Strange Adventures #205

(October 1967)

Who Has Been Lying In My Grave? (Table of Contents)

Deadman / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnold Drake

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

George Roussos

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Deadman [Boston Brand] (introduction, origin); Lorna Hill; Tiny; Vashnu; Heldrich; Leary; Toby; Rama Kushna; Constable Ramsey

Synopsis:

Shot during a performance, trapeze artist Boston Brand dies, only to find that his spirit lives on with the ability to inhabit the bodies of others. By the will of Rama Kushna his spirit will walk among the living until his killer is found.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #97 (August-September 1971)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #81 ([June 1973] ?)
• in DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest (DC, 1980 series) #5 [Direct] (November-December 1980)
• in Batman (Editora Abril, 1984 series) #8 (Fevereiro 1985)
• in Deadman (DC, 1985 series) #1 (May 1985)
• in The Deadman Collection (DC, 2001 series) #[nn] ([November] 2001)
• in DC Comics Presents: Brightest Day (DC, 2010 series) #1 (December 2010)
• in Deadman (DC, 2011 series) #1 (May 2011)

Indexer Notes

Deadman created by Arnold Drake; Deadman's costume designed by Carmine Infantino.
Story told in two chapters each ending in 1/2 page.

[Ghost Canine] (Table of Contents)

Strange But True / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Miller ?

Letters:

typeset

Meet Bat-Swami and Super-Seer! (Table of Contents)

Superman and Batman with Robin / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Curt Swan; Dick Sprang

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ira Schnapp

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Indexer Notes

house ad for World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #170 [80 Page Giant #G-40], on sale August 15

War of the Mind Readers! (Table of Contents)

comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Otto Binder

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino

Inks:

Bernard Sachs

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

science fiction

Synopsis:

A stage magician stops an invasion from the planet Uranus by tricking the aliens into believing that he really can read minds.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #65 (February 1956)

["I see you use a pin in your cement tube..."] (Table of Contents)

Cap's Hobby Hints / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff

Colors:

?

Letters:

Henry Boltinoff

Job Number:

6567

Content Information

Genre:

fact

Indexer Notes

hint submitted by Charles Williams of Decatur, Georgia

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Direct Currents / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Carmine Infantino; Curt Swan (illustrations)

Inks:

Murphy Anderson; George Klein (illustrations)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

listing of DC comics on sale in early September 1967; includes cover art for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #196 and World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #171