Death (personification)

Tag Area: Fictional Character
Comic Book

Journey into Mystery #102

Death Comes to Thor!

Eighteen-year-old Thor seeks out the three prophetic Fates for the answer to whether he shall ever be awarded Odin’s enchanted hammer. —Michael Main
You can win Odin’s enchanted hammer—but you will have to meet death first!
Young Thor, without his hammer, climbs a grassy hill toward a rock outcrop where three cloaked figures stir a caldron.
  • Superhero
  • Folklore and Mythology
  • Audience: YA and Up
  • Time Phenomena
Comic Book

Unusual Tales #47

The Unwelcome Guest

After a car accident, Steve Teller stumbles into a house that takes him from one time to another. —Michael Main
Open up! I’ve had enough of this! Whatever crazy explanation there is, I want it now!
Standing in front of a medieval knight, a startled man exclaims "I . . . I must be dreaming."
  • Horror
  • Audience: YA and Up
  • Definite Time Travel
Short Story

from Watership Down

The Story of El-ahrairah and the Black Rabbit of Inlé

  • by Richard Adams
  • chapter 17 of Watership Down, (Rex Collings, November 1972)
According to rabbit lore, during a dire time when El-ahrairah’s warren is under siege, the wise rabbit devices a plan to offer his life to Death himself in return for relief from the siege. So with the help of a distraction by his brave generals, El-ahrairah and his faithful companion Rabscuttle escape from the burrows and journey to the land of Death. You’ll have to read of their quest yourself, but I will tell you that their passage of time in the land of the gods is—as in our own traditional tales of The Mahabharata and The Tipitaka—much slower than the passage of time in the mortal realm. —Michael Main
Pen-and-ink drawing two rabbits and a claw hammer in a small clearing on a solid, greenish-gold background.
  • Science Fiction
  • Folklore and Mythology
  • Audience: Families
  • Time Phenomena
Feature Film

Bill & Ted II

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey

Two Evil Robots from the future are out to destroy Bill & Ted and their babes. After all that, the Two Great Ones begin a journey that starts with Death and ends with Two Little Ones. —Michael Main
Look, after we get away from this guy, we use the booth. We time travel back to before the concert and set up the things we need to get him now.
Alex Winter (A K A Bill) and Keanu Reeves (A K A Ted) pressed up against a pane of glasss in this pre-release poster.
  • Science Fiction
  • Comedy
  • Audience: YA and Up
  • Definite Time Travel
Feature Film

The Fare

Taxi driver Harris and his fare, Penny, are trapped in a time loop, repeating the first few minutes of their ride on desolate night roads. —Michael Main
Harris: Wait, wait, don’t tell me. Literature, art: History of DC comics with a focus on the Jack Kirby Years.
Penny: Is that a real thing?
H: It was a blow-off course seniors could take at my high school.
P: Wait—I thought Kirby worked for Marvel.
Brinna Kelly (as Penny) and Gino Anthony Pesi (as Harris) kiss above an image of a taxi on a desolate road.
  • Fantasy
  • Time Phenomena
Feature Film

The 12 Days of Christmas Eve

After dying on Christmas Eve, Scroogy business mogul Brian Conway has eleven more chances to relive the day and learn the true meaning of Christmas. —none
Please . . . give me a second chance. I’ll do anything.
Kelsey Grammer (as Brian Conway) stands shivering in a snowstorm with windblown hair.
  • Comedy
  • Definite Time Travel