Rick & Morty Already Admitted Vindicators' Deaths Weren't Permanent

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When the intergalactic team of superheroes, collectively known as the Vindicators made their debut in Rick and Morty, Rick wasted no time in not only calling out how stupid and pointless he thought they were, but also in killing them. After setting up a series of insane games and tasks, Rick systematically puts the heroes in positions where they had little chance of survival, and all but one of them met their end by Rick’s drunken hand. However, further insight into Rick and Morty lore proves that the Vindicators’ deaths weren’t permanent because of the meta parody the team was created for.

In Rick and Morty Presents: The Vindicators #1 by J. Torres and CJ Cannon, Rick and Morty are called upon by the Vindicators to help stop a multiversal threat. A villain known as Boon is hunting down the cosmically powerful Infinity Balls and threatens to use that power to re-shape every conceivable universe in his image. While initially reluctant, Rick agrees to help them, but not before spewing some much needed meta commentary.

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Before the adventure really gets going, the Vindicators hero Million Ants is killed after being attacked by one of Rick’s many enemies he acquired during his travels across the multiverse. When Morty is upset by this tragedy, Rick consoles him by saying, "It’s okay Morty. Just imagine that superhero heaven has revolving doors. No hero ever really dies. They all eventually come back “all-new, all-different.'" While Rick’s sentiment is geared towards the superhero genre as a whole, especially established universes like Marvel and DC which have characters die and come back to life fairly consistently, it also acts as an