A recurring theme in science fiction, fantasy, and superhero stories, heroes from the past are the heroic foil to evil from the past, which refers to villains who threatened the world decades or centuries ago and return in the present time to wreak havoc.
In the case of heroes from the past, these heroes and heroines are those who have carried out heroic deeds and/or saved the world in the past (decades or centuries ago), but were imprisoned, forgotten, locked away, exiled, and killed.
Later on, the hero is revived or makes his or her return to finish what he or she started, usually to make amends for his or her past wrongdoings, defeat his nemesis, and restore hope, and resume his or her heroic ways.
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- Abbie Mills
- Abe Sapien
- Abraham Lincoln (Adventure Time)
- Abraham Simpson
- Abraham Van Helsing (Hellsing)
- Adam Goldberg
- Adeltrud Walter
- Aerobolt
- Afzel
- Agent Bishop (TMNT 2003)
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- Ahkmenrah
- Akame (Akame ga Kill!)
- Akari Acura
- Alan Parrish
- Alannon
- Alek Skarlatos
- Alela Grora
- Alessa Gillespie
- Alex (Madagascar)
- Alex Kidd
- Alex Vreeke
- Alice (Pandora Hearts)
- Alice (Resident Evil)
- Alice Green
- Alice Hardy
- Alice Johnson
- Alis Landale
- All Might
- Allura (Voltron: Legendary Defender)
- Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad
- Alucard (Castlevania)
- Alucard (Lords of Shadow)
- Amanda Ellerby
- Amanda Krueger
- Amidamaru
- Anakin Solo
- AncientBeetlemon
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- Andrea Marquez
- Andy Beanstalk
- Angemon (Adventure:)
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- Angus Mcfife
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- Anko Mitarashi
- Anne Marie
- Annie (Little Einsteins)
- Annie Brackett
- Annie Sawyer
- Anos Voldigoad
- Ant-Man (The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)
- Anthony Sadler
- Anton Ego
- Aphrodite (Mythology)
- Archid Walter
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- Azir
- Azmuth
- Azura (Elder Scrolls)
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- Baby Mario
- Bail Organa
- Baird Kantoo
- Balthazar (Supernatural)
- Balthazar Blake
- Balto
- Barbie
- Barkk
- Barnabas Collins
- Barnacle Boy
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- Belle (A Christmas Carol)
- Ben Daimio
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- Beverly Marsh
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- Bigweld
- Bill Denbrough
- Billie Dean Howard
- Billy (Adventure Time)
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- Black Canary (Dinah Drake)
- Black Widow (Claire Voyant)
- Black Widow (Natalia Romanova)
- Blisstina
- Blurr (Rescue Bots)
- Blutarch Mann
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- Boba Fett
- BoJack Horseman
- Bolo (Final Space)
- Bonnie Plunkett
- Bor Burison (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Borat Sagdiyev
- Boris (Balto)
- Boy Blue (Fables)
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- Bright Mac
- Broadway (Gargoyles)
- Brom (Inheritance)
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- Brutus "Brutal" Howell
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- Buck (Ice Age)
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- Bulletproof Jackson
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- Burai (Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger)
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- Captain America (1990 film)
- Captain America (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
- Captain America (The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes)
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