Superheroes We've Lost In 2020 So Far

This year has been unique, and one aspect that defines 2020 is a relatively low superhero body count. But saving the world is dangerous business, and there are still some heroic sacrifices coming in under the wire. Here are the superheroes we've lost in 2020 so far.

During the CW's huge Crisis on Infinite Earths event, no one had a rougher time than Oliver Queen. By the end of the event, he had died twice. Arrow's final season finds the hero falling in battle against the Anti-Monitor's armies. Then, after his body is revived without his soul, it, along with the rest of the multiverse, is destroyed by the anti-matter wave.

Still, Green Arrow isn't done yet. In Purgatory, Queen is recruited by Jim Corrigan to be the new host for the Spectre, an immensely powerful being who, in DC Comics, is literally the wrath of God. After using his new abilities to help Flash escape the Speed Force, Queen gives more direct help in the battle against the Anti-Monitor. His new power allows him to go toe-to-toe with the villain and to help create the new multiverse. Sadly, he doesn't survive the battle for long. Dying, he tells Barry and Sara Lance that he's at peace, and that the new multiverse will need them.

The entire world honors his sacrifice in both the Legends of Tomorrow episode that ends the event and the Arrow series finale. Before the series ends, we see Oliver reunited in the afterlife with Felicity Smoak.

Stargirl debuted in May with an explosive display of superhero carnage. The premiere episode opens a decade before the events of the rest of the series, with the Justice Society of America getting wiped out by the Injustice Society. At first it appears the only survivor is the sidekick Stripesy, to whom Starman will later entrust his powerful Cosmic Staff.

Wildcat is killed, hurled from the headquarters, just as Stripesy arrives. Doctor Mid-Nite is killed by The Shade, pulled away by a massive shadow hand. Starman fights off most of the Injustice Society on his own before being dealt a mortal wound by Icicle. Flash's helmet and Sandman's corpse are spotted during the melee. Many of the members aren't seen at all. Stripesy flees the headquarters with Starman, who later dies from his wounds.

It's revealed in a subsequent episode that while Hourman survived the battle, the monstrous Solomon Grundy killed him and his wife a year later. Keep watching the video to see all the Superheroes we've lost in 2020 so far.

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Green Arrow | 0:00
The Justice Society of America | 1:32
The Justice League and the Titans | 2:26
The Green Lantern Corps | 4:16
The Suicide Squad | 5:14
Witchfire | 6:41
Kate Pryde | 8:00
King Shark | 9:19
Star-Lord | 10:25
Starfire | 11:29
Azrael | 12:34
Brainwave Jr. | 13:29
Enoch | 15:00
1983 Jiaying | 16:01
To our other fallen heroes | 17:04

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