1) BLACK CONDOR
The Black Ranger of Choujin Sentai Jetman, Yuki Gai was killed by a random mugger immediately after his team’s greatest triumph. Years later, bored of the afterlife his heroism earned, Gai returned to Earth just in time to help a successor Sentai team through a crisis of faith, with his Jetman powers miraculously intact. At the end of that adventure, Black Condor returned to the afterlife, satisfied that the world is still safe under the aegis of Super Sentai…
Thanks to Faithful Spoilerite Lammy Lamjizzle (@lamguin) for this week’s topic. Feel free to follow along @MightyKingCobra for more Ten Things madness on Twitter or check out the full archive here! As with any set of like items, these aren’t meant to be hard and fast or absolutely complete, especially since sudden power loss and rejuvenation is a cornerstone trope of superhero stories.
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