'Deadman' Set to Return; First Issue Coming in November With Neal Adams' Story and Art
Neal Adams, a near-legend as far as comic fans are concerned, is back to tackle one of DC Comics' less mainstream character. A brand new "Deadman" series is coming next month, and it will be graced by the art of one of the top comic artists today.
Adams is one of the best to put pencil on paper, putting out outstanding Batman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow and X-Men volumes that have become must-have collector items for the art alone, as Den of Geek noted. Fans can add one more to that list next month, too.
Adams is coming back to finish "Deadman," a series that ran for less than a year. By the time that its run was canceled, Adams was just warming up for the main story, as he said in a recent interview at the New York Comic Con.
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"I always wanted to come back to Deadman, because I didn't finish the story. I started the story, but I didn't finish. I didn't tell everyone the story," he said.
The character was first brought to un-life by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino in 1967. Previously Boston Brand, a famed circus performer, he was brought back to this Earth as Deadman, now in search for the truth of his death and compelled to help those who were about to fall into the same sins that he did, as described by DC Comics.
As a person who's not quite alive, yet not dead, he possesses a unique insight into the world afterlife. His powers include spiritual possession, invisibility, intangibility, supernatural knowledge, and flight, as Adams has expertly portrayed in his earlier work.
The first issue of the upcoming "Deadman" series dives into the details that Adams wants to tell about Boston Brand. "There are things no one knows about Deadman. For instance, he has a brother and sister. He has parents that own their own circus," Adams said.
The series is set to run for six issues for its initial run starting November, with more expected as DC looks to make more than just comics from the character.
