Thanks, Jeff. That sounds cool. But then how did you recognize him as Deadman if he keeps changing bodies?
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Polter-Cow - Feb 06, 2005 2:46:58 pm PST #7444 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Jeff Mejia - Feb 06, 2005 3:00:56 pm PST #7445 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
P-C, the readers can always see his "spriti" and he appears as he did when he died, in the "Deadman" person he used in his trapeeze act wiht white makeup and the red tights.
This is why someone (I think it was PMM) had a question of how Deadman fits in Post-Crisis continuity re: when Robin became Nightwing. In the original, pre-Crisis version (which began in 1967), he died in the first issue to become Deadman. My research on this issue has revealed a possible explanation, but I don't want to spoil anything for anybody).
Polter-Cow - Feb 06, 2005 3:02:22 pm PST #7446 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thanks again, Jeff.
Ooh, new Batman Begins trailer during the Super Bowl! The new Batmobile is killer. Very DKR.
Steph L. - Feb 06, 2005 3:04:40 pm PST #7447 of 10000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Did my VCR tape Teen Titans and JLU tonight?
I've got 'em both on TiVo. Let me know if you want tape copies.
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DXMachina - Feb 06, 2005 3:15:20 pm PST #7448 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Why are we white-fonting general stuff about Deadman? He's been around for a very long time.
Jeff Mejia - Feb 06, 2005 3:41:37 pm PST #7449 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
I was just following P-C's convention, since he came up in discussion on Nightwing #102. Maybe a little over-zealous with the whitefont.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 06, 2005 6:01:28 pm PST #7450 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Deadman was a major (albeit stealthy) player in the Invasion! miniseries back in the 80s. That was post-Crisis, but just barely.
P.M. Marc - Feb 06, 2005 6:42:33 pm PST #7451 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Deadman was a major (albeit stealthy) player in the Invasion! miniseries back in the 80s. That was post-Crisis, but just barely.
Yeah, and an assload of that stuff's been retconned away between Zero Hour and other events of note.
(Notes that the painful post-Crisis Huntress origin story was totally redone, thank DOG.)
Jeff Mejia - Feb 07, 2005 4:39:11 am PST #7452 of 10000
"Don't think of yourself as an organic pain collector racing towards oblivion." Dogbert to Dilbert
(Notes that the painful post-Crisis Huntress origin story was totally redone, thank DOG.)
Was this the one replaced by Rucka's "Cry for Blood" mini-series, featuring the Question as a guest player? That's really the origin I'm familiar with, although I've read summaries of what went before.
P.M. Marc - Feb 07, 2005 7:37:13 am PST #7453 of 10000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Was this the one replaced by Rucka's "Cry for Blood" mini-series, featuring the Question as a guest player?
Yeah. I have some of the early stuff, from when she had her own just post-Crisis title, and it's really, really horrible. Be glad it's gone.