Deadman
#2
(June 1985)
DC,
1985 Series
- Price
- 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
- Pages
- 44
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1985-02-12
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [bullet]
- Editing
- Nicola Cuti (reprint editor); Jack Miller (original editor); Dick Giordano (original editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from DC Releases #13.
[no title indexed]
Deadman / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Inks
- Neal Adams (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Eagle
- Reprints
-
in Super Star Comics (Arédit-Artima, 1986 series) #12 (juillet 1987) -
in The Deadman Collection (DC, 2001 series) (2001 [January 2002]) - in Deadman Omnibus (DC, 2020 series) (2020 [February 2021])
-
[Cover of Strange Adventures #208]
Deadman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Neal Adams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Eagle
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #208 (January 1968) [cover art only]
-
Indexer Notes
inside front cover; illustration is printed without original trade dress and dialogue
What Makes a Corpse Cry?
Deadman / comic story / 16 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Rama Kushna (flashback); Tiny (flashback); Liz Martin; Rocky Manzel; Paul
- Synopsis
- While trying to find his killer, Boston Brand checks on Rocky Manzel who once threatened to kill him. Boston stops Rocky and his band of counterfeiters.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #207 (December 1967)
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Indexer Notes
Story pages 6 and 17 are half pages for a total page count of 16 pages.
Deadman Checklist
text article / 1 page
- Script
- Paul Levitz; Nicola Cuti
- Letters
- typeset
- Synopsis
- Checklist of Deadman appearances.
Indexer Notes
Appears on bottom half of story pages 6 and 17 of previous sequence.
Original Deadman logo by Ira Schnapp
Second Choice
comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Abel (host); Henry Lansbury; Black Wizard; Henry Lansbury; Glarn, the White Wizard
- Synopsis
- Henry Lansbury travels to Stonehenge to enlist the aid of the White Wizard against the Black Wizard.
- Reprints
- from House of Secrets (DC, 1956 series) #85 (April-May 1970) [pp 1-7]
-
Indexer Notes
This is the first part of a reprint of the story from House of Secrets. The second part is in the next issue.
How Many Times Can a Guy Die?
Deadman / comic story / 16.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]; Rama Kushna (flashback); Tiny; Lorna Hill; Eagle (acrobat)
- Synopsis
- Deadman thinks back to the threats of another acrobat, the Eagle, who tried to kill him before.
- Reprints
- from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #208 (January 1968)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues next issue.
[no title indexed]
Deluxe Reprint Forum / text article / 0.5 page
- Script
- Nicola Cuti ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I want to make you an offer.
- Synopsis
- Information about past reprint projects and asking readers to suggest other projects for reprinting.
[no title indexed]
Deadman / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Deadman [Boston Brand]
Indexer Notes
back cover
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
Deadman -
1.
[Cover of Strange Adventures #208]
Deadman -
2.
What Makes a Corpse Cry?
Deadman -
3.
Deadman Checklist
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4.
Second Choice
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5.
How Many Times Can a Guy Die?
Deadman -
6.
["I want to make you an offer."]
Deluxe Reprint Forum -
7.
[no title indexed]
Deadman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Dwayne Best
- Chris Boyko
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Derek Reinhard
- Jim Stangas
- Jim Van Dore
- Bjorn Wallin
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