Is Neal Adam's Original Deadman One of The Greatest Comics Ever Made?

[Timothy Hunter]

-Deadman was very different from the clean cut superheroes of the silver age being crass, uncouth, and occasionally unlikeable.

-The Deadman run in Strange Adventures can be looked at as Neal Adams' breakout work, predating X Men, Green Lantern/Green Arrow, and Batman with Dennis O'Neil

-People make fun of Adams' writing now on books like Batman Odyssey, but his tenure as writer on the original Deadman run was still miles ahead of most comic book storytelling at the time, with many twist and turns that still surprise to this day.

No one's saying thaf Neal Adam's Deadman is up there with say, Watchmen, but I'm surprised it doesn't come up in the conversation of the best comic books, and it tends to be overshadowed by his runs on Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow.

[DrNewGod]

It was pretty great. It was also, often, very different than typical superhero fare. Except for the issues that leaned heavily into the supernatural, it was almost like a progenitor of Quantum Leap.

[LifeIsILL]

I'm surprised it doesn't come up in the conversation of the best comic books, and it tends to be overshadowed by his runs on Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow.

DC silver age comics are rarely mentioned in those conversations.

Silver age Green Lantern, Spectre, Aquaman, Flash stories all had stuff that were ahead of its time. But people think it's all bunch of goofy stuff.

[jb681131]

Hard to say when there are also comics such as:

• The Question by Denis O'Neil
• Doom Patrol by Grant Morisson
• Justice League International by J.M. DeMatteis
• Suicide Squad by John Ostender
• The New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman
• Swamp Thing by Len Wein & Bernie Wrightston
• Camelot 3000 by Mike W. Barr
• Sandman by Neil Gaiman
• Gotham Central by Greg Rucka & Ed Brubaker
• 100 Bullets by Ed Brubaker
• V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
• Animal Man by Grant Morrison
• 52 by Greg Rucka
• Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
• Planetary by Warren Ellis
• Lobo by Keith Giffen & Alan Grant
• Manhunter by Archie Goodwin & Walter Simonson
• Human Target by Peter Milligan & Edvin Biukovic
• Mister Miracle by Jack Kirby
• ...

And that's only at DC.

[K7P5V]

Neal Adams' Deadman is a definite classic, and deserving of its legendary status (IMHO):

[Timothy Hunter]

I'm currently rereading all of the Bronze Age appearances pf Deadman and I encountered something that absolutely makes no sense.

In one of the last Deadman stories in Strange Adventures, it is revealed the guy that killed Boston Brand, Hook, murdered him as part of an initiation ritual for the League of Assassins. Because Cleveland Brand took his brother's place in the circus, the leader of the League of Assassins, Sensei kills Hook because he thinks he failed to kill Deadman. End of story right? The guy who killed Boston Brand is revealed and he get himself dies.

But in Phantom Stranger 33, Deadman guest stars, and he is still looking for his killer. He is even tricked into thinking that the Phantom Stranger himself murdered him. What the hell?! I thought this plot point was resolved? Did I miss something? Is there another comic that fills me in on what happened between the end of Adams'Strange Adventures run and this issue of Phantom Stranger?

[Englehart Humperdinck]

In Forever People #9 by Jack Kirby, Deadman was told the guy who died in Strange Adventures had a hook for a left hand, but the true killer had a hook for a right hand.

[Englehart Humperdinck]

Hard to say when there are also comics such as:

• The Question by Denis O'Neil
• Doom Patrol by Grant Morisson
• Justice League International by J.M. DeMatteis
• Suicide Squad by John Ostender
• The New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman
• Swamp Thing by Len Wein & Bernie Wrightston
• Camelot 3000 by Mike W. Barr
• Sandman by Neil Gaiman
• Gotham Central by Greg Rucka & Ed Brubaker
• 100 Bullets by Ed Brubaker
• V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
• Animal Man by Grant Morrison
• 52 by Greg Rucka
• Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
• Planetary by Warren Ellis
• Lobo by Keith Giffen & Alan Grant
• Manhunter by Archie Goodwin & Walter Simonson
• Human Target by Peter Milligan & Edvin Biukovic
• Mister Miracle by Jack Kirby
• ...

And that's only at DC.

I doubt if many people think Camelot 3000 was one of the best comics ever made or Ed Brubaker wrote 100 Bullets.

[jb681131]

I doubt if many people think Camelot 3000 was one of the best comics ever made or Ed Brubaker wrote 100 Bullets.

True, 100 Bullets is by Brian Azzarello, my mistake.
What's wrong with Camelot 3000 ?

[Timothy Hunter]

In Forever People #9 by Jack Kirby, Deadman was told the guy who died in Strange Adventures had a hook for a left hand, but the true killer had a hook for a right hand.

DC database says that Phantom Stranger 33, " no longer fits into the continuity of Deadman. It has been classified as a non-canonical storyline". So I'm guessing that Deadman's guest appearance in Forever People and that issue of Phantom Stranger are part of the same continuity and in regular Earth One/Post Crisis canon, Deadman's was revealed and killed way back in Strange Adventures.

[Jim Kelly]

In the interest of giving credit where it's due--Neal Adams wasn't the creator of Deadman--that was Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino. Adams certainly adopted Boston Brand as his baby, but he wasn't the father.

Furthermore, comics being a collaborative medium, there were lots of other talents who played a part in the Boston Brand story.

Carmine Infantino became Art Director, then Editorial Director, at National Periodical Publications in 1967. He worked with Arnold Drake to create Deadman. "Drake had done a skeleton with a face that was more skull like, but I said it wasn't good--people weren't going to relate to a skull. So I gave him more of a mask, so he could show emotion, you couldn't get emotion the other way." [AMAZING WORLD OF CARMINE INFANTINO (2000)]

In his executive position, it was Infantino who brought along talents like Neal Adams (who had started out working on the humour comics for the publisher). And with Carmine too busy in his new positions, he gave Adams the job of doing the Deadman art, although Infantino remained involved with the plotting of the first five issues of STRANGE ADVENTURES.

As well, the editor on STRANGE ADVENTURES was Jack Miller. His bailiwick had been the romance titles, but Infantino got him to expand to other genres and Miller was also a writer and worked on several scripts for Deadman. Seems to me Jack Miller is one of those guys who gets overlooked.

For the house pro-zine, AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS, Paul Levitz wrote a piece called "The Haphazard History of Boston Brand" in issue 8 (September-October 1975), where he tried to negotiate the various continuity contradiction thus far, including his stint in the Forever People where he got a new body. I should go digging through my box of those issues, to find that Levitz article.

Pre-Crisis/Earth-One Chronology of Boston Brand [1967 - 1986]:

STRANGE ADVENTURES 205 (October 1967)
"Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?"
Writer: Arnold Drake
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: George Roussos

STRANGE ADVENTURES 206 (November 1967)
"An Eye for an Eye"
Plotter: Carmine Infantino
Scripter: Jack Miller
Penciller: Neal Adams
Inker: George Roussos

STRANGE ADVENTURES 207 (December 1967)
"What Makes a Corpse Cry?"
Plotter: Carmine Infantino
Scripter: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 208 (January 1968)
"How Many Times Can a Guy Die?"
Plotter: Carmine Infantino
Scripter: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 209 (February 1968)
"How Many Times Can a Guy Die?"
Plotter: Carmine Infantino
Scripter: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 210 (March 1968)
"Hide and Seek"
Writer: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 211 (April 1968)
"How Close to Me My Killer?"
Writer: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 212 (May-June1968)
"The Fatal Call of Vengeance"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 213 (July-August 1968)
"The Call from Beyond"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 79 (August-September 1968)
"The Track of the Hook"
Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 214 (September-October 1968)
"To Haunt a Killer"
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 215 (November-December 1968)
"A New Lease on Death"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 216 (January-February 1969)
"But I Still Exist"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 86 (October-November 1969)
"You Can't Hide from a Deadman"
Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Neal Adams

AQUAMAN 50 (March-April 1970)
"Deadman Rides Again"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

AQUAMAN 51 (May-June1970)
"The World Cannot Wait for a Deadman"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 74 (June-July1970)
"To Call a Deadman"
Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Artist: George Tuska
Artist: Neal Adams

AQUAMAN 52 (July-August 1970)
"The Traders' Trap" (behind the scenes)
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Jim Aparo

AQUAMAN 52 (July-August 1970)
"Never Underestimate a Deadman"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 94 (November 1971)
"Where Strikes Demonfang?"
Writer: Mike Friedrich
Artist: Neal Adams
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Joe Giella
note-- Adams did the Deadman pages

FOREVER PEOPLE 9 (June-July1972)
"Monster in the Morgue"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker/Letterer: Mike W. Royer

FOREVER PEOPLE 10 (August-September 1972)
"The Scavengers"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker/Letterer: Mike W. Royer

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 104 (November-December 1972)
"Second Chance for a Deadman?"
Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Jim Aparo

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 223 (May-June1974)
"Wipe the Blood Off My Name"
Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Vince Colletta

THE PHANTOM STRANGER 33 (October-November 1974)
"Deadman's Bluff"
Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Mike Grell

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 227 (January-February 1975)
"Death Flaunts Its Golden Grin"
Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Tex Blaisdell

THE PHANTOM STRANGER 39 (October-November 1975)
"Death Calls Twice for a Deadman"
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Fred Carrillo

THE PHANTOM STRANGER 40 (December 1975 - January 1976)
"In the Kingdom of the Blind"
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Fred Carrillo

THE PHANTOM STRANGER 41 (February-March 1976)
"A Time for Endings"
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Fred Carrillo

AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS 8 (September-October 1975)
"The Haphazard History of Boston Brand"
Writer: Paul Levitz
note--Levitz tries to straighten out Deadman's history and includes a suggested chronology for all his appearances to that point

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 133 (April 1977)
"Another Kind of Justice"
Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Jim Aparo

SUPERMAN FAMILY 183 (May-June1977)
"The Day Lois Lane Walked All Over Superman"
Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker: Vince Colletta

DC SUPERSTARS 18 (January-February 1978)
"The Gargoyles"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Writer: Martin Pasko
Penciller: Romeo Tanghal
Inker: Dick Giordano
Inker: Bob Layton

DC SPECIAL SERIES 8 (1978)
"Hell Is for Heroes"
Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Ric Estrada
Inker: Dick Giordano

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 84 (December 1977 - January 1978)
"To Save a Monster"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: John Celardo

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 85 (February-March 1978)
"The Creature from the End of Time"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: John Celardo

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 86 (April-May 1978)
"The War at Times End"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: John Celardo

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 87 (June-July1978)
"Twelve Million Years to Twilight"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Writer: Carla Conway
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: John Celardo

ADVENTURE COMICS 459 (September-October 1978)
"Murder Haunts the Midway"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Jim Aparo

ADVENTURE COMICS 460 (November-December 1978)
"The Canvas Inferno"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Jim Aparo

ADVENTURE COMICS 461 (January-February 1979)
"Pursuit"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Jim Aparo

ADVENTURE COMICS 462 (March-April 1979)
"The Sins of the Father --"
Writer: Len Wein
Penciller: José Luis García-López
Inker: Dick Giordano

ADVENTURE COMICS 463 (May-June1979)
"Mind Over Murder"
Writer: Len Wein
Penciller: José Luis García-López
Inker: Frank Chiaramonte

ADVENTURE COMICS 464 (July-August 1979)
"Requiem for a Deadman"
Writer: Len Wein
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Jim Aparo

ADVENTURE COMICS 465 (September-October 1979)
"Brick Battle-Ground"
Writer: Len Wein
Penciller: José Luis García-López
Inker: Dick Giordano

ADVENTURE COMICS 466 (November-December 1979)
"Never Say Die"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: José Luis García-López

DC COMICS PRESENTS 24 (August 1980)
"The Man Who Was the World"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: José Luis García-López

DETECTIVE COMICS 500 (March 1981)
"What Happens When a Batman Dies?"
Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Bob Smith

SWAMP THING ANNUAL 2 (1985)
"Down Amongst the Dead Men"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Steve R. Bissette
Inker: John Totleben

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 5 (August 1985)
"Worlds in Limbo"
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Jerry Ordway

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 7 (October 1985)
"Beyond the Silent Night"
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Jerry Ordway
Inker: Dick Giordano

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 11 (February 1986)
"Aftershock"
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Jerry Ordway

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 12 (March 1986)
"Final Crisis"
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Plotter/Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Jerry Ordway

DEADMAN 1 (March 1986)
"Return... to Forever"
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: José Luis García-López

DEADMAN 2 (April 1986)
"This Mortal Coil"
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: José Luis García-López

DEADMAN 3 (May 1986)
"Breaking the Barrier"
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: José Luis García-López

DEADMAN 4 (June 1986)
"Circle of Fire"
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: José Luis García-López

SWAMP THING 49 (June 1986)
"The Summoning"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Stan Woch
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala

SWAMP THING 50 (July 1986)
"The End"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Steve R. Bissette
Penciller: Rick Veitch
Inker: John Totleben

SWAMP THING 51 (August 1986)
"Home Free"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Rick Veitch
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala

SWAMP THING 55 (December 1986)
"Earth to Earth"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Rick Veitch
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala
Inker: John Totleben

[Jim Kelly]

Looking up what information I could find on Jack Miller, I see that he also wrote for T.V.--and he helped create and write the cartoon show THE MIGHTY HERCULES (1963 - 66). He died circa January 1970 at the age of 61.

[Timothy Hunter]

In the interest of giving credit where it's due--Neal Adams wasn't the creator of Deadman--that was Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino. Adams certainly adopted Boston Brand as his baby, but he wasn't the father.

Furthermore, comics being a collaborative medium, there were lots of other talents who played a part in the Boston Brand story.

Carmine Infantino became Art Director, then Editorial Director, at National Periodical Publications in 1967. He worked with Arnold Drake to create Deadman. "Drake had done a skeleton with a face that was more skull like, but I said it wasn't good--people weren't going to relate to a skull. So I gave him more of a mask, so he could show emotion, you couldn't get emotion the other way." [AMAZING WORLD OF CARMINE INFANTINO (2000)]

In his executive position, it was Infantino who brought along talents like Neal Adams (who had started out working on the humour comics for the publisher). And with Carmine too busy in his new positions, he gave Adams the job of doing the Deadman art, although Infantino remained involved with the plotting of the first five issues of STRANGE ADVENTURES.

As well, the editor on STRANGE ADVENTURES was Jack Miller. His bailiwick had been the romance titles, but Infantino got him to expand to other genres and Miller was also a writer and worked on several scripts for Deadman. Seems to me Jack Miller is one of those guys who gets overlooked.

For the house pro-zine, AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS, Paul Levitz wrote a piece called "The Haphazard History of Boston Brand" in issue 8 (September-October 1975), where he tried to negotiate the various continuity contradiction thus far, including his stint in the Forever People where he got a new body. I should go digging through my box of those issues, to find that Levitz article.

Pre-Crisis/Earth-One Chronology of Boston Brand [1967 - 1986]:

STRANGE ADVENTURES 205 (October 1967)
"Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?"
Writer: Arnold Drake
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: George Roussos

STRANGE ADVENTURES 206 (November 1967)
"An Eye for an Eye"
Plotter: Carmine Infantino
Scripter: Jack Miller
Penciller: Neal Adams
Inker: George Roussos

STRANGE ADVENTURES 207 (December 1967)
"What Makes a Corpse Cry?"
Plotter: Carmine Infantino
Scripter: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 208 (January 1968)
"How Many Times Can a Guy Die?"
Plotter: Carmine Infantino
Scripter: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 209 (February 1968)
"How Many Times Can a Guy Die?"
Plotter: Carmine Infantino
Scripter: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 210 (March 1968)
"Hide and Seek"
Writer: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 211 (April 1968)
"How Close to Me My Killer?"
Writer: Jack Miller
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 212 (May-June1968)
"The Fatal Call of Vengeance"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 213 (July-August 1968)
"The Call from Beyond"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 79 (August-September 1968)
"The Track of the Hook"
Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 214 (September-October 1968)
"To Haunt a Killer"
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 215 (November-December 1968)
"A New Lease on Death"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

STRANGE ADVENTURES 216 (January-February 1969)
"But I Still Exist"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 86 (October-November 1969)
"You Can't Hide from a Deadman"
Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Neal Adams

AQUAMAN 50 (March-April 1970)
"Deadman Rides Again"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

AQUAMAN 51 (May-June1970)
"The World Cannot Wait for a Deadman"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 74 (June-July1970)
"To Call a Deadman"
Writer: Dennis J. O'Neil
Artist: George Tuska
Artist: Neal Adams

AQUAMAN 52 (July-August 1970)
"The Traders' Trap" (behind the scenes)
Writer: Steve Skeates
Artist: Jim Aparo

AQUAMAN 52 (July-August 1970)
"Never Underestimate a Deadman"
Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA 94 (November 1971)
"Where Strikes Demonfang?"
Writer: Mike Friedrich
Artist: Neal Adams
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Joe Giella
note-- Adams did the Deadman pages

FOREVER PEOPLE 9 (June-July1972)
"Monster in the Morgue"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker/Letterer: Mike W. Royer

FOREVER PEOPLE 10 (August-September 1972)
"The Scavengers"
Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker/Letterer: Mike W. Royer

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 104 (November-December 1972)
"Second Chance for a Deadman?"
Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Jim Aparo

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 223 (May-June1974)
"Wipe the Blood Off My Name"
Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Vince Colletta

THE PHANTOM STRANGER 33 (October-November 1974)
"Deadman's Bluff"
Writer: Arnold Drake
Artist: Mike Grell

WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 227 (January-February 1975)
"Death Flaunts Its Golden Grin"
Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Dick Dillin
Inker: Tex Blaisdell

THE PHANTOM STRANGER 39 (October-November 1975)
"Death Calls Twice for a Deadman"
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Fred Carrillo

THE PHANTOM STRANGER 40 (December 1975 - January 1976)
"In the Kingdom of the Blind"
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Fred Carrillo

THE PHANTOM STRANGER 41 (February-March 1976)
"A Time for Endings"
Writer: Paul Levitz
Artist: Fred Carrillo

AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS 8 (September-October 1975)
"The Haphazard History of Boston Brand"
Writer: Paul Levitz
note--Levitz tries to straighten out Deadman's history and includes a suggested chronology for all his appearances to that point

THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD 133 (April 1977)
"Another Kind of Justice"
Writer: Bob Haney
Artist: Jim Aparo

SUPERMAN FAMILY 183 (May-June1977)
"The Day Lois Lane Walked All Over Superman"
Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Kurt Schaffenberger
Inker: Vince Colletta

DC SUPERSTARS 18 (January-February 1978)
"The Gargoyles"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Writer: Martin Pasko
Penciller: Romeo Tanghal
Inker: Dick Giordano
Inker: Bob Layton

DC SPECIAL SERIES 8 (1978)
"Hell Is for Heroes"
Writer: Bob Haney
Penciller: Ric Estrada
Inker: Dick Giordano

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 84 (December 1977 - January 1978)
"To Save a Monster"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: John Celardo

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 85 (February-March 1978)
"The Creature from the End of Time"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: John Celardo

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 86 (April-May 1978)
"The War at Times End"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: John Celardo

THE CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN 87 (June-July1978)
"Twelve Million Years to Twilight"
Writer: Gerry Conway
Writer: Carla Conway
Penciller: Keith Giffen
Inker: John Celardo

ADVENTURE COMICS 459 (September-October 1978)
"Murder Haunts the Midway"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Jim Aparo

ADVENTURE COMICS 460 (November-December 1978)
"The Canvas Inferno"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Jim Aparo

ADVENTURE COMICS 461 (January-February 1979)
"Pursuit"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: Jim Aparo

ADVENTURE COMICS 462 (March-April 1979)
"The Sins of the Father --"
Writer: Len Wein
Penciller: José Luis García-López
Inker: Dick Giordano

ADVENTURE COMICS 463 (May-June1979)
"Mind Over Murder"
Writer: Len Wein
Penciller: José Luis García-López
Inker: Frank Chiaramonte

ADVENTURE COMICS 464 (July-August 1979)
"Requiem for a Deadman"
Writer: Len Wein
Writer: Gerry Conway
Artist: Jim Aparo

ADVENTURE COMICS 465 (September-October 1979)
"Brick Battle-Ground"
Writer: Len Wein
Penciller: José Luis García-López
Inker: Dick Giordano

ADVENTURE COMICS 466 (November-December 1979)
"Never Say Die"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: José Luis García-López

DC COMICS PRESENTS 24 (August 1980)
"The Man Who Was the World"
Writer: Len Wein
Artist: José Luis García-López

DETECTIVE COMICS 500 (March 1981)
"What Happens When a Batman Dies?"
Writer: Cary Bates
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: Bob Smith

SWAMP THING ANNUAL 2 (1985)
"Down Amongst the Dead Men"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Steve R. Bissette
Inker: John Totleben

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 5 (August 1985)
"Worlds in Limbo"
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Jerry Ordway

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 7 (October 1985)
"Beyond the Silent Night"
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Jerry Ordway
Inker: Dick Giordano

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 11 (February 1986)
"Aftershock"
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Jerry Ordway

CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS 12 (March 1986)
"Final Crisis"
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Plotter/Penciller: George Perez
Inker: Jerry Ordway

DEADMAN 1 (March 1986)
"Return... to Forever"
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: José Luis García-López

DEADMAN 2 (April 1986)
"This Mortal Coil"
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: José Luis García-López

DEADMAN 3 (May 1986)
"Breaking the Barrier"
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: José Luis García-López

DEADMAN 4 (June 1986)
"Circle of Fire"
Writer: Andrew Helfer
Artist: José Luis García-López

SWAMP THING 49 (June 1986)
"The Summoning"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Stan Woch
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala

SWAMP THING 50 (July 1986)
"The End"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Steve R. Bissette
Penciller: Rick Veitch
Inker: John Totleben

SWAMP THING 51 (August 1986)
"Home Free"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Rick Veitch
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala

SWAMP THING 55 (December 1986)
"Earth to Earth"
Writer: Alan Moore
Penciller: Rick Veitch
Inker: Alfredo P. Alcala
Inker: John Totleben

Thanks for pointing me to Amazing World of Comics 8. Apparently Phantom Stranger 33 and Forever People 9-10 take place before the League of Assassins is introduced in Strange Adventures. This makes a lot of sense!

[Englehart Humperdinck]

Thanks for pointing me to Amazing World of Comics 8. Apparently Phantom Stranger 33 and Forever People 9-10 take place before the League of Assassins is introduced in Strange Adventures. This makes a lot of sense!

I think the Forever People issues are better disregarded, as Kirby gave Deadman a new android body, established the killer had a hook for his right hand, and introduced the Scavengers - a society whose members all have a hook for a right hand.

[Englehart Humperdinck]

What's wrong with Camelot 3000 ?

Nothing wrong with it as such, but I don't think it was top quality. Brian Bolland's artwork wasn't quite as great as his self-inked stuff, and despite some lesbian titillation with Sheena Easton, I don't think the story was particularly memorable.