His distinctively stylised drawing gives this story a lot of punch. He has only one objective: to find out who killed him, and why.Ĭreated by Arnold Drake in 1967 with input from Carmine Infantino, the initial story was drawn by Infantino (sample art left), one of the greatest superhero artists and costume designers of the silver age, who creates another of his brilliantly simple yet dynamic outfits here for Deadman. Those he possesses have no idea anything has happened to them when he releases them. A ghost who cannot be seen or heard, as Deadman he is given the power to inhabit anyone’s body and control it as if it was his own. The skull-like white mask and blood-red costume he wore in his act are now his permanent identity. Or more accurately his body dies, but his consciousness doesn’t. One night just like any other, he launches himself into the air from his trapeze and at the peak of his triple somersault he is shot by an assassin with a rifle, hiding in the crowd beneath! He crashes to the ground but somehow, he doesn’t die. Boston Brand, a hard-drinking, tough-talking guy with one or two friends and quite a few enemies, is the star acrobat in a small circus. Deadman must have one of the most compelling origin stories in superhero comics.
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