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Strange Adventures 205

STRANGE ADVENTURES #205

Cover Date: October 1967
Cover Price: $0.12
Publication Date: 1967-08-29

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Carmine Infantino (signed)
Inks: George Roussos (signed)


Story: "Who Has Been Lying in MY Grave?" (17 Pages)

Credits:

StoryArnold Drake
PencilsCarmine Infantino
InksGeorge Roussos
LetteringIra Schnapp
EditingJack Miller

Feature Character(s):

Deadman (Boston Brand; first appearance; a circus aerialist who is murdered and becomes a ghost)

Supporting Character(s):

Lorna Hill (first appearance; Boston's girlfriend and owner of Hill Bros. Circus)
Tiny (first appearance; circus strongman)
Vashnu (first appearance; a psychic)
Rama Kushna (first appearance)

Villain(s):

Heldrich (first appearance; a lion tamer who uses the circus as a cover to smuggle drugs)
A crooked sheriff (first appearance)
Hook (behind the scenes; shoots and kills Boston Brand)

Comment(s):

Boston Brand was 34 years old at the time of his death.
Boston Brand appears in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #15 shortly before and during this story.

Story Reprinted in:

Brave and the Bold #97/2 (August-September 1971)
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5/5 (November-December 1980)
Deadman #1 (May 1985)
Deadman Collection (2001)
DC Comics Presents: Brightest Day #1 (December 2010)
Deadman #1 (May 2011)


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Second Story (reprint): "War of the Mind Readers!" (6 Pages)

Credits (new material only):

Reprint Comment(s):

Story reprinted from Strange Adventures #65/3 (February 1956)


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