Deadman
Real Name: Boston Brand
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Bio: Circus aerialist Boston Brand was killed in the middle of his act, but granted leave to return to Earth by a being called Rama Kushna. Brand was invisible to human eyes but could take over the body of another for a short time, leaving his 'host' with no memory of what has happened. In this way, he has been able to fight against mystical threats as well as to force wrongdoers to incriminate themselves and also to have a lot more fun than he ever did while he was alive.
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First Appearance: Strange Adventures (1950) #205 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: Action Comics (1938)
Adventure Comics (1938)
Aquaman (1962)
#50 - 'Can This Be Death?..' #51 - 'The Big Pull' #52 - 'The Traders' Trap!' #52 - 'The Traders' Trap!' Back Issue (2003)
Batman (1940)
Batman: Gotham Adventures (1998)
Batman: Gotham County Line (2005)
TPB#2 - 'Book Two: Death's Highway' #3 - 'Book Three: Night of the Living Death' Batman/Deadman: Death and Glory (1996)
Bizarro World (2005)
Blackest Night (2009)
Blackest Night: Batman (2009)
Brightest Day (2010)
#0 - 'Carpe Diem' #1 - 'Second Chances' #2 - 'Nuclear Options' #3 - 'Revelations' #4 - 'Thresholds' #5 - 'Under Pressure' #6 - 'Dead Zone' #7 - 'The Secret of Life' #8 - 'Defiance' #9 - 'Lost & Found' Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (1978)
Catwoman (1993)
#77 - 'No Man's Land: Pay Back' Challengers of the Unknown (1958)
#74 - 'To Call A Deadman' #84 - 'To Save A Monster' #85 - 'The Creature From The End Of Time' #86 - 'The War At Times End' #87 - 'Twelve Million Years to Twilight' Christmas With the Super-Heroes (1988)
Conjurors (1999)
#1 - 'The Birth of Magic' #2 - 'The Death of Magic' Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
#5 - 'Worlds in Limbo' #7 - 'Beyond the Silent Night' #11 - 'Aftershock' #11 (UPC) - 'Aftershock' #12 - 'Final Crisis' Day of Judgment (1999)
#1 - 'The Summoning' #2 - 'Lost Souls' #3 - 'Choosing Sides' #4 - 'The End of the World as We Know It' #5 - 'Soul Search' Day of Judgment Secret Files and Origins (1999)
Day of Vengeance (2005)
DC Challenge (1985)
#4 - 'Atomic Nights' #5 - 'Thunderbolts and Lightning' #6 - 'A Matter of Antimatter' #7 - 'Don't Bogart That Grape...Hand Me The Gas Pump!' #8 - 'If This is Love, Why Do My Teeth Hurt?' #9 - 'All This and World War, Too' #10 - 'Jules Verne Was Right' #11 - 'How Can You be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?' #12 - 'Fathers Against Suns' DC Comics Presents (1978)
#24 - 'The Man Who Was The World!' DC Holiday Special '09 (2010)
DC Infinite Halloween Special (2007)
#1 - 'The 13 Stories of Halloween' DC Special Series (1977)
#8 - 'Hell Is For Heroes' DC Super Stars (1976)
#18 - 'presents Deadman and the Phantom Stranger' #18 - 'presents Deadman and the Phantom Stranger' #18 - 'presents Deadman and the Phantom Stranger' DCU Heroes Secret Files and Origins (1999)
Deadman (1986)
#1 - 'Return... to Forever!' #2 - 'This Mortal Coil!' #3 - 'Breaking the Barrier' #4 - 'Circle of Fire' Deadman (2002)
#1#2#3 - 'Hate is a Drug' #4 - 'Hidden Depths' #5 - 'Death and the Maiden' #6 - 'Love & Death' #7 - 'The Children of Paradise' #8 - 'Spirits in the Ethereal World' #9 - 'The Enemy of My Enemy' Deadman: Dead Again (2001)
#1 - 'The Quick and the Dead' #2 - 'Dead Loss' #3 - 'Dead End!' #4 - 'Deadlock!' #5 - 'Deadline' Deadman: Exorcism (1992)
Deadman: Love After Death (1989)
Detective Comics (1937)
#500 - 'To Kill A Legend' Doctor Fate (1988)
#8 - 'Circular Motion' #9 - 'Food For Thought' Forever People (1971)
#9#10 - 'The Scavengers!' Green Arrow (2001)
#7 - 'Quiver, Chapter 7: Hard Travelling Heroes' #8 - 'Quiver, Chapter 8: When Ollie Met Ollie...' Green Lantern (1990)
Green Lantern (2005)
#49 - 'Semper Fi; Tales of the Black Lantern Corps: The Birth of Nekron' #53 - 'The New Guardians, Chapter One' #54 - 'The New Guardians, Chapter Two' Green Lantern 80-Page Giant (1998)
Green Lantern Corps (2006)
#49 - 'Revolt of the Alpha-Lanterns, Part 2' Guy Gardner: Warrior (1994)
#39 - 'Merriment, Mistletoe, and...Mayhem!' Hawkman (2002)
#36 - 'The Army of Forgotten Souls' History of the DC Universe (1986)
Infinite Crisis (2005)
Invasion! (1988)
#2 - 'Battleground Earth' JLA (1997)
#40 - 'World War Three, Part 5' JLA: Black Baptism (2001)
#1 - 'Magicide' #2 - 'Trails in Darkness' #4 - 'Final Sacrament' JLA: Created Equal (2000)
#1 - 'Book One: The Fall' Justice League of America (2006)
Justice League of America: Another Nail (2004)
Justice League of America: The Nail (1998)
Justice League Unlimited (2004)
Justice Leagues: Justice League of Atlantis (2001)
#1 - 'Justice Leagues Part III: Sea Change' Legends of the DC Universe 80-Page Giant (1998)
Legion of Super-Heroes (1989)
Lobo/Deadman: The Brave and the Bald (1995)
nn - 'The Brave and the Bald' Millennium (1988)
#8 - 'The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits' Nightwing (1996)
#102 - 'Nightwing: Year One, Chapter Two: Friends in High Places' #103 - 'Nightwing: Year One, Chapter Three: Deadman Talking' Phantom Stranger (1969)
#33 - 'Deadman's Bluff' #39 - 'Death Calls Twice For A Deadman' #40 - 'In The Kingdom Of The Blind' #41 - 'A Time For Endings' #42 - 'Deadman Walking' Reign in Hell (2008)
#4 - 'Counterstrike!' #7 - 'Revelations' #8 - 'Regime Change' Resurrection Man (1997)
Secret Origins (1986)
#15 - 'Starring The Spectre and Deadman' #27 - 'A Symphony of Shadows: The Secret Origins of Zatara and Zatanna' Showcase '96 (1996)
#3 - 'Birds of a Feather' Silver Age Secret Files & Origins (2000)
Silver Age: Showcase (2000)
#1 - 'Showcase Presents the 7 Soldiers of Victory' Sins of Youth: JLA Jr. (2000)
#1 - 'You Gotta Be Kidding!' Sins of Youth: The Secret & Deadboy (2000)
#1 - 'Looking for Trouble...' Solo (2004)
Strange Adventures (1950)
Superboy (1994)
#74 - 'Game, Set & Match!' #87 - 'Touched By A Guardian Angel' Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (1995)
Superman/Batman (2003)
#15 - 'Absolute Power, Chapter Two: "What Price Freedom...?"' #56 - 'Super/Bat, Conclusion' Swamp Thing (1985)
Annual 02 - 'Down Amongst The Dead Men' #49 - 'The Summoning' #50 - 'The End' #51 - 'Home Free' #55 - 'Earth To Earth' #145 - 'Big Game' Teen Titans (2003)
The Batman and Robin Adventures (1995)
The Books of Magic (1990)
The Brave and the Bold (1955)
#79 - 'Track of the Hook!' #86 - 'You Can't Hide From A Deadman!' #97 - 'The Smile of Choclotan!' #100 - 'The Warrior in a Wheel-Chair' #104 - 'Second Chance for a Deadman?' #133 - 'Another Kind of Justice' The Brave and the Bold (2007)
#14 - 'The Ghost Killers of Nanda Parbat' #15 - 'Wings and Arrows' The DC Comics Encyclopedia (2004)
HC - 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia' HC - 'The DC Comics Encyclopedia: Updated And Expanded' The Neal Adams Treasury (1976)
The Saga of the Swamp Thing (1982)
The Spectre (1987)
Annual 01 - 'Ghost, Dead Man, Devil Child...' #1 - 'Vessels' #11 - 'Housewarming Party' #23 - 'House Of The Secret Enemy' The Spectre (1992)
#5 - 'A Rage In Hell' #57 - 'The Search For God - Part One: A Measure of Pain' The Superman Family (1974)
The Vertigo Encyclopedia (2008)
HC - 'The Vertigo Encylopedia' Trinity (2008)
Underworld Unleashed (1995)
#3 - 'Seduction of the Innocent' Underworld Unleashed: Abyss-Hell's Sentinel (1995)
#1 - 'Chapter One: Over Dark Evil' #1 - 'Chapter One: Over Dark Evil' War of the Gods (1991)
Wednesday Comics (2009)
Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990)
#3 - 'Alfred Pennyworth To Spider-Girl' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#6 - 'Daily Planet to Doctor Polaris' Who's Who: Update '87 (1987)
#5 - 'Reaper to Zymyr plus Appendix' World's Finest Comics (1941)
#223 - 'Wipe The Blood Off My Name!' #227 - 'Death Flaunts Its Golden Grin' Young Justice: Sins of Youth (2000)
#1 - 'Justice For All' #2 - 'The Stunning Conclusion' Group Affiliation(s): Black Lantern Corps Justice League of Apostles Sentinels of Magic Seven Soldiers of Victory 02 (Silver Age) Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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