Get up. It's not over. Not yet. You may be staring down oblivion, out of lifelines and options, but it's okay. You've got a date with destiny, and she's asking for your Netflix password. After all, you've got nothing left to lose, so why not give it your all? Kicking and clawing for whatever time they have left, these comic book characters roar life into the ink lines and text bubbles that summarize their existence. It is these giant-sized, do or die, final fights that make up some of our favorite moments in comics. These are the moments that inspire us to draw hope from within.

Sure, we pretty much nailed this topic the first time around, but we've only just scratched the surface of comic book glory. The same rules apply as before: characters don't actually need to die to qualify for this listicle, rather they just need to be facing overwhelming odds with slim chance of survival. Likewise, we are only focusing on last stands in comics -- thus, X3: The Last Stand is still ineligible/terrible. So, whether you just listened to Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out For a Hero" – Shrek 2 version, obviously – or you just watched that episode of Beast Wars where Dinobot dies, here are 20 more of the greatest last stands in comics.

* For the original list, click HERE!

20 GO OUT LIKE A GOD

Scream for Odin Loki Agent of Asgard 15

Riding on the back of the world serpent Jormungandr, brandishing the severed head of the nigh un-killable Balder and leading the Goddess of Death, King Loki brings Ragnarok to Asgard in Loki: Agent of Asgard #14-16. That's pretty metal, but Odin has a magic mini-gun. Rocking two arcane assault rifles, Queen Freyja even has a plan: "What do we do? We die, boy. For Asgard -- we die like gods!"

All of Asgard takes up the fully-automatic forbidden arms of Midgard against the endless army of Hel, whose ranks swell with every God that falls in battle. Odin laughs, whipping out "The Gjallarhorn! The great horn that sounds but once! Horn of last battle!" Hearing the mighty blow, Valhalla opens its gates, summoning the valorous dead of Asgard and Thor comics for one last fight scene. Then the world ends, but for a completely unrelated reason.

19 DARK KNIGHTS METAL

Wonder Woman warcry Dark Knights Metal

The Batman Who Laughs – the "A Tribe Called Quest" of the dark dimensional Batmen – headshots Wonder Woman with an invisible bullet in Dark Knights Metal #5. With Barbatos' army approaching, TBMWL spares Diana, leaving her to do what she does best: "One thing consistent about you, though, on nearly every planet. Even when everyone else falls, even all alone, you always fight until the end."

Armed with a Lasso of Truth turned knuckleduster, Diana punches some sense into a brainwashed Hawkgirl. Even with one of the best brawlers standing with her, Diana knows they cannot win. Instead, Wonder Woman asks for a final favor: "Yell. As we do this, yell so loud, Barbatos and that Laughing Batman's ears burst. So loud, they understand... It's not a scream. It's never a scream! It's a war cry!" Ironically, The Batman Who Laughs summarizes Diana's request succinctly: "Endings are the loudest of all."

18 OKAY... OKAY.

Last Stand of Red Robin Detective Comics 940

Red Robin, aka Tim Drake, has made the decision to attend Ivy University. Before Tim can hang up his bulletproof tights, however, he must deal with a fleet of heavily armed Bat-drones encroaching upon Gotham. So, Red Robin is literally one mission away from retirement, is happily dating a fellow crimefighter and he's the only person with enough Bat-Computer Science skills to hack a death cloud of drones? Yeah, that's too much pathos for Tim to make it out of Detective Comics #940 alive.

Tim can't stop the drones until their mission is complete, so he redirects them to convene on a single target – himself. Barely standing after the first wave of drones, Tim finds himself surrounded. Even though he is going out like a total Batman, Red Robin needs a second to accept his fate: "Okay... Okay."

17 NOT LIKE THIS

Hawkeye's Death in Marvel Comics

The cover of Avengers #502 promises that "One of these Avengers will die!" Hawkeye more than fulfills this promise when he straps on three quivers filled with explosive arrows to fight the Kree battalion descending upon Earth. When a stray shot immolates Hawkeye's triple quiver, however, everything stops. Hawkeye exchanges dramatic glances with his teammates, realizing that he has just enough time to go out like a boss. While screaming "Not like this!" Hawkeye runs over to a Kree trooper, seizing his jetpack controls. Clarifying "Like this!" Hawkeye activates the jetpack, jettisoning himself into a nearby warship.

Could Hawkeye have just removed his quivers? Definitely, that's why quivers have buckles. Did Hawkeye have enough time to think of a way to survive? Probably, since he had enough time to stare at Cap and run ten feet. Would we have done anything differently if we were Hawkeye? Not a chance.

16 TRANSFORMERS: LAST STAND OF THE WRECKERS

Transformers Last Stand of The Wreckers 4 of 4

What if the Transformers films were good? The answer is Transformers: Last Stand of The Wreckers. The Wreckers, The Autobots' special ops team, must recover their imprisoned brethren and vital data from the maximum security penitentiary Garrus-9, lorded over by, well... Overlord. Things get FUBAR as Overlord offers his press-ganged Decepticons some incentive: Kill the Wreckers, and you may leave.

For a story about robots, The Wreckers are awfully human: Ironfist (no relation to Iron Fist) experiences PTSD while covered with purple Autobot viscera. Robo-war-crimes are committed. Decepticons plead for death with mangled faces. Barricaded in a chamber with Decepticons burning their way in, Pyro stays behind so that The Wreckers may escape. Despite his dreams of a glorious, Optimus Prime-worthy death filled with 15-Kiloton explosions, there is no good fight to be had on Garrus-9. Instead, Pyro is mercilessly torn apart.

15 THE PUNISHER VS. DAKEN

punisher daken

Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Norman Osborn has deployed every NPC, glider-trooper and his own Wolverine for a simple mission in Dark Reign: The List – The Punisher: exterminate Frank Castle. What ensues is a fight between the nigh un-killable mutant and the dude in a skull shirt who refuses to die. Daken can regenerate, but that doesn't stop Frank from biting off a lip, strapping C4 to a bicep and thumbing out an eyeball. Punisher would've died in a hail of glider trooper gunfire, if Daken didn't demand a dramatic knife fight in the rain.

Riddled with bullet holes seeping with raw sewage and missing half a face, Frank still stabs away. Even after losing his best stabbing arm, Frank just switches knife hands. Finally, Daken decapitates Frank, kicking the meat cubes that was once The Punisher into a dumpster. Frank gets better.

14 VADER DOWN

Rebels try to corner Darth Vader

Darth Vader's TIE fighter has been shot down in the aptly named Star Wars comics crossover event Vader Down. A battalion of Rebel soldiers have the Sith Lord surrounded, which Vader confirms is technically correct: "All I am surrounded by is fear. And dead men."

What ensues is basically that one hallway scene from Rogue One stretched out across multiple Star Wars comics. It's pretty wizard. In addition to the X-Wing squadrons that Vader shot down before crash-landing, Vader mows through Rebels by force-activating thermal detonators and uses his lightsaber to deflect tank lasers in order to perform tank friendly fire. Even aerial bombardment isn't enough, as Vader utilizes the same skills he used to make C-3PO to rig up a speeder cannon. When Vader tells Leia that he's killed dozens of men today, you know that he isn't exaggerating whatsoever.

13 THE FINAL BALLAD OF JOHNNY GUITAR

The last ballad of Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar, the former Dazzler villain – the super-villain equivalent of being Vanilla Ice's nemesis – gets his shot at stardom by joining The Shadow Initiative in Avengers: The Initiative #27. Though originally comprised of black ops agents, this iteration of The Shadow Initiative is made up of D-Listers and nobodies, recruited to retake a Negative Zone prison overrun by aliens. Specifically, the glorified meat shield that is The Shadow Initiative must bear the brunt of the opening salvo for the stronger Initiative members held in reserve.

Upon discovering the true purpose of the Shadow Initiative, Johnny breaks his best friend Dr. Sax's hand, ensuring that he sits out the siege. Armed only with the power of rock-n-roll and a guitar that can liquefy bone, Johnny plays the greatest gig of his life, capped off with an apropos Tom Petty lyric: "Even the losers get lucky sometimes."

12 LAST DAYS OF THE PUNISHER

Last Days of The Punisher

The Multiverse is mere hours away from ending, but that doesn't mean criminals get to escape punishment. After killing a bar's worth of villains, Frank gets a lift to one last war zone in 2014's The Punisher #20. Fighting the not so coincidentally named Black Dawn crime organization, Frank sparks a skull-shaped armor flare to ensure that nobody gets to enjoy the end of reality. The Black Dawn's leader hides behind two child soldiers, so Frank must strut his way into stabbing distance to deliver a knife and a solid one-liner: "Welcome to the end of the world."

Frank Castle just survived minigun fire, killed a drug lord and his drone, but that's not enough. Nope, Frank hears more combatants and still has a few seconds of reality left. Even with the end of existence inching towards him, there's still time for punishment.

11 THE LAST CASTLE

last castle fables

In Fables: The Last Castle, Boy Blue recounts "the keep at the end of the world," the last stand over a gateway into our world against The Adversary's innumerable army. Out of reinforcements, the last of the Fables hold the keep for as long as possible to ensure that Bluebeard's ship full of refugees can escape.

The Fables who stay behind live up to their moniker: Britomart uses her magic spear to kill The Adversary's General. The Fables' commander Colonel Bearskin slowly bleeds out, denied a good death from the mocking goblins that encircle him. Finally, The Red Cross Knight holds the main keep single-handedly, killing hundreds while inspiring a glimmer of hope: "He lasted for over an hour and I began to believe he'd win all on his own. Until they set the dragon against him. It's said he killed a dragon once. But not this time."

10 SECRET SIX

Secret Six 36 Banes Last Words

Holding out in a warehouse surrounded by cops and capes, the Secret Six are told to surrender in Secret Six #36, the Six's series finale. Deadshot assesses the threat level waiting outside: "Holy crap, they got two Batmans now?" The Six don't know how to surrender, however. Instead, Bane suggests that they "go out like Gods," offering his teammates ampules of the super-drug Venom. Before falling off the combat-drug wagon, Bane delivers some lovely last words to his mercenary mates: "It has been an honor to fight and kill with you."

The Secret Six go out as noisy and frothy as possible in a glorious splash page, smashing through the point of no return: "I stress again, they had no chance. Not a prayer." This is no mere super-villain team-up, however, as The Secret Six fight like no villains have ever fought before.

9 GOTCHA

Batman Shoots Darkseid during Final Crisis

Breaking his lifelong no-gun rule, Batman is deadlocked with Darkseid in Final Crisis. Armed with a God-killing bullet, Batman faces Darkseid's inescapable Omega Sanction, which basically throws you into a death-loop through time. Simultaneously faster than a speeding bullet and a blink of an eye, Batman tags Darkseid. Inches away from infinite death, a smirking Batman delivers the perfect last word: "Gotcha."

Incidentally, we would be remiss not to mention Alfred's accurate eulogy from Batman #683: "The whereabouts of Batman remain unknown. And yet...I can see him now, in the grip of implacable forces, innumerable foes. Some-where without hope. In a place where all seems lost. And I know this... The enemy will look away, for just a moment, underestimating him for that single fraction of a second too long. And no matter how dark the night...There will be no hiding place for evil."

8 HELLBOY VS. NIMUE

Ragna Rok has come to Earth. King Arthur has fallen, laying in an infinity pool of blood that served as the battlefield between the noblemen of England and the army of apocalypse led by War, the physical embodiment of conflict. After killing his way up a tower of goatmen, Hellboy starts a fight he cannot win by chucking a battle axe at Nimue's face in Hellboy: The Sound and The Fury. Even when Nimue is whooping Hellboy while simultaneously delivering her obligatory final boss monologue, Hellboy remains defiant 'till the end: "Jeez! You gotta shut up!"

Bleeding out under a dragon's talon, Hellboy is visited by his friend Vasilisa, who asks if he is ready for what happens next: shivving Nimue with a raven-dagger before punching her to death. For a moment, you think that Hellboy has won, only for Nimue to suddenly rip out his heart.

7 X-MEN VS. THE SHI'AR SUPER IMPERIAL GUARD

Uncanny X-Men 137 Last Stand against the imperial guard

Though Professor X managed to curb the destructive powers of the Dark Phoenix with psychic circuit-breakers, The Shi'ar Empire has sentenced Jean Grey to death for planet-murder in Uncanny X-Men #137. While being carried by Colossus, Chuck Xavier demands a trial by combat for Jean's life – a move that could potentially end with additional X-Men dying in a fight that Charles started, but has no intention of actually participating in.   

Despite being an inspiration for X3: The Last Stand, what ensues is the exact opposite: The Watcher, the hype-man of the Marvel universe, preempts this fight to basically say it's about to get real. Wolverine worries that he loves Jean too much, so he throws Colossus at her in order to punch her to death. Ultimately, Jean is the last mutant standing, allowing herself to be killed by an automated gun turret.

6 THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN

Lois holds a dying Superman

In The Death of Superman, Superman dies. Now that we cleared that up, let's talk about the actual compelling part of the storyline: Doomsday's fight against The Justice League. Mind you, we had yet to learn about Doomsday's ridiculous "can't be killed in the same manner twice" power. Initially, Doomsday was just a gimp with one arm tied behind his back who had killed a bird, a tree, a deer and a truck with a single blow. So, we have an evil One Punch Man sweeping The Justice League's B-Team and Bloodwynd, the greatest non-Batman hero. Even when his arm is freed, Doomsday manages to punch five heroes simultaneously.

Unfortunately, Doomsday has since become a benchmark for lazy writing: "Need a threat? What about like, 100 Doomsdays?" That's not a joke. Darkseid once threw a veritable calendar's worth of Doomsdays at Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman.

5 THE DEATH OF SUPERGIRL

Death of Supergirl Crisis on Infinite Earths

Utilizing her super senses to hear Superman's cries of agony, Supergirl races to save him from The Anti-Monitor in Crisis On Infinite Earths #7. Kara knows that she cannot win this fight before it has even begun. After all, if some force is powerful enough to make her stronger cousin scream out in pain, it must mean certain doom for Kara. Regardless, Supergirl refuses to abandon hope, tackling The Anti-Monitor.

Buying Dr. Light some time to steal Superman away to safety, Kara engages with fisticuffs with the world-ending Anti-Monitor. Refusing to give up, Kara drives The Anti-Monitor into one of his hard sci-fi machines, destroying both it and The Anti-Monitor's armor. This minor victory is short-lived however, as The Anti-Monitor retaliates by killing Kara with a laser beam.

4 THOR AND HYPERION

Thor and Hyperion vs The Beyonders

After Thor loses his arm to save Hyperion, what remains of the New Avengers stand victorious against two Beyonders, which are basically Zoids (is that too obscure? Think Megazords but with bigger cockpits) who talk in fancy font in New Avengers #33. Suddenly, the rift beyond time and space opens up to reveal hundreds of Beyonders. With Thor down one arm and Hyperion down one eye after fighting just two Beyonders, the two heroes know they cannot win.

Readying for the end, Thor tries to lift the Hammer of Thorr, which is basically Thor's hammer on opposite day, only to discover that he is now unworthy of being unworthy. With a hearty laugh, Thor prepares to race Hyperion to the gates of Valhalla: "Against the bleak nothing of dead space, two gods fell to many. The sun shone one last time. There was lighting. And Thunder... And then silence."

3 GONE IN 60 SECONDS

Batman vs Reverse Flash The Button Eleven Seconds

With The Flash inbound, Batman has to hold out for one minute in a fight with The Reverse Flash in Batman/Flash: The Button. With each second slowly passing by, we learn that sixty seconds is plenty of time for the sinister speedster to deliver 14 punches – at a rate of four punches per second – and shred one letter from Batman's alternate-reality father who is also a Batman, symbolically killing Bruce's dad, again.

Let's be honest: the majority of Batman's fights are unrealistic. Preparation time and Bat-Gadgetry mean nothing against a man who moves faster than death itself and phases through most attacks. The Reverse Flash takes a second to state the obvious: "You have to know... You can't win." The bloodied Batman's response? "I know. But I don't need to win. I just need eleven seconds." Throwing his dukes up, Batman makes those eleven seconds count.

2 THE BATMAN AT THE END OF THE WORLD

Last Stand of Thomas Wayne The Button

Speaking of The Button, The Batman of the Flashpoint universe is Dr. Thomas Wayne, motivated by his son's murder to fight crime with dual pistols. Waiting to kill himself with some well-placed explosives, Thomas' suicide run is interrupted by The Flash and Bruce popping in on the cosmic treadmill. With the Flashpoint universe collapsing around him, Thomas throws Bruce onto the cosmic treadmill, asking Bruce to "Let The Batman die with me."

With his universe fading into white nothingness, The Batman that was never meant to be smashes his explosive trigger – a death ill-fitting of The Batman. Instead, Thomas dons the cowl one last time, reminding us of The Wayne family motto: "Sometimes we fall, son... but always remember... Waynes never stay down... WE RISE." Batarangs out, the Thomas Wayne Batman charges into oblivion itself in a simple page that sends chills reverberating down one's spine.

1 THANOS IS DEATH

Thanos is death Infinity Gauntlet

Rocking a fully-powered Infinity Gauntlet, Thanos destroys half of all life in order to get Death to notice him in The Infinity Gauntlet. Facing prune-faced oblivion, what remains of the Marvel heroes charge into battle as a diversion, fully aware that they are all going to die: "[Our allies] stand defeated before the battle has even begun." This assault would've failed instantly, were it not for the devil himself Mephisto convincing Thanos to turn off his omnipotence temporarily, giving our heroes a 0.5% chance of succeeding.

The heroes fail brilliantly: Wolverine gets a kill shot before his bones are rubberized. Thor is turned to glass. Even Thanos' side piece (and technically daughter) Terraxia beats Spider-Man to death with a rock and decapitates Iron Man. When all else has failed, Captain America is the last man standing, only to be killed instantly by an apathetic backhand from Thanos.