Price: 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1987-02-17
Editing: Roy Thomas (editor); Robert Greenberger (editor)
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Deadman; The Spectre / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Ed Hannigan (signed)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (signed)
Colors:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Deadman [Boston Brand]; Spectre [Jim Corrigan]
Reprints (3)
This issue has 2 variants

Issue Data

  • Publisher's Brand: DC [bullet]
  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
  • Printer: ?

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from DC Releases #37.

Death Like a Crown
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Deadman / comic story / 16 pages

Script:
Andy Helfer (credited)
Pencils:
Kevin Maguire (credited)
Inks:
Dick Giordano (credited)
Colors:
Adrienne Roy (credited)
Letters:
Bob Lappan (credited)
Editing:
  • Genre:superhero
  • Job Number:G-2809
Characters:
Sensei; Matson; Hook; Rama Kushna; Jonah; Vashnu; Maxell Loomis; Lotus; Deadman [Boston Brand]; Lorna; Tiny
Synopsis:
Rama Kushna sets events in motion that leads to the death of Boston Brand and the creation of Deadman.
Reprints (2)

Indexer Notes

Ties into the Deadman 4-issue mini-series (DC 1987).

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Secret Admirers / letters page / 2 pages

Script:
Roy Thomas (credited)
Letters:
typeset
  • Job Number:L-2702

Indexer Notes

Letters from Daryl S. Herrick, T.M. Maple, Frank Balkin, Anthony R. Cardno, and Neil Ahlquist; includes Secrets Behind the Origins and Coming Attractions.

The Secret Origin of the Spectre!
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The Spectre / comic story / 23 pages

Script:
Roy Thomas (credited) (script, co-adapter)
Michael T. Gilbert (credited) (co-adapter)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
Carl Gafford (credited)
Letters:
Agustin Más (credited as Augustin Mas)
Editing:
Roy Thomas (credited) (creative editor)
Robert Greenberger (credited as Bob Greenberger) (coordinating editor)
  • Genre:horror-suspense; superhero
  • Job Number:G-1990
Characters:
Spectre [Jim Corrigan]; Mrs. Lonnigan; Louie Snipe; Rhami; Clarice Winston; "Gat" Benson
Synopsis:
When "Gat" Benson kills both Jim Corrigan and Clarice Winston, Corrigan returns as the Spectre and restores Clarice to life and judges "Gat" Benson for his crimes and also kills Rhami, who had hired Benson to kill Corrigan.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Adapted from the stories in More Fun Comics #52-54.

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    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Deadman; The Spectre
  2. Death Like a Crown
    Deadman
  3. [no title indexed]
    Secret Admirers
  4. The Secret Origin of the Spectre!
    The Spectre
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