In the New 52 Green Arrow, it turns out that Henry Queen faked his death, and then became the masked figure that tortured Ollie on the island, to force his son to become the Arrow.
During Battle for the Cowl Tim survived the near-fatal injuries Jason gave him by accidentally faking the dead when he slowed his heart rate to slow his blood loss, it meant Jason didn't have a reason to keep trying to kill him when he found his "body".Fortunately, the heroes were able to rescue Shiva before the bomb could go off. In one Birds of Prey arc, Cheshire tied up Lady Shiva and stuffed her in the trunk of a car that had been wired to explode, hoping that the police would find the charred body of an Asian woman and assume it was Cheshire that had been killed.Season two of The Adventures Continues sees Mayor Hamilton Hill fake his death so he could take over the Court of Owls.In Issue #17 of Batman and Robin Adventures, the Mad Hatter fakes his death as part of a plan to abduct his love interest.That includes staying still when Robin shoots her on the villain's orders. Batgirl: In an issue of Batgirl (2000), Cassandra Cain once fakes the dead to get the villain to trust Robin, who's supposedly taken her down.The stratagem is blown in the One Year Later storyline, and the team then has to deal with the various consequences for their actions. Batman and the Outsiders: The Outsiders led by Nightwing fake their death to be able to work undercover.