Today I'll be pitching a series for one of DC's more underrated heroes, Deadman. While he's had a solo series recently and is featured in the Justice League Dark comic, I feel the range of adventures for this character could entertain many fans of horror and mystery. So that's why for this Pitch-It, I present a comic book called The Deadman Corpse (word play).
First of all let me give you a quick history lesson on Deadman. Formally a circus performer named Boston Brand, he'd use the stage persona Deadman to invoke danger into his life-risking stunts. One of Brand's performances was sabotaged by an assassin who was trying to prove his skills as a killer to a group of assassins. Boston Brand was reborn as a ghost by the Hindu god Rama Kushna to avenge his death and the deaths of others as The Deadman.
For this book, Deadman would find himself followed by four spirits who have become Deadmen like himself: Terri Henshaw, an astronaut who was melted by cosmic radiation despite Superman's attempt to save her. Simon Darke, a Gotham citizen who was murdered by The Joker. Lorena Marquez, a teenager who drowned during Ocean Master's attack on Metropolis in the "Throne of Atlantis" event. And Cyrus Gold, Coast City's underground crime lord who was murdered by his own men and dumped in a swamp. Deadman decides to teach these wandering spirits how to use their ghostly powers and join him in keeping the balance between life and death.
The plot of this book would develop into Deadman's attempt at helping the fellow spirits come to rest by finding each of their respective bodies. A task difficult for mortals comes as even more of a challenge to the Deadmen as Terri's body was thrown through space with the rest of her space shuttle, Lorena's body is at the bottom of the ocean and Simon's body is in the possession of The Joker's insane admirer The Joker's Daughter. Upon finding their bodies, each spirit would gain Rama Kushna's blessing to move on, but as a team they would wish to stick together until all of them-Deadman included-are ready to move on into the afterlife. However, their adventure become difficult when going up against characters like The Spectre, Gentleman Ghost, and Solomon Grundy who is revealed to be Cyrus Gold possessing his dead corpse and betraying the Deadmen.
Lined with horror, suspense and surreal imagery, The Deadman Corpse would offer a diverse cast and thought-provoking stories. The backstories of these characters would show the grim reality of living in a superhero-filled world and how not everyone gets saved by people in costumes. It would present the flip-side of walking among gods and monsters, forces man cannot control nor avoid. At any rate, Deadman himself is a character filled with potential stories and a book like this could expand his responsibility to the lives of the living and the dead. Thanks for reading!
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The plot of this book would develop into Deadman's attempt at helping the fellow spirits come to rest by finding each of their respective bodies. A task difficult for mortals comes as even more of a challenge to the Deadmen as Terri's body was thrown through space with the rest of her space shuttle, Lorena's body is at the bottom of the ocean and Simon's body is in the possession of The Joker's insane admirer The Joker's Daughter. Upon finding their bodies, each spirit would gain Rama Kushna's blessing to move on, but as a team they would wish to stick together until all of them-Deadman included-are ready to move on into the afterlife. However, their adventure become difficult when going up against characters like The Spectre, Gentleman Ghost, and Solomon Grundy who is revealed to be Cyrus Gold possessing his dead corpse and betraying the Deadmen.
Lined with horror, suspense and surreal imagery, The Deadman Corpse would offer a diverse cast and thought-provoking stories. The backstories of these characters would show the grim reality of living in a superhero-filled world and how not everyone gets saved by people in costumes. It would present the flip-side of walking among gods and monsters, forces man cannot control nor avoid. At any rate, Deadman himself is a character filled with potential stories and a book like this could expand his responsibility to the lives of the living and the dead. Thanks for reading!
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Facebook: The Panel Biter
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