The Deadman #1
Chad Burdette
Recap
DC Comixs continued turning up the heat with two bold new comic book series of Fury Of Firestorm and Zatanna and now the all-star creative team behind Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum and Image Comics Ice Cream Man are back as the soul of shifty circus aerialist Boston Brand joins the Next Level line up this week.
Comic Watch Reviews:
- The Fury Of Firestorm #1: The Firestorm Matrix Takes The Wheel
- The Fury of Firestorm #2 Now Only Pictures In My Head
- Lobo #1: Meet The Next Reality Show Star: Lobo & The Bounty Hunter
- Lobo #2 ; Lights , Camera, LOBO!
- Lobo #3: Can You Hear The Space Dolphins Cry
- Deathstroke: The Terminator #1: Next Level, Next Contract
- Deathstroke: The Terminator #2: Hunt or be Hunted
- Deathstroke: The Terminator #3: Dead to Rights
- Batwoman #1: The Devil Inside
- Batwoman #2: The Streets Run Red With Bats
- Zatanna #1: Prime Magus To The Stage!
- Zatanna #2: The Magic of the Muse
Open up to this new era of DC’s most lively deceased superhero — the Deadman — in a story about life, death, and everything in between… replete with paranormal activity, possessions, and a profusion of other poignant peculiarities in The Deadman #1
Review
The Deadman #1 takes the DCU’s undead hero and takes his mythology to the Next Level with a creative team that is known for handling the darker side of supernatural things. The creative team do a great job of not immediately jump into a supernatural story, but take the time to, metaphorically speaking, flesh Boston Brand out and not assuming that every reader knows who he is or what he does.
The issue is very slice of (un)life, showing that Boston understands his role, and is comfortable with it, and not as angst-ridden that he has been portrayed as in the past. The idea of him being the Custodian of Death (before he is promoted to The Deadman) is a interesting concept and was fun to read in this issue, and could have been the focus of the whole series and still be interesting and a Top of the stack read.
Deadman’s antagonist looks to be an excitingly interesting character, in the same vein as the creative teams titular Ice Cream Man, but different enough to not be a carbon copy. Another fun concept that the creative team introduce is a town of spirits, like Brand, who are stuck in-between worlds, or outliers of The Spiritual Math.
It could be argued that the creative team is doing the samething again that they have done with other titles, but in this case it reads so far as having its own unique voice and take on the way the story is told. The use of the style concepts, and speaking to larger issues should work well for the character who, in the past has been regulated minor rolls in the larger universe.
Final Thoughts
The Deadman #1 is a breath of fresh air and an interesting look into more of the slice of (un)life to the larger mythos of the DCU.
The Deadman #1
- Writing - 10/1010/10
- Storyline - 10/1010/10
- Art - 10/1010/10
- Color - 10/1010/10
- Cover Art - 10/1010/10
