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Deadman (Comic Book)
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Boston Brand is a DC Comics character who was a circus trapeze artist that was assassinated during one of his performances. He returned to the world as a ghost and found that he had been given the ability to possess any living being by Rama Kushna, a powerful Hindu Goddess, so that he could find whoever killed him and earn some justice in the world. Still dressed in his circus costume, he continued to use his stage name: Deadman.He first appeared in Strange Adventures #205 (October, 1967). Initially written by Arnold Drake and drawn by Carmine Infantino, although they got replaced by Jack Miller and Neal Adams until the character's story arc ended with Strange Adventures #216. He would go on to in team-ups with darker superheroes like Batman, The Phantom Stranger, and Swamp Thing for the rest of the twentieth century. He did get a couple of mini-series devoted to him, a four-issue one in 1987, a two-issue one in 1989, a five-issue one from 2001 to 2002, and a 13 issue run in 2006.Still, he had little impact on the DC Universe as a whole until the Brightest Day storyline. Temporarily brought back to life as a White Lantern, Boston helped other revived characters come to terms with the world and befriended many more of DC's spookier characters, paving the way for his appearance as a member of the Justice League Dark once he was a ghost again. Outside of comic books, Deadman has been adapted into animation in the Justice League cartoon, an episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and the animated movie Justice League Dark.Deadman also has a small supporting cast. They include Lorna, his lover in life and manager of his old circus, Tiny, a fiercely loyal strongman Deadman possesses when he needs Muscle, Cleveland Brand, Boston's identical twin brother who takes his place as the circus' trapeze artist, and Rama Kushna, the Hindu goddess who gave Deadman his powers and the mission to balance good and evil in the world. His main nemeses are Sensei and the Hook, both members of the League of Assassins that organized his murder.Despite his background as a circus performer, neither the character himself, nor the comic that bears his name, are to be confused with Deadman Wonderland. | |
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Jacob Marley Apparel | |
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Jacob Marley Apparel: Deadman appears in the circus acrobat costume he was wearing when he was murdered. Ironically, the costume was designed to make him appear like a ghost. | |
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left | |
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Villain: Exit, Stage Left: The second-to-last issue of Deadman's first storyline ends with all the assassins who conspired to kill him disappearing while he's dazed from a failed possession. He's left alone and unsatisfied with his murderer's corpse dead at the hands of a man besides himself. | |
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All Men Are Perverts | |
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All Men Are Perverts: Tries to get Dove to engage in a lesbian kiss with June Moone while he's in control of the latter's body. It's implied that this wasn't Boston's fault, but a result of the Enchantress's madness affecting his personality. Although he did try to have sex with Dawn in the body of a random civilian, which was entirely his own idea. | |
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Becoming the Costume | |
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Becoming the Costume: In a twist of fate, Boston's stage persona is based on performing death-defying acrobatics while ironically dressed as a ghost, giving him a costume and alias predating his superhero origin. Dying while in costume means he now looks like that all the time. Playing with the trope, his actual appearance didn't change and he eventually learns after a long time that he could take the mask off. | |
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Romantic Fake–Real Turn | |
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Romantic Fake–Real Turn: In an early crossover with Batman, Deadman ends up possessing a criminal and going on a couple of dates with his girlfriend to keep his cover. Unfortunately, having gone years without human affection, Deadman eventually falls for the girl and abandons Batman's operation in hopes that he can convince her to go straight. The problem is, she finds out he was working with the cops and she tries to kill him and Bruce, forcing Deadman to pull the trigger on her. Angsting ensues. | |
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Death by Origin Story | |
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Death by Origin Story: The death that starts Deadman on his superhero career is that of circus performer Boston Brand. Who is, well, Deadman. The name kind of gives it away. Deadman's death was undone briefly during the Brightest Day crossover, but it didn't stick. | |
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Tragic Intangibility | |
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Tragic Intangibility: Deadman's first appearances would often have him try to touch something, pass through it, and rant aloud about how the killer has taken everything from him. In the first issue, it's just a mouse but in the second issue, he fails to wipe a tear from his lover's face and despairs. | |
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Kryptonite Factor | |
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Kryptonite Factor: The CIA uncovers some weird alien technology in a Mayan temple capable of rendering Deadman tangible, allowing them to briefly capture him. | |
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Bald Mystic | |
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Bald Mystic: After coming back from the dead, he died and came back as a disembodied spirit who appears with a chalk-white bald head, which makes him look otherworldly. | |
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Skull for a Head | |
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Skull for a Head: Deadman is sometimes depicted as just having a skull instead of his daredevil mask, as he was in Kingdom Come. | |
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Psychopomp | |
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Psychopomp: Sometimes helps other dead people pass on. | |
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You Can See Me? | |
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You Can See Me?: Deadman is shocked when a CIA agent first repels his attempt at possession and then sees his normally invisible form. It turns out that she can do this because she's also possessed by a deadman. | |
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Terror Hero | |
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Terror Hero: When he wants to, he can haunt people very well. Don't wanna wake up hanging out a window by your ankles or on the edge of a skyscraper? Then don't piss off Deadman. | |
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Arch-Enemy | |
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Arch-Enemy: Deadman's most consistent enemy is Sensei, a master assassin responsible for Brand being killed in the first place. He denied Deadman his chance at revenge by killing the man who directly killed him, brainwashed him into attacking Batman, and has repeatedly attacked the home of Rama Kushna and attempted to disrupt the balance Deadman fights to protect. | |
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Kill the Ones You Love | |
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Kill the Ones You Love: Deadman falls in love with a criminal he's spying on for Batman and she returns the feelings even when she learns Deadman has been possessing her boyfriend for weeks. However, when she finds out Batman is on her tail, she goes to shoot him. As a ghost himself, Deadman shoots her to spare her from rotting in prison with the hope that they'll be Together in Death, only for him to hold her corpse for minutes with no ghost manifesting. He takes this poorly. | |
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The Greatest Story Never Told | |
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The Greatest Story Never Told: Deadman's entire superhero career. Few know who he is since he's a ghost who can possess anyone. This means whoever he possesses is the one who will get credit (if at all in the first place). One memorable Christmas Episode had Boston Brand finally cracking and dealing with this trope. A Ret Goned Supergirl counsels him. | |
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Body Surf | |
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Body Surf: In The Brave and the Bold #86, a Brainwashed and Crazy Deadman rapidly possesses every bystander Batman passes down the street and compels them to attack the Bat. First, Commissioner Gordon tries to shoot Batman, then a blind guy tries to smack him with his walking stick, then a businessman throws a briefcase at him, and finally, a car tries to crash into Batman just as he grapples away. | |
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Cradling Your Kill | |
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Cradling Your Kill: In The Brave and the Bold #104, Deadman shoots his new girlfriend Lily both to stop her from killing Batman and to keep her from going to jail for his murder. He rushes over to her (while possessing her ex-boyfriend, mind you) and holds her body waiting for a ghost to come out, in keeping with a promise by Rama Kushna that they'd be together in death. When nothing happens, Deadman exits the ex's body to confront Rama, leaving the poor guy holding his ex-girlfriend in his arms, a smoking gun in his hand, and no memory of how he got there. | |
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Powers via Possession | |
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Powers via Possession: Inverted. He hijacks people's bodies in order to use their powers, as the only power he has is being a dead acrobat- albeit that his acrobatic skill does often come in handy. | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold | |
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is much more firmly entrenched in this trope than John Constantine, mostly because he hates being dead and unable to touch the people he loves. | |
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Combat Pragmatist | |
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Combat Pragmatist: Uses his ghostly abilities in a multitude of ways. Turning enemies against each other, suddenly taking control of weapons, lots of tricky stuff. | |
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The Atoner | |
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The Atoner: He's a Jerk with a Heart of Gold instead of a jerk, because he recognizes how he wasted his life and wants to do better in death by keeping others from meeting his fate. | |
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Series Goal | |
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Series Goal: Deadman's goal in Strange Adventures and his early appearances is to find the man who killed him and bring him to justice. After that plotline gets wrapped up, he spends most of his later appearances on a mission from Rama Kushna to bring balance to good and evil. | |
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Immune to Mind Control | |
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Immune to Mind Control: Deadman has a bad habit of encountering villains he can't possess in major storylines. The first of these is Sensei, the person who ordered the hit on Deadman, who Deadman can only fight by taking over the body of his own killer. | |
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Dark Is Not Evil | |
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Dark Is Not Evil: Deadman may look like a pale specter who possesses people but he is firmly on the side of good. | |
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Journey to the Center of the Mind | |
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Journey to the Center of the Mind: When Deadman's buddy Tiny is shot, Deadman possesses him and delves deep into his mind to try and strengthen Tiny's will to live. The comic visualize this with a series of psychedelic panels filled with shapeless ghosts and cerebral imagery, inter-cut with doctors in shock that Tiny still hasn't died. | |
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones | |
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Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In Strange Adventures #214, Deadman possesses a man he sees doting on his girlfriend out of jealousy, only to learn that he's a hitman totally fine with cutting down fathers just a few feet away from their kids. | |
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Meaningful Name | |
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Meaningful Name: As a ghost, you don't get any more meaningful than "Deadman". | |
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Serial Killer | |
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During a crossover with Green Lantern, he possesses a Serial Killer's latest victim to spook the guy. It spooks him so much he falls off a ladder and onto his own knife. | |
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Rocketless Reentry | |
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Rocketless Reentry: Mike Baron's run of Deadman stories begins with Boston brooding on a satellite way above the Earthand leaping off of it, diving through the atmosphere, and landing into an airplane on a drug-run. Obviously, Deadman doesn't have to worry about the safety of this maneuver. | |
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Vengeance Feels Empty | |
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Vengeance Feels Empty: When Deadman finally sees the man who killed him dead at his phantasmal feet, he finds it brings him no satisfaction. He's so infuriated by this that he demands the god who brought him back to explain why he was cheated out of satisfaction. | |
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Pronoun Trouble | |
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Pronoun Trouble: Sam is non-binary. Berenice corrects Deadman when he calls Sam "her" by stating that "Sam uses they/them pronouns" and "They're non-binary. Not a woman or a man. Just awesome". | |
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Never Mess with Granny | |
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Never Mess with Granny: Part of the fun of Deadman's abilities is that he's just as good an acrobat in the body of a geriatric man or woman. It's not uncommon for him to leap over speeding cars in a grandma's body or jump ten feet onto the rooftop with an aging businessman's physique. | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin | |
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Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Deadman. His super-power is that he's dead. | |
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The Chosen One | |
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The Chosen One: By Rama Kushna. Later by the White Entity in Brightest Day. | |
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Back from the Dead | |
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Back from the Dead: Boston Brand was a circus performer who was murdered during a circus act, and consequently forced to dwell in the Earthly realm as a ghost. After Blackest Night, Boston was returned to the land of the living by the White Entity. | |
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| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_8967e17f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_8967e17f | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_906365a2 | type |
Demonic Possession | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_906365a2 | comment |
Demonic Possession: Deadman is capable of possessing any mortal being; upon which he is in complete control of their actions and in possession of their memories and powers, while they retain no recollection of the happening. It was granted to him by the Hindu goddess Rama Kushna. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_906365a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_906365a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_906365a2 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | type |
Trademark Favorite Food | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | comment |
Trademark Favorite Food: Cheeseburgers. Sometimes he'll even possess somebody just to get a taste. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ad641426 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_adb98918 | type |
All-Powerful Bystander | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_adb98918 | comment |
All-Powerful Bystander: Part of a group with the Phantom Stranger and the Spectre in Crisis on Infinite Earths that watch the event unfold without using their cosmic powers to do much. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_adb98918 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_adb98918 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_adb98918 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ae2b8366 | type |
Possessing a Dead Body | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ae2b8366 | comment |
Possessing a Dead Body: He can do this, but it's not pleasant for him. During a crossover with Green Lantern, he possesses a Serial Killer's latest victim to spook the guy. It spooks him so much he falls off a ladder and onto his own knife. Attempted in Blackest Night when Deadman attempts to take control of his undead corpse. Unfortunately, the black ring powering it spits Deadman out. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ae2b8366 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ae2b8366 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_ae2b8366 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b15b6a35 | type |
Cosmic Plaything | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b15b6a35 | comment |
Cosmic Plaything: Deadman's actions generally revolve around the whim of some higher being, whether it's Rama Kushna or the White Lantern Entity. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b15b6a35 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b15b6a35 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b15b6a35 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b4d1f1e1 | type |
Sense Loss Sadness | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b4d1f1e1 | comment |
Sense Loss Sadness: In Strange Adventures #214, Deadman succumbs to despair and loneliness after going months without being able to eat good food, drink something cold, or even hug someone he loves. He gets so sad that he possesses a young man he sees on a date with a beautiful woman just so he could feel what a normal life is like just for a little bit. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b4d1f1e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b4d1f1e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_b4d1f1e1 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bafa1190 | type |
Unfinished Business | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bafa1190 | comment |
Unfinished Business: Deadman's original reason for sticking around as a ghost. Rama Kushna allowed him to possess people to hunt down his killer. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bafa1190 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bafa1190 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bafa1190 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bc1865fb | type |
Deader than Dead | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bc1865fb | comment |
Deader than Dead: If Deadman is killed while possessing someone, he dies permanently. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bc1865fb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bc1865fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bc1865fb | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bd30d87c | type |
They Call Him "Sword" | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bd30d87c | comment |
They Call Him "Sword": The member of the League of Assassin's Seven Men of Death who murdered Boston Brand goes by "Hook". | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bd30d87c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bd30d87c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bd30d87c | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bdc5becc | type |
Death-Activated Superpower | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bdc5becc | comment |
Death Activated Super Power: Deadman qualifies. Once a daredevil acrobat, he kept his small circus running by providing a ghoulish spectacle — performing death-defying stunts and high-wire acts without a safety net while wearing ghoulish makeup, luring in the crowds with the prospect of seeing him die. Then he got killed by some criminals who were using his circus as a front for a drug-smuggling operation, but came back — apparently due to being 'Favored by Rama Kushna', according to the circus's resident Indian fortune-teller and rope-trick master. Now he's a ghost, and thus wields a host of useful powers — including the ability to possess and control others. With this newfound power, he fights crime — starting with solving his own murder... | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bdc5becc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bdc5becc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bdc5becc | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be009bbc | comment |
Alliterative Name: Boston Brand. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be009bbc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be009bbc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be009bbc | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be85ff22 | type |
Contract on the Hitman | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be85ff22 | comment |
Contract on the Hitman: The Hook was executed by the League of Assassins for failing to kill the circus aerialist Deadman, although ironically it turned out he hadn't actually failed - Boston Brand happened to have an identical twin brother who took his place in the act, leading to the confusion. This is standard League of Assassins fare; if you can't close the deal, you've got no place among the elite killers of the world. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be85ff22 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be85ff22 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be85ff22 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be9b0535 | type |
Home Base | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be9b0535 | comment |
Home Base: Nanda Parbat, a Shangri-La-like place which Rama Kushna watches over. Deadman can interact with living people normally there, so he sometimes visits there. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be9b0535 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be9b0535 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_be9b0535 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bf68ac04 | type |
First Time Feeling | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bf68ac04 | comment |
First Time Feeling: After spending weeks and weeks unable to feel anything in his own body, Deadman enters into a state of euphoria upon entering Nanda Parbat and finding he's finally tangible again. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bf68ac04 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bf68ac04 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_bf68ac04 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c042eee9 | type |
Invisible to Normals | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c042eee9 | comment |
Invisible to Normals: Deadman is a ghost and cannot be visibly perceived by other human beings. This is an automatic ability and one that Deadman has no control over. Beings gifted with supernatural prowess may be able to see Deadman's true form. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c042eee9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c042eee9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c042eee9 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c26e2b1 | type |
New Powers as the Plot Demands | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c26e2b1 | comment |
New Powers as the Plot Demands: Deadman's powers don't always make sense. Sometimes he'll be able to possess paintings, giant crabs, aliens or other times read the memories of people he takes control of, even though those abilities are never shown before or since. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c26e2b1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c26e2b1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c26e2b1 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c335b9ec | type |
Irony | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c335b9ec | comment |
Irony: A flamboyant stuntman who loved showing off to crowds ends up being killed and becoming intangible and unseen to nearly everyone. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c335b9ec | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c335b9ec | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c335b9ec | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c3b51bb3 | type |
You Are Better Than You Think You Are | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c3b51bb3 | comment |
You Are Better Than You Think You Are: In Brightest Day, Dove tells Boston Brand (the now alive Deadman) this after he deflects her questions about his past life with claims that he wasn't anyone special. In the famous Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot, a Ret-Gone Supergirl reminds Deadman that he doesn't need the glory of superheroing — he does it because it's the right thing to do. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c3b51bb3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c3b51bb3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c3b51bb3 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c4db6423 | type |
Yank the Dog's Chain | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c4db6423 | comment |
Yank the Dog's Chain: Boston is brought back to life when he travels to a parallel universe brimming with unpredictable magic, and promptly killed. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c4db6423 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c4db6423 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c4db6423 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c6102eb0 | type |
Grand Theft Me | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c6102eb0 | comment |
Grand Theft Me: This is the entire concept behind Deadman, whose sole power is the ability to effortlessly possess anybody, from children to Superman. He was brought back to life at the end of Blackest Night, and in Brightest Day he appeared to be capable of restoring things to life. Then he died again. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c6102eb0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c6102eb0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c6102eb0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c631f304 | type |
We Want Our Jerk Back! | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c631f304 | comment |
We Want Our Jerk Back!: When John is unable to lie in the Books of Magic arc, Boston complains about John's newfound sincerity. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c631f304 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c631f304 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c631f304 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: In Action Comics # 606, Deadman asks a devil if the part of Hell they're in was designed by Dante Alighieri. The devil says that section was made in his honor, since he was a great publicist. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c75df49a | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | type |
The Nicknamer | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | comment |
The Nicknamer: Calls Zatanna "darling", and John "con job". | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c83cd6b8 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | type |
Legacy Character | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | comment |
Legacy Character: In Injustice: Gods Among Us, Deadman is killed, choosing Nightwing as his replacement. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_c9e5a0db | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_cc4d190a | type |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_cc4d190a | comment |
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: DC Comics Presents #24 sees Deadman, a dead acrobat, get into a fistfight with the Grim Reaper and win. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_cc4d190a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_cc4d190a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_cc4d190a | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d028ca10 | type |
Deliberately Monochrome | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d028ca10 | comment |
Deliberately Monochrome: Strange Adventures #213 starts with a couple of panels of Deadman in Tiny's mind that are all black-and-white, while panels set in the physical world are in color. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d028ca10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d028ca10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d028ca10 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d83f3588 | type |
Depending on the Artist | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d83f3588 | comment |
Depending on the Artist: Most versions of Deadman looks like he did in costume when he was alive, but some artists like to show him looking more like a rotting corpse, or even a skeleton. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d83f3588 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d83f3588 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_d83f3588 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_e7f9c214 | type |
Barred from the Afterlife | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_e7f9c214 | comment |
Barred from the Afterlife: Kinda. He can visit, but he never sticks around. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_e7f9c214 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_e7f9c214 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_e7f9c214 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | type |
Mundane Utility | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | comment |
Mundane Utility: Deadman possesses a guy, both because he needed to talk to someone, and because he wanted to taste a cheeseburger again. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_eff83d77 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f44ad3e1 | type |
Twin Switch | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f44ad3e1 | comment |
Twin Switch: Brand's twin brother Cleveland took up his act after he died. It eventually got him killed too. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f44ad3e1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f44ad3e1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f44ad3e1 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f6624c30 | type |
Together in Death | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f6624c30 | comment |
Together in Death: Deadman interprets a prophecy from Rama Kushna to mean that his new love, a criminal named Lily, will become a ghost when she dies and they can be together forever. He's so confident in this he decides to Mercy Kill her rather than let her murder a man and rot in jail. The trope is subverted, when Deadman slowly realizes she's just gone and he's going to be alone yet again. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f6624c30 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f6624c30 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_f6624c30 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fbe24ca5 | type |
Discovering Your Own Dead Body | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fbe24ca5 | comment |
Discovering Your Own Dead Body: In Strange Adventures #205, Boston Brand is murdered during an acrobatics act. His ghost falls to the ground and thinks the other circus performers are telling a tasteless joke about covering his body until he sees it for himself. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fbe24ca5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fbe24ca5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fbe24ca5 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fc50f82 | type |
Intangibility | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fc50f82 | comment |
Intangibility: As a ghost, Deadman can also pass through physical objects. | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fc50f82 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fc50f82 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fc50f82 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fdc4fab4 | type |
Depending on the Writer | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fdc4fab4 | comment |
Depending on the Writer: He is either a friendly ghost who likes to joke around or a lonely guy who hates his lot in death? | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fdc4fab4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fdc4fab4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) | hasFeature |
Deadman (Comic Book) / int_fdc4fab4 | |
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ItemName | |
| Deadman (Comic Book) / int_name | comment |
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Deadman (Comic Book) / int_name | |
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