
The Deadman #1 (review)
Writer: W. Maxwell Prince Artist: Martin Morazzo DC Comics, August 2026 Fresh from their wonderfully chaotic moment on Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum comes writer W. Maxwell Prince and artist Martin Morazzo with a very fresh take DC Comics’ favourite ghost, Deadman. Deadman first appeared in Strange Adventures #607 (1967), but which was a prominent addition to Adventure Comics, which by the late 1970s was an anthology series consisting of very short vignettes of the likes of Aquaman, Plastic Man, and other characters which did not have a permanent home. Deadman – a murdered circus acrobat named Boston Brand – was often lost in his quest to find his murderer, sidetracked by various crimes into which he intervened through his power of possession. Deadman, particularly as drawn by Neal Adams, was a gliding figure, sailing through the air like the trapeze artist he once was, his very distinctive rigid collar framing his






