DC Finest: Deadman: How Many Times Can a Guy Die?

Part of DC Finest

Paperback
$39.99 US
On sale Mar 24, 2026 | 576 Pages | 9781799507710

Boston Brand was a circus acrobat—until a bullet ended his life and began his mission. As Deadman, he walks the line between life and death, possessing the living to seek justice for the murdered and the forgotten. This collection brings together his most haunting and heroic tales from the Silver and Bronze Ages of DC Comics.

DC Finest: Deadman – How Many Times Can a Guy Die? collects the most iconic early appearances of Deadman, including stories from Strange Adventures #205–216, Aquaman #50–52, Justice League of America #94, The Brave and the Bold #79, 86, 104, 133, The Phantom Stranger #33, 39–41, World’s Finest #223, 227, The Forever People #9–10, Challengers of the Unknown #74, and Superman #183. These stories follow Boston Brand’s journey from vengeful spirit to reluctant hero, as he uncovers conspiracies, confronts cosmic forces, and crosses paths with DC’s greatest icons. Featuring groundbreaking art by Neal Adams and others, this volume is a must-have for fans of supernatural superhero storytelling.
Neal Adams was born June 6, 1941 in New York City. He attended Manhattan's High School of Industrial Art and, while still a student, found work ghosting the Bat Masterson syndicated newspaper strip and drawing gag cartoons for Archie Comics. Neal received his own comic strip based on the popular TV series Ben Casey in 1962. The strip ran until 1965 at which time Neal made the move to comics for Warren Publishing and DC Comics. Neal's realistic style on Deadman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow, at odds with the more cartoony comics of the day, made him an immediate star. He became DC's premier cover artist, contributing radical and dynamic illustrations to virtually the company's entire line. Neal's work has also appeared in Marvel's X-Men, The Avengers, and Thor, on paperback book covers, and on stage, as the art director for the Broadway science fiction play, Warp. In the 1970s, Neal and partner (and frequent inker) Dick Giordano started the art agency Continuity Associates out of which came, in the 1980s, Continuity Comics. Neal is the winner of several Alley, Shazam, and Inkpot Awards, and was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999. View titles by Neal Adams

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Boston Brand was a circus acrobat—until a bullet ended his life and began his mission. As Deadman, he walks the line between life and death, possessing the living to seek justice for the murdered and the forgotten. This collection brings together his most haunting and heroic tales from the Silver and Bronze Ages of DC Comics.

DC Finest: Deadman – How Many Times Can a Guy Die? collects the most iconic early appearances of Deadman, including stories from Strange Adventures #205–216, Aquaman #50–52, Justice League of America #94, The Brave and the Bold #79, 86, 104, 133, The Phantom Stranger #33, 39–41, World’s Finest #223, 227, The Forever People #9–10, Challengers of the Unknown #74, and Superman #183. These stories follow Boston Brand’s journey from vengeful spirit to reluctant hero, as he uncovers conspiracies, confronts cosmic forces, and crosses paths with DC’s greatest icons. Featuring groundbreaking art by Neal Adams and others, this volume is a must-have for fans of supernatural superhero storytelling.

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Neal Adams was born June 6, 1941 in New York City. He attended Manhattan's High School of Industrial Art and, while still a student, found work ghosting the Bat Masterson syndicated newspaper strip and drawing gag cartoons for Archie Comics. Neal received his own comic strip based on the popular TV series Ben Casey in 1962. The strip ran until 1965 at which time Neal made the move to comics for Warren Publishing and DC Comics. Neal's realistic style on Deadman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow, at odds with the more cartoony comics of the day, made him an immediate star. He became DC's premier cover artist, contributing radical and dynamic illustrations to virtually the company's entire line. Neal's work has also appeared in Marvel's X-Men, The Avengers, and Thor, on paperback book covers, and on stage, as the art director for the Broadway science fiction play, Warp. In the 1970s, Neal and partner (and frequent inker) Dick Giordano started the art agency Continuity Associates out of which came, in the 1980s, Continuity Comics. Neal is the winner of several Alley, Shazam, and Inkpot Awards, and was inducted into the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999. View titles by Neal Adams

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