What do the characters Oblivion and Death both have in common?
Oblivion (comics) Oblivion is a character in the Marvel Comics universe. Its first appearance was in "Iceman" #3 and it was created by J. M. DeMatteis and Alan Kupperberg. Oblivion is a cosmic entity and another aspect of Death. Oblivion represents non-existence and is a counterforce to the expanding universe.
Death into Life Death into Life is a 1946 novel by Olaf Stapledon. Not strictly science fiction (the genre into which Stapledon's works are usually classified), the novel is described as "an imaginative treatment of the problem of survival after death". It deals primarily with the soul of a rear gunner who is killed in World War II, and who finds himself surviving his apparent death - first as part of a spirit bomber-crew, then as part of the spirits who were killed in the battle, and so on until finally his soul becomes part of a 'cosmical spirit'.