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| Deadman | |
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&sq=engine&lang=en&file=File:Deadman_(DC_Comics).jpg) Deadman as depicted on the cover of The Deadman Collection (2001). Art by Neal Adams. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Strange Adventures #205 (October 1967) |
| Created by | Arnold Drake (writer) Carmine Infantino (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Alter ego | Boston Brand |
| Species | Ghost |
| Team affiliations | Justice League Dark Seven Soldiers of Victory Sentinels of Magic Justice League |
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Deadman (Boston Brand) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Strange Adventures #205 (October 1967), and was created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Carmine Infantino.[1]
The character is depicted as an acrobat who was murdered by an unknown assailant, and then granted power by a Hindu deity to remain a disembodied spirit who can temporarily take possession of any living being in order to fight evil forces.
Deadman has also appeared in various media outside comics. He is voiced by Raphael Sbarge in Justice League Unlimited, Michael Rosenbaum in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and Nicholas Turturro in Justice League Dark.
- ^ Greenberger, Robert (2008). "Deadman". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. New York: Dorling Kindersley. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-7566-4119-1. OCLC 213309017.