Who will never leave MU for long?

[Blackcat]

After the comebacks of Moonknight, Luke Cage, Baron Zemo, Black Panther, Shang Chi, Colossus and Ghostrider I came to think some Marvel Characters are big one time, got away from the spotlights and came back later with succes (or maybe without).

Of others you can say they became 'big characters' and never left Marvel books for long (longer than 6 months) and will probably never do. I came with a few names of those characters of which I think will never leave the MU books for very long, yes, some died once or left once, but never for more than 6 months and probably will never never do. Others were big once and never made a big return so far.

Big names that I think will probably never leave longer than 6 months:
Ironman
Cap. America
Thor
Ms Marvel
She Hulk
Hulk
Reed Richards
Sue Richards
Thing
Toorts
Cyclops
Wolverine
Storm
Rogue
Beast
Iceman
Spider-Man
Doc. Strange


Strong Marvel characters who had a lot of fans once, but still after a while they went away or died and stayed away longer than 6 months in MU history, but later made a comeback, some with a lot of succes, some less compared to the old days:
Punisher
Luke Cage
Black Panther
Colossus
Shang Chi (though not solo anymore)
Cap. Brittain
Ghostrider
Dazzler (though not solo anymore)
Iron Fist
Spiderwoman
Punisher



Big characters of today that I think will probably be out of the picture (again) in the (near) future:
Sentry
Daredevil
Ronan
Silver Surfer
Namor
Shang Chi
Emma Frost
Moonknight
Colossus
Dazzler
Cap. Brittain
Prof. Xavier


Big names of the past who left longer than 1 year by now and never returned as a regular in a Marvel title so far and I think will not any day soon:
Jean Grey(aka Phoenix)
Valkyrie
Cap. Marvel (aka Mar-Vell)
Doctor Druid
X-Man (Nate Grey)
Jack of Hearts
Union Jack
Adam Warlock
Quasar
Moondragon
Hellstorm


Big names who left of who I think will return any day now:
Hawkeye
USAgent


Big names who just left and probably will wait a while to return:
Scarlet Witch
Photon (Genis Vell)
Banshee


Formaly big names of the old days, that are no more big today, but still appear every now and then in Marvel books or are now used as background characters:
Blackwidow
Hellcat
Wonderman
Vision
Wasp
Cloak & Dagger
Yellowjacket
Black Knight (Dane)
Nighthawk
Ka-zar


Big names that left a couple of long periods, but have always return after a while:
Polaris
Quicksilver
Havok
Shadowcat
Archangel
Nick Fury

[Leaper Queen]

I think you can add Alpha Flight to the big names that left a couple of long periods, but have always return after a while catagory.

How many times did they start over, a lot of times. Now they died, but most of the dead-ones are duplicates from somewhere else (exept for Puck II and Major M) So I guess they will make another comeback sooner or later.

[Steven F.]

Union Jack....limited series starting soon....
Quasar....just guest starred in Annihilation: Nova
Moondragon....is set to be a part of Annihilation
Hellstorm....mini-series starting in September.

[Expletive Deleted]

Anyone with a movie coming out.

[1WEBHEAD]

I'm surprised no one has said these...

Bendis :D

[Sam T.]

I won't leave Marvel...!:D

[Magneto Rocks]

DOOOM!

Doom never leaves for too long. He's always back ;)

[Golon9977]

After the comebacks of Moonknight, Luke Cage, Baron Zemo, Black Panther, Shang Chi, Colossus and Ghostrider I came to think some Marvel Characters are big one time, got away from the spotlights and came back later with succes (or maybe without).

Of others you can say they became 'big characters' and never left Marvel books for long (longer than 6 months) and will probably never do. I came with a few names of those characters of which I think will never leave the MU books for very long, yes, some died once or left once, but never for more than 6 months and probably will never never do. Others were big once and never made a big return so far.

Big names that I think will probably never leave longer than 6 months:

Thor
Mister Fantastic
Toorts

Both Thor and Mister Fantastic left for more than six months. More than a year I believe.

Who or what is Toorts?

[KittyPryde]

Rogue left for more than 6 months...although perhaps they wouldn't do it to her now (has her popularity increased that much in the past 15ish years)?

After taking Master Mold into the Siege Perilous at the end of Uncanny 247, she wasn't seen again until Uncanny 269 (22 issues later...so nearly 2 years real-world-time).