Following his apparent death, the character appeared again in "Animal Man" #23 (May 1990) when the hero traveled through time and encountered a younger Immortal Man from before his death. In "The Flash" vol 2 #48 – 50 (March – May 1991), written by William Messner-Loebs with art by Greg Laroque and Jose Marzan Jr., a young girl named Steffi Jones was introduced as "the Immortal One". Inheriting the Immortal Man's memories and power of flight, she claims she is a new person rather than a continuation of the person who came before, then seemingly dies in an explosion, leaving her true nature unclear. The Immortal Man returned alive and well eight years later in "Resurrection Man" #25 – 27 (June – August 1999) by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. The storyline connected him to the hero Mitch Shelley and indicated he was not Steffi Jones. He dies at the end of the same storyline, and the circumstances imply he may not be able to reincarnate again.