The Devil's Due comic has since been rendered non-canon due to being supplanted by IDW Publishing's own continuation of the Marvel Comics series, which has yet to feature the Headman and presumably has him still alive and incarcerated.
Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel), his final appearance in the comic had him captured alive, but the Devil's Due continuation mentioned in the 31st issue of America's Elite that Headman was killed by Tomax. Joe: A Real American Hero as the villain of the two-part episode "The Greates Evil", where he ended up dying from a lethal overdose of his own drug spark. Zig-zagged with the character Headman, who originated in the DiC Entertainment continuation of G.I.Spider-Gwen is an alt-universe superhero comic based on the premise that Gwen Stacy not only survived but was bitten by the radioactive spider and received superpowers. And indeed the book ends with Dracula dead but the vampriric Lucy still at large. She manages to escape by killing the last bride for them under the condition they leave her be to enjoy her immortality. Even in the final confrontation between with the hunters and backed by Dracula's brides. Lucy Westenra actually survive the entirety of the book due to Arthur betraying the heroes and helping Dracula move her body after he finished feeding on her, allowing her to turn safely and develop her powers to be a vulnerable threat. In Victorian Undead II which somewhat adapts the Dracula novel.Despite the former being Retconned as being replaced and never actually having died, and the latter being later resurrected, Aunt May and Doctor Octopus could count, too, since they also died during the Clone Saga. The '"Director's Cut" miniseries of The Clone Saga sees both Ben Reilly and Baby May survive the events of the story.As all three were written before Captain America: Winter Soldier retconned that was he still alive as the (albeit brainwashed) eponymous villain, The Ultimates, Heroes Reborn, and Trouble (Marvel Comics) depict a still-living Bucky Barnes who settled down and grew old after surviving World War 2.Batman Eternal reveals that, unlike their pre- Flashpoint incarnations, Carmine Falcone and Deacon Blackfire are alive in the present day, whereas Falcone's pre- Flashpoint incarnation was killed by Two-Face at the end of The Long Halloween (and hence early in Batman's career) and Deacon Blackfire's only appearance between his debut in Batman: The Cult and the reboot is as a Black Lantern.The Batman Adventures: In Issue #15 of The Batman and Robin Adventures, Dick Grayson foils the attempt on the life of Boston Brandt a.k.a.Though Buford shoots him in a Deleted Scene so his death was likely non-canon. IDW's Back To The Future Comic shows that Marshall Strickland is still alive after the events of Back to the Future Part III.In the actual film, Tom stabs him and he falls to his presumed death. In the comic adaptation of the film Babes in Toyland, Barnaby is forced into a cage and imprisoned at the end of his duel with Tom.Likewise, both Queen Karnilla and the Grey Gargoyle appear to die near the end of the first season of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but are revealed alive in the tie-in comic.The sky's the limit as for why this happens, which probably explains why it happens so often. Maybe the events where it happens are cut for other reasons.
Maybe they just planned to make sequels when the source material didn't have any, and wanted to save important characters for the next story. Maybe the material is lacking in villains, so they took a minor character and decided to amp it up and make them a real threat to the cast. Maybe the death stood out as especially pointless, and people in charge decided they didn't need to kill a beloved character just to upset the audience yet again. Maybe the character was a fan favorite and the crew wanted to throw them a bone. Perhaps the Media Watchdogs, Executive Meddling, and/or the creator wanted to make it Lighter and Softer than the original. The reasons behind these occurrences vary. Both an adaptation trope and a death trope, Spared by the Adaptation refers to cases where a character who died in the source material does not die in an adaptation.
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