Are you a fan of Boston Brand? Well, we got One Dozen Deadman Facts!
1. Deadman's first comic appearance "Strange Adventures #205" is the first comic book to feature narcotics post-The Comics Code of Authority, a code that prevented comic books from featuring adult subject matter like drugs. This presents the fact that the group who established the code didn't actually read most of the material because the issues was approved by the code.
2. Deadman's appearance is a result of how he looked when he died. As "The Deadman", Boston wore his read spandex and wore white makeup. In the story "Kingdom Come", Boston Brand/Deadman looks like a skeleton in his red costume. Artist Alex Ross explained he looks this way because he accepted himself as a spirit. This version of Boston hangs out with godlike beings like The Wizard Shazam, The Spectre, and Zeus to name a few.
3. In the "Teen Titans Go" episode "La Larva De Amor", Deadman's skeleton is found under Starfire's bed by Robin. In the universe of "Flashpoint", Boston performed at the same circus as The Flying Graysons. When Amazonians attack the circus, Boston and Dick Grayson run away and have a few close calls. Until one assault brings the death of Boston. Now as a ghost, Boston protects Grayson on his journey. In the world of "Injustice", Dick Grayson/Nightwing is murdered by Damian Wayne/Robin and Boston Brand willingly moves on to the "other side" so that Dick can become the new "Deadman".
4. Despite being a ghost Deadman is the subject of a few love stories. The earliest being a two-part series called "Deadman: Love After Death" in 1989, and the most recent being a three-part series called "Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love" in 2017. He also has a relationship with Dove-from Hawk & Dove-stretching back to 2008.
5. When Boston was murdered during his trapeze act, a Hindu Goddess gave him his ghost powers. This Goddess was named Rama Kushna. "Rama Kushna" is not a real figure in the Hindu fate, but a rearrangement of the name Rama Krishna; a Hindu God of Compassion, Love, and Tenderness. Another fictional Hindu God is simply known as "Rama" and has aided Wonder Woman in the past, possibly forming a affection for her.
6. When he became Deadman, Boston patrolled the fictional city of Nanda Parbat tucked away in Tibet. Based off the real world Nanga Parbat in Pakistan and the fictional Shangri-La, Nanda Parbat is home to the evilest people on Earth who are sent to the city so that Rama Kushna's influence can purge the evil out of them. When inside the city, time moves slower meaning you could spend several years there and exit only a few days after you entered the city. The map one must use to find the hidden city can be put together through several pieces: a tattoo, a scrap of parchment, a poem, and a birthmark. Along with Deadman, other heroes have visited this city: Judomaster, The Crimson Avenger, Batman, The Question, The Elongated Man, Accomplished Perfect Physician, Jason Blood, and Kid Devil to name a few.
7. Deadman can fly, phase through solid objects, and is unseen by most people. His main power is possessing the bodies of other people, overpowering their mind. He usually possesses corpses because it's easier and he can use them without worrying about their personal lives. He even sometimes does this to hook up with love interests. Deadman is not opposed to crossing several lines, too. In "Justice League Unlimited" he uses Batman's body to fire a pistol, much to Batman's anger. In "Legends", Deadman uses the body of an alien to kill another alien and then shoot himself in the head. Sadly, he cannot possess his own corpse.
8. Once trapped in the River Styx, Deadman experiences his version of Hell which is that he is shot in the shoulder by a sharpshooter. However, he never dies, he just feels pain and prays for death.
9. During "Blackest Night" and "Brightest Day", Deadman's corpse becomes a Black Lantern Zombie, but Deadman gains his body back and uses it to further the plot. Deadman ends up being a White Lantern too, and upon being restored to life Boston "lives" as much as he can before the White Lantern's "Entity" reverts Deadman into a ghost.
10. In 2006, Deadman got a thirteen-issue Vertigo series in which none of the previous continuity is used. Brandon Cayce dies on a plane crash and comes back as a ghost, he encounters his former lover Sarah who is pregnant with Scott Cayce's child. Scott is possessed by a being known as "Delvin" who believes the child will be the next step in human evolution. By the end of the story, Brandon agrees to remain a ghost in return for Sarah and the baby continuing to live and for Delvin to leave them alone.
11. Deadman got three animated shorts as part of Cartoon Network's "DC Nation" block. These three short presented Deadman as a child-sized man who hung out with a crow.
12. TNT was going to produce a Deadman TV series in 2000, but it was never put into production. Eric Kripke-creator of "Supernatural"-was going to work on a Deadman TV show, but again it was canned. Guillermo Del Toro has expressed an interest in doing a Deadman film, following that Del Toro claimed he'd do a Justice League Dark film, but while Warner Bros continues to announce the idea there has been no news on the production.
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2. Deadman's appearance is a result of how he looked when he died. As "The Deadman", Boston wore his read spandex and wore white makeup. In the story "Kingdom Come", Boston Brand/Deadman looks like a skeleton in his red costume. Artist Alex Ross explained he looks this way because he accepted himself as a spirit. This version of Boston hangs out with godlike beings like The Wizard Shazam, The Spectre, and Zeus to name a few.
3. In the "Teen Titans Go" episode "La Larva De Amor", Deadman's skeleton is found under Starfire's bed by Robin. In the universe of "Flashpoint", Boston performed at the same circus as The Flying Graysons. When Amazonians attack the circus, Boston and Dick Grayson run away and have a few close calls. Until one assault brings the death of Boston. Now as a ghost, Boston protects Grayson on his journey. In the world of "Injustice", Dick Grayson/Nightwing is murdered by Damian Wayne/Robin and Boston Brand willingly moves on to the "other side" so that Dick can become the new "Deadman".
4. Despite being a ghost Deadman is the subject of a few love stories. The earliest being a two-part series called "Deadman: Love After Death" in 1989, and the most recent being a three-part series called "Deadman: Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love" in 2017. He also has a relationship with Dove-from Hawk & Dove-stretching back to 2008.
5. When Boston was murdered during his trapeze act, a Hindu Goddess gave him his ghost powers. This Goddess was named Rama Kushna. "Rama Kushna" is not a real figure in the Hindu fate, but a rearrangement of the name Rama Krishna; a Hindu God of Compassion, Love, and Tenderness. Another fictional Hindu God is simply known as "Rama" and has aided Wonder Woman in the past, possibly forming a affection for her.
6. When he became Deadman, Boston patrolled the fictional city of Nanda Parbat tucked away in Tibet. Based off the real world Nanga Parbat in Pakistan and the fictional Shangri-La, Nanda Parbat is home to the evilest people on Earth who are sent to the city so that Rama Kushna's influence can purge the evil out of them. When inside the city, time moves slower meaning you could spend several years there and exit only a few days after you entered the city. The map one must use to find the hidden city can be put together through several pieces: a tattoo, a scrap of parchment, a poem, and a birthmark. Along with Deadman, other heroes have visited this city: Judomaster, The Crimson Avenger, Batman, The Question, The Elongated Man, Accomplished Perfect Physician, Jason Blood, and Kid Devil to name a few.
7. Deadman can fly, phase through solid objects, and is unseen by most people. His main power is possessing the bodies of other people, overpowering their mind. He usually possesses corpses because it's easier and he can use them without worrying about their personal lives. He even sometimes does this to hook up with love interests. Deadman is not opposed to crossing several lines, too. In "Justice League Unlimited" he uses Batman's body to fire a pistol, much to Batman's anger. In "Legends", Deadman uses the body of an alien to kill another alien and then shoot himself in the head. Sadly, he cannot possess his own corpse.
8. Once trapped in the River Styx, Deadman experiences his version of Hell which is that he is shot in the shoulder by a sharpshooter. However, he never dies, he just feels pain and prays for death.
9. During "Blackest Night" and "Brightest Day", Deadman's corpse becomes a Black Lantern Zombie, but Deadman gains his body back and uses it to further the plot. Deadman ends up being a White Lantern too, and upon being restored to life Boston "lives" as much as he can before the White Lantern's "Entity" reverts Deadman into a ghost.
10. In 2006, Deadman got a thirteen-issue Vertigo series in which none of the previous continuity is used. Brandon Cayce dies on a plane crash and comes back as a ghost, he encounters his former lover Sarah who is pregnant with Scott Cayce's child. Scott is possessed by a being known as "Delvin" who believes the child will be the next step in human evolution. By the end of the story, Brandon agrees to remain a ghost in return for Sarah and the baby continuing to live and for Delvin to leave them alone.
11. Deadman got three animated shorts as part of Cartoon Network's "DC Nation" block. These three short presented Deadman as a child-sized man who hung out with a crow.
12. TNT was going to produce a Deadman TV series in 2000, but it was never put into production. Eric Kripke-creator of "Supernatural"-was going to work on a Deadman TV show, but again it was canned. Guillermo Del Toro has expressed an interest in doing a Deadman film, following that Del Toro claimed he'd do a Justice League Dark film, but while Warner Bros continues to announce the idea there has been no news on the production.
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