Unofficial Chronology DEADMAN [Boston Brand]
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Deadman

CHRONOLOGY INDEX

   Below is the definitive list of appearances of Deadman in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.

   Follow the underlined links for a complete index of the issue, including story and creator info as well as full character chronology and in some cases story synopses.

  • First Appearance: Strange Adventures #205 (October 1967)
  • DEADMAN CHRONOLOGY

  • Secret Origins Vol. 2 #15 (June 1987): "Death Like A Crown"
  • Strange Adventures #205 (October 1967): "Who Has Been Lying In My Grave?"
  • Strange Adventures #206 (November 1967): "An Eye for an Eye"
  • Strange Adventures #207 (December 1967): "What Makes a Corpse Cry?"
  • Strange Adventures #208 (January 1968): "How Many Times Can a Guy Die?" [Parts 1 & 2]
  • Strange Adventures #209 (February 1968): "How Many Times Can a Guy Die?" [Parts 3 & 4]
  • Strange Adventures #210 (March 1968): "Hide and Seek"
  • Strange Adventures #211 (April 1968): "How Close To Me My Killer?"
  • Strange Adventures #212 (May-June 1968): "The Fatal Call of Vengeance"
  • Strange Adventures #213 (July-August 1968): "The Call From Beyond"
  • Brave and the Bold #79 (August-September 1968): "The Track of the Hook"
  • Strange Adventures #214 (September-October 1968): "To Haunt a Killer"
  • Strange Adventures #215 (November-December 1968): "A New Lease on Death"
  • Strange Adventures #216 (January-February 1969): "But I Still Exist"
  • Brave and the Bold #86 (October-November 1969): "You Can't Hide From a Deadman"
  • Aquaman Vol. 1 #50/2 (March-April 1970): "Deadman Rides Again"
  • Aquaman Vol. 1 #51/2 (May-June 1970): "The World Cannot Wait For a Deadman"
  • Aquaman Vol. 1 #52/2 (July-August 1970): "Never Underestimate a Deadman"
  • Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 1 #74 (June-July 1970): "To Call a Deadman"
  • Justice League of America #94 (November 1971): "Where Strikes Demonfang?"
  • Brave and the Bold #104 (November-December 1972): "Second Chance for a Deadman"
  • Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #39 (October-November 1975): "Death Calls Twice For a Deadman"
  • Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #40 (December 1975-January 1976): "In the Kingdom of the Blind"
  • Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #41 (February-March 1976): "A Time For Endings"
  • Brave and the Bold #133 (April 1977): "Another Kind of Justice"
  • Superman Family #183/6 (May-June 1977): "The Day Lois Lane Walked All Over Superman" [Note: No longer in-continuity]
  • DC Super-Stars #18 (January-February 1978): "Hour of the Demon"
  • Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 1 #84 (December 1977-January 1978): "To Save a Monster" [Note: No longer in-continuity]
  • Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 1 #85 (February-March 1978): "The Creature from the End of Time" [Note: No longer in-continuity]
  • Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 1 #86 (April-May 1978): "The War at Time's End" [Note: No longer in-continuity]
  • Challengers of the Unknown Vol. 1 #87 (June-July 1978): "Twelve Million Years to Twilight" [Note: No longer in-continuity]
  • Adventure Comics #459/2 (September-October 1978): "Murder Haunts the Midway"
  • Adventure Comics #460/2 (November-December 1978): "The Canvas Inferno"
  • Adventure Comics #461/2 (January-February 1979): "Pursuit"
  • Adventure Comics #462/3 (March-April 1979): "The Sins of the Father--!"
  • Adventure Comics #463/2 (May-June 1979): "Mind Over Murder"
  • Adventure Comics #464/2 (July-August 1979): "Requiem For A Deadman!"
  • Adventure Comics #465/2 (September-October 1979): "Brick Battleground!"
  • Adventure Comics #466/2 (November-December 1979): "Never Say Die!"
  • DC Comics Presents #24 (August 1980): "The Man Who Was the World"
  • Detective Comics #500/7 (March 1981): "What Happens When a Batman Dies?"
  • Saga of the Swamp Thing Annual #2 (1984): "Down Amongst the Dead Men"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #5 (August 1985): "Worlds in Limbo"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October 1985): "Beyond the Silent Night"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #11 (February 1986): "Aftershock"
  • Crisis on Infinite Earths #12 (March 1986): "Final Crisis"
  • Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #49 (June 1986): "The Summoning"
  • Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #50 (July 1986): "The End"
  • Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #51 (August 1986): "Home Free"
  • Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #55 (December 1986): "Earth to Earth"
  • Millennium #8 (February 1988): "The Rising and Advancing of Ten Spirits"
  • Spectre Vol. 2 #11 (February 1988): "Housewarming Party"
  • Spectre Annual Vol. 2 #1 (July 1988): Ghost, Dead Man, Devil-Child..."
  • Action Comics Weekly #601/5 (May 24, 1988): "The Section Chief"
  • Action Comics Weekly #602/2 (May 31, 1988): "Chapter Two: Showdown"
  • Action Comics Weekly #603/3 (June 7, 1988): "Chapter Three: Talaoc's Tale!"
  • Action Comics Weekly #604/5 (June 14, 1988): "Genie in a Bottle"
  • Action Comics Weekly #605/2 (June 21, 1988): "Chapter Five: Deadman Goes To Hell"
  • Action Comics Weekly #606/3 (June 28, 1988): "This is Hell"
  • Action Comics Weekly #607/2 (July 5, 1988): "Chapter Seven: Escape From Hell"
  • Action Comics Weekly #608/5 (July 12, 1988): "Chapter Eight: Gala Reception"
  • Action Comics Weekly #609/2 (July 19, 1988): "Chapter Nine: Faux Pas"
  • Action Comics Weekly #610/3 (July 26, 1988): "Chapter Ten: Catfight"
  • Action Comics Weekly #611/2 (August 2, 1988): "Chapter 11: Will the Real Devil Please Stand Up?"
  • Action Comics Weekly #612/3 (August 9, 1988): "Chapter Twelve: Take Us To Your Leader"
  • Action Comics Weekly #618/2 (September 20, 1988): "Grave Doings, part 1"
  • Action Comics Weekly #619/3 (September 27, 1988): "Grave Doings, part 2"
  • Action Comics Weekly #620/3 (October 4, 1988): "Grave Doings, part 3"
  • Action Comics Weekly #621/5 (October 11, 1988): "Grave Doings, part 4"
  • Action Comics Weekly #623/3 (October 25, 1988): "Seventeen"
  • Action Comics Weekly #624/5 (November 1, 1988): "Wildwood"
  • Action Comics Weekly #625/5 (November 8, 1988): "Tickle, Tickle"
  • Action Comics Weekly #626/5 (November 15, 1988): "Finale"
  • Spectre Vol. 2 #23 (Holiday 1988): "House of the Secret Enemy"
  • Invasion! #2 (1988): "Invasion! Book Two: Battleground Earth"
  • Action Comics Weekly #642 (March 14, 1989): "Where There Is a Will"
  • Deadman: Love After Death #1 (1989): "Love After Death, Book One"
  • Deadman: Love After Death #2 (1989): "Love After Death, Book Two"
  • Books of Magic Vol. 1 #2 (February 1991): "The Books of Magic, Book II: The Shadow World"
  • Action Comics #670 (October 1991): [34] "Skullduggery"
  • War of the Gods #4 (December 1991): "In the Beginning... There Was the End"
  • Deadman: Exorcism #1 (1992): "Exorcism"
  • Deadman: Exorcism #2 (1992): "Exorcism"
  • Spectre Vol. 3 #5 (April 1993): "A Rage In Hell"
  • Swamp Thing Vol. 2 #145 (August 1994): "Big Game"
  • Lobo & Deadman: The Brave and the Bald #1 (February 1995): "The Brave and the Bald"
  • Underworld Unleashed #3 (late December 1995): "Seduction of the Innocent"
  • Guy Gardner: Warrior #39 (February 1996): "Merriment, Mistletoe, and Mayhem!"
  • Showcase '96 #3/2 (March 1996): "Mercy Killing"
  • Batman #530 (May 1996): "The Deadman Connection, Part 1: Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon"
  • Batman #531 (June 1996): "The Deadman Connection, Part 2: Cult of the Mummy"
  • Batman #532 (July 1996): "The Spirit Thieves"
  • Green Lantern Vol. 3 #81 (December 1996): "Funeral For A Hero"
  • Legion of Super-Heroes Vol. 4 #87 (December 1996): "She's Not Here"
  • Spectre Vol. 3 #57 (September 1997): "The Search For God - Part 1: A Measure of Pain"
  • Resurrection Man #18 (October 1998): "Secrets & Lies"
  • Green Lantern Vol. 3 #93 (December 1997): "All Hallow's Eve"
  • Green Lantern 80-Page Giant #2/3 (June 1999): "Fallen Idols"
  • Day of Judgment #1 (November 1999): "The Summoning"
  • Day of Judgment #2 (November 1999): "Lost Souls"
  • Day of Judgment #3 (November 1999): "Choosing Sides"
  • Day of Judgment #4 (November 1999): "The End of the World As We Know It"
  • Day of Judgment #5 (November 1999): "Soul Search"
  • JLA #40 (April 2000): "World War Three, Part 5"
  • Justice Leagues: Justice League of Atlantis #1 (March 2001): "Justice Leagues, Part III: Sea Change"
  • Green Arrow Vol. 3 #7 (October 2001): "Quiver Chapter Seven: Hard Travelling Heroes"
  • Green Arrow Vol. 3 #8 (November 2001): "Quiver Chapter Eight: When Ollie Met Ollie"
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #1 (February 2002): [Dead with a Vengeance!]
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #2 (March 2002): [Shattered!]
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #3 (April 2002): "Hate Is A Drug!"
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #4 (May 2002): "Hidden Depths"
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #5 (June 2002): "Death and the Maiden"
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #6 (July 2002): "Love & Death"
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #7 (August 2002): "The Children of Paradise"
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #8 (September 2002): "Spirits in the Ethereal World"
  • Deadman Vol. 3 #9 (October 2002): "The Enemy of My Enemy"
  • Hawkman Vol. 4 #36 (March 2005): "The Army of Forgotten Souls"
  • Day of Vengeance #1 (June 2005): "One Last Drink at the End of Time"
  • Day of Vengeance #4 (September 2005): "Monkey Business"
  • Day of Vengeance: Infinite Crisis Special #1 (March 2006): "The Ninth Age of Magic"
  • Teen Titans Vol. 3 #42 (February 2007): "Devil May Care"

    NON-CANONICAL STORYLINES

    These stories don't fit into the continuity of neither the pre-Crisis Earth-1 or post-Crisis versions of Deadman for one reason or another but should be mentioned never the less.

  • Forever People Vol. 1 #9 (June-July 1972): "Monster in the Morgue!"
  • Forever People Vol. 1 #10 (August-September 1972): "The Scavengers"

  • Phantom Stranger Vol. 2 #33 (October-November 1974): "Deadman's Bluff"

  • World's Finest Comics #223 (May-June 1974): "Wipe The Blood Off My Name"
  • World's Finest Comics #227 (January-February 1975): "Death Flaunts Its Golden Grin"
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