[whatsinaname]

I read this only rather recently but it jumped right to the top for me. It was built up slowly in the background over the few issues before it and the payoff was great.

"He stood alone at Gjallerbru and that answer is enough."

 

[guek]

Some of my favorites I happen to have off hand

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

Barry Allen
Kara Zor-El
Jean Grey

 

[DonasaurusRex]

Barry Allen on Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Supergirl too on a lesser stent.

yeah it's kinda hard to top Barry Allen saving the multiverse in such a fashion that even Marvel makes a spoof character to acknowledge him.

 

[Wag]

Lobo kills Santa (The glory days of DC have long past... &#128546

 

[Manu]

Spoiler

Glenn

on issue 100 of The Walking Dead.

 

[Shaanyboi]

How many from Injustice could I post?

Superman killing Black Canary was probably the most depressing

Damian Wayne's death in Batman Inc.

 

[sphagnum]

 

[Grazzt]

Nightcrawler, Messiah War

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Lets be honest its this one

 

[Pau]

The first comic series I got into, and the first major character death that I saw along with everyone else and that hit hard. Gert in Runaways.

 

[Unmasked Ferret]

Rorschach at the end of Watchmen.

 

[Frankenstrat]

Spoiler

Glenn

on issue 100 of The Walking Dead.

I have to agree. Jesus Christ,

Spoiler

Negan

.

 

[Secret Fawful]

Spoiler

The Justice League

in Planetary.

 

[B-Dubs]

Thor and Hyperion, true bros even at the end of everything.

 

[Sinatar]

Barracuda from Punisher Max

God Almighty from Preacher

Annihilus from Annihilation

 

[Sojgat]

 

[Pau]

Spoiler

The Justice League

in Planetary.

The tone of that issue is so perfect. Magic and Loss indeed.

Another contribution:

This isn't the original scene, and it changes the iconic Pietà position, but whenever I think of Jason's death, it's this image that comes to mind. Bruce hugging Jason's body so close breaks my heart. ;-;

 

[Adnor]

Jean Grey Phoenix death in the moon.

But Skurge's death is the best death in comics.

Edit: Goddamnit I always hate when I see Aunt May's death. It was the perfect death for that character, why did they bring her back!?

 

[PsychBat!]

Thor and Hyperion, true bros even at the end of everything.

The best.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Daken's death.

Problem is no one liked Daken so most cheered that this finally happened but still a pretty heavy scene.

 

[dark_inferno]

For me its propably Southern Bastards:

Spoiler

The Fathers death from Issue #4.

It was ruthless and without mercy. It felt real with where,how and why he died.

Never experienced that in a comic before.

 

[MC Safety]

Amazing Spider-Man #400

That was, pardon the pun, amazing.

It's a shame Marvel ruined that scene.

 

[Squire]

Apocalypse in the beginning of Uncanny X-Force

The way Fantomex just shot a kid in the head was chilling. Especially considering Deadpool basically told him it was fucked up.

Can't believe I forgot this.

It's even better in retrospect too. Basically everything that happens in that book afterward is because Fantomex did it and the team didn't/couldn't stop him.

 

[Pritchardo]

death of robin

 

[Acerac]

Oh hell yes, it's an opportunity to post pictures without giving any context!

If you don't know what this comic is that I'm pulling a page from you don't deserve to know, you ignorant clods!

Spoiler

Please don't be this person

 

[ZeroX03]

Agent 355 was a gut punch.

 

[Cpt.Underpants]

http://i.imgur.com/kmjzUXd.jpg?1[IMG]

Agent 355 was a gut punch.[/QUOTE]

Oh god, the wound is still fresh T_T

 

[lazygecko]

 

[Currygan]

 

[vio]

They really nailed that scene in the movie too.

 

[Johndoey]

Agent 355 was a gut punch.

Shit man why did you have to bring that one up. So close to a happy ending.


Lori's death in The Walking Dead is horrible.

 

[kapowza]

 

[McNum]

I don't have an image for it, but, I have to say the death of Fergus McDuck in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

It's notable for being the only on-panel depiction of a dead duck in the entire Disney Ducks series. Sure, there's been ghosts and tombstones and all those things that implies deaths, but no duck corpses... with one single exception. I read that Don Rosa did not expect Disney to allow that page, let alone that panel at all. But to everyone's surprise, they DID! And thus, the first depiction of a duck, lying dead in his bed at dawn came to be in the story proper, causing many a reader to do a double take.

I'll admit other comics have more powerful deaths, but I'm adding this one to the list simply because there was only one. The father of Scrooge McDuck at the end of chapter 9.