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>but the real world answer is Hama and his editor both just forgot,
Indeed Hama has later admitted he doesn't read his own comics. He forgets shit all the time. Including that time Sneak-Peek just sauntered into the frame being all "hi wassup guys" even though he died years earlier. Was it Hama coming up with another ass-pull of a resurrection? No, he just forgot.