Marvel Brings Happy Hogan Back From the Dead After Nearly 20 Years

Marvel is reportedly reviving Happy Hogan, the longtime Iron Man supporting player who's been dead in the comics since the 2007 Civil War fallout. According to a Bleeding Cool scoop, an upcoming project will bring the former Brooklyn boxer turned Tony Stark bodyguard back into current continuity nearly two decades after Spymaster left him comatose and Pepper Potts made the call to take him off life support.

Happy has never actually gone anywhere on screen — Jon Favreau has played him across the MCU since 2008, and he's expected back for Avengers: Doomsday. That gap between a character's movie presence and his comic-page status is exactly the kind of thing publishers tend to fix ahead of a big theatrical moment, and the timing here lines up a little too well to be coincidental.

No creative team or release date has been confirmed yet, but a resurrection story for a character this closely tied to Iron Man's corner of the Marvel Universe is worth watching, especially for anyone holding early Happy Hogan appearances or Civil War-era back issues.

Original reporting: Bleeding Cool.