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Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	August 1985
Cover Price	1.75 USD
Pages	44
Editing	Nicola Cuti
Notes	Recolored from original printing.

Cover Details

Characters	Deadman [Boston Brand]; Hook
Genre	Superhero; Occult
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Notes	Recolored from original printing.
Reprinted	From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #212 (May-June 1968).

1 page Phantom Stranger cover reprint (on interior page) "Phantom Stranger #40"

Characters	Phantom Stranger; Deadman [Boston Brand]
Genre	Superhero; Occult
Pencils	Jim Aparo
Inks	Jim Aparo
Editing	Joe Orlando (original editor)
Reprinted	From Phantom Stranger (DC, 1969 series) #40 (December 1975 - January 1976).

17 page Deadman story "How Close to Me My Killer?"

Characters	Deadman [Boston Brand]; Riley; Cleveland Brand; Lita (Cleveland's Daughter); Alf Jackson (politician); Orry Kane
Synopsis	Deadman discovers his brother is part of an operation that smuggles Mexicans over the board illegally.
Genre	Superhero; Occult
Script	Jack Miller
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Reprinted	From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #211 (April 1968).

Half page Deadman's Chest letters page "Deadman's Chest"

Synopsis	Reprint of a letter from Marv Wolfman that appeared in Strange Adventures #209.
Script	?; Marv Wolfman
Letters	Typeset
Notes	This sequence is located in the middle of the story "How Close To Me My Killer?".
Reprinted	From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #209 (February 1968).

6 page story "Above and Beyond the Call of Duty!"

Characters	Mildred (host); Jonas Sentry; Maria (Chambermaid); Peter (Butler, Devil)
Synopsis	Jonas Sentry makes a deal with the devil to regain his youth.
Genre	Occult
Script	Sergio Aragonés; Neal Adams
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Reprinted	From Witching Hour (DC, 1969 series) #8 (April-May 1970).

Half page Deadman's Chest letters page "Deadman's Chest"

Synopsis	Reprints the intro to the letter page from Strange Adventures #212, announcing a change in editorship.
Letters	Typeset
Reprinted	From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #212.

17 page Deadman story "The Fatal Call of Vengeance"

Characters	Deadman [Boston Brand]; Cleveland Brand; Lita (Cleveland's daughter); Lorna Hill; Tiny; Vashnu; Kleigman (Lion Tamer); Varna
Synopsis	Cleveland Brand travels to the circus to take over Boston's old act in an attempt to smoke out Boston's killer.
Genre	Superhero; Occult
Script	Neal Adams
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Reprinted	From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #212 (May-June 1968)

1 page Deadman letters page

Synopsis	Reprints a letter from Strange Adventures that is very critical of Dick Giordano as the new editor of the Deadman feature.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	This sequence is split between two 0.5 page sequences.
Reprinted	From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #214.

1 page Phantom Stranger cover reprint (on interior page) "Phantom Stranger #33"

Characters	Phantom Stranger; Deadman [Boston Brand]
Genre	Superhero; Occult
Pencils	Jim Aparo
Inks	Jim Aparo
Reprinted	from Phantom Stranger, The (DC, 1969 series) #33 (October-November 1974)

1 page Deadman cover reprint (on interior page) "Strange Adventures #211"

Characters	Deadman [Boston Brand]
Synopsis	Cover reprint with logo's and other items removed to reveal the complete artwork.
Genre	Superhero; Occult
Pencils	Neal Adams
Inks	Neal Adams
Reprinted	From Strange Adventures (DC, 1950 series) #211 (April 1968)