![]() Even though the stories themselves are quite dated now, and much of the dialogue is very corny to modern ears, Adams’ extremely vivid, pop-art style page layouts and dazzling figure-work more than make up for it. It allowed for stories to be set in any location and with a different cast in every episode. During his life Boston Brand had made a lot of enemies so Deadman had to wander far and wide, eliminating every suspect he thought to be his murderer and then going on to the next with some new clue to track. The ingenious premise was very similar to a television series that was a big hit from 1963-1967, The Fugitive, in which a man wrongly convicted for a murder he didn’t commit, escapes custody to find the real killer. ![]() He will use these abilities to track down his killer. His consciousness survives death and his distinctive costume is now his permanent identity as he’s given the power to inhabit anyone’s body and control it as if it were his own. Deadman is one-time circus acrobat Boston Brand, who is shot mid-act. ![]() This was the first series of comics to feature the superhero art of Neal Adams before he became a major star with his work on Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow. This second volume of Deadman collects stories originally published in Strange Adventures, and then as featured or back-up stories in other titles. ![]()
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