Thoughts on Andy Helfer's Deadman?

[Timothy Hunter]

Andy Helfer's Deadman fits very neatly with comics like Truman's Hawkworld, Moore's Swamp Thing, Chaykin's Shadow, Miller's Dark Knight, and Giffen's 5YL Legion. In this four issue miniseries, Helfer chews on Deadman, spits him out, and breaks all of his toys. Half of the original supporting cast is dead by the end. Cleveland Brand, Vashnu, ane Rama Kushna meet horrifying ends and Nanda Parbat is destroyed. Do later Deadman writers later ignore the Helfer series or does Rama Kushna stay dead until the New 52?

The miniseries also retcons every single Deadman story from his backups in Aquaman all the way up to his team up with Superman in DC Comics Presents because this story takes place immediately where Brave and the Bold 86 leaves off.