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Strange Adventures #205

DC · Series began 1950 · October 1967

first appearance of Deadman

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Deadman (Boston Brand) — first appearance
Rama Kushna (DC, guardian of Nanda Parbat) — first appearance
Tiny (DC, from Deadman) — first appearance
Vashnu (DC, from Deadman) — first appearance
Lorna Hill (DC, from Deadman) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: October 1967
On sale: August 29, 1967
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

script: Arnold Drake, Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoffpencils: Arnold Drake, Carmine Infantino, Dick Sprang, Curt Swan, Henry Boltinoffinks: George Roussos, Stan Kaye, Bernard Sachs, Henry Boltinoff, George Klein, Murphy Andersonletters: Ira Schnapp, Henry Boltinoff

Stories

Who Has Been Lying in My Grave? · 16 pages
Shot during a performance, trapeze artist Boston Brand dies, only to find that his spirit lives on with the ability to inhabit the bodies of others. By the will of Rama Kushna his spirit will walk among the living until his killer is found.
Ghost Canine · 1 pages
War of the Mind Readers! · 5.5 pages
A stage magician stops an invasion from the planet Uranus by tricking the aliens into believing that he really can read minds.

Publisher’s description

Featuring the first appearance and origin of Boston Brand, a.k.a. Deadman!

Characters

Boston BrandDeadmanRama KushnaThe HookTinyVashnuLorna Hill

Reprinted in

The Brave and the Bold (1955), All Star Adventure Comic (1959), DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (1980), Deadman (1985), The Deadman Collection (2001), DC Comics Presents: Brightest Day (2010), Deadman (2011), Deadman Omnibus (2020), Legends of the DC Universe: Carmine Infantino (2023)