Warning: Spoilers for Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Ep.7 ahead!
Superheroes have become notorious for not staying dead very long, so much so that even the Bat-Family is admitting that death doesn't really matter in comics. In the Webtoon Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Ep. 7, Batman's team of vigilantes discuss amongst themselves how many of them have died and come back to life... and their nonchalance regarding the matter speaks volumes.
The lack of permanence surrounding death has become an ongoing joke amongst fans of comics. It's gotten to the point that when an important character dies, readers just sit around counting the issues until they return instead of mourning their passing. Wonder Woman recently died in DC comics, went to Valhalla, traveled through a few other parts of the multiverse, and then returned to the land of the living, safe and sound. In Marvel comics, members of the mutant race have been dying and coming long before the X-Men gained the ability of resurrection. Additionally, as mentioned in Ep. 7 of Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, almost every member of the Bat-Family has died and been brought back to life at least once.
Creators CRC Payne and StarBite have been using their scrolling comic as a way to explore a more playful take on an otherwise gritty vigilante family. Fans have been loving watching them dive into the Bat-Family dynamics in a new and fun way. It's also allowed for a lot of room to explore their interpersonal dynamics. In this most recent episode, members of the team end up playing a little Vigilante Bingo with the new Wayne Mansion recruit, Duke Thomas, aka The Signal. It quickly becomes a competition of who can rack up the most points in regards to the amount of crazy stuff they've done and experienced as vigilantes. Eventually, it leads to Jason Todd telling the group to "raise your hand if you've ever been murdered and come back to life," to which he, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne, and (debatably) Dick Grayson all raise their hands.
Duke seems uncomfortable and slightly horrified at the frequency at which the whole death and resurrection thing tends to occur, especially after Jason says it "happens more than you'd think," but fans know that he probably doesn't have too much to worry about. Even after his horrendous and infamous murder at the hands of the Joker, Jason Todd found his way back to the land of the living. It may seem concerning to The Signal, and of course, getting murdered in the first place is a frightening thought for a man in the field, but at least he can find comfort in knowing that more often than not, it's not permanent.
Of course, this is all poking fun at the fact that any time a character dies in comics, creators have reserved the ability to retcon them, resurrect them, or explain away their deaths as false in any way they see fit in order to advance a story or fix a mistake. This can lead to a traumatized character, plot holes, a whole lot of questions, or often the well-received saving of a beloved character. At the end of the day though, they really wouldn't be the comic books fans know and love if it wasn't for these kinds of tropes, especially when it comes to Batman comics. So, it's great to see creators like CRC Payne and StarBite poke some fourth-wall-breaking fun at the comic sphere's severe lack of consequences when it comes to death.