Cover: Neal Adams

Strange Adventures #213

Jul 1968 · DC · 0.12 USD

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Strange Adventures #213 holds a firm place in Silver Age history as the ninth chapter in Neal Adams's transformative run on Deadman — the arc that effectively announced Adams as one of the most consequential visual storytellers of his generation. The issue continues the serialized pursuit of Boston Brand's killer, the Hook, while demonstrating Adams's mastery of atmospheric contrast between the ethereal spirit-world and gritty physical reality, a technique that would define his later celebrated work on Batman and Green Lantern/Green Arrow. As part of the nine-issue first 'book' of the Deadman saga (issues #205–213), it closes the chapter reprinted in the 2011 trade paperback Deadman Vol. 1 and the 2026 DC Finest collection, cementing the run's status as a cornerstone of DC's supernatural storytelling tradition. Its repeated reprinting across four decades — including the 1985 Deadman deluxe baxter series and multiple omnibus editions — reflects how durably this corner of the Deadman saga has resonated with readers.

Contains 2 stories

The Call from Beyond!

16.67 pp · Superhero

Deadman [Boston Brand]TinyDr. ClateDr. ShastiVashnuMadam PegeenSammy ShastiWallyWalt

Half-Man -- Half-Alien!

7.5 pp · Science Fiction

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History

Deadman was created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Carmine Infantino in Strange Adventures #205 (1967), but Drake departed after two issues; Jack Miller, who was also serving as editor of Strange Adventures at the time, scripted the next several chapters. By issue #213, Neal Adams had taken full writer-artist control of the feature, the culmination of a creative handoff that began with his landmark cover on #207. Adams later took credit for introducing Boston Brand's twin brother Cleveland, a plot device that drives the tension directly leading into this issue, in which circus strongman Tiny — shot by the Hook in the preceding issue — fights for his life. DC's house ads promoting issue #213 ran widely across the line in May 1968, signaling the publisher's confidence in the Deadman feature as a marquee attraction even though Strange Adventures had by this point shifted to a bimonthly schedule.

Trivia · 8 facts

Cover date: August 1968; on-sale date: May 23, 1968. Published by DC Comics as part of the bimonthly Strange Adventures Vol. 1 run.
Main story: 'The Call From Beyond!' — written and drawn entirely by Neal Adams, 17 interior pages, with Adams also providing the cover.
The story continues directly from Strange Adventures #212: Tiny the circus strongman, shot by the Hook in the previous issue, hovers near death while Deadman inhabits his body to help him survive, then investigates a fake-medium racket involving Dr. Shasti and Madam Pegeen.
Back-up story: 'Half-Man, Half-Alien!' — a reprint science-fiction tale unrelated to Deadman, included to fill the 36-page format.
The issue contains an in-story Easter egg: the phony 'Spirit World' stage effects are credited on-panel to 'Infantino & Giordano Movie Prop Co. Inc.' — a playful nod to Deadman's original artist Carmine Infantino and inker Dick Giordano.
This issue is the eighth of what totals approximately fifteen Strange Adventures issues on which Adams worked, and falls within the nine-issue block (SA #205–213) collected in the 2011 trade paperback Deadman Vol. 1.
'The Call From Beyond!' was reprinted in Deadman #5 (September 1985), part of DC's seven-issue deluxe baxter-paper reprint series collecting Strange Adventures #205–216 and Brave and the Bold #79 and #86.
The full run of Strange Adventures #205–216 — including this issue — has been reprinted in the 2011–2012 Deadman trade paperbacks, a Deadman Omnibus (2020; 2025 reprint), and the 2026 DC Finest: Deadman – How Many Times Can a Guy Die? collection.