Comic Title: Strange Adventures #205
Publisher: DC (National Periodical Publications, Inc.)
Address: 575 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1967
On Sale Date: August 29, 1967 Newsstand Date August 29, 1967
Source: Direct Currents, Metal Men #28, Page 30

Newsstand Date August 29, 1967
Source: House Ad, Metal Men #28, Page 6

Newsstand Date August 29, 1967
Source: Newsdealer Magazine, V22 #6

Copyright Date August 29, 1967
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1967

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.12
Page Count: 32
Editor: Jack Miller

Title: "Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?"
Pages: 17

Feature(s):
Deadman (of Earth-1)

Writer: Arnold Drake
Penciller: Carmine Infantino
Inker: George Roussos

Reprinted In:
Brave & the Bold #97 (1971)
DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #5 (1980)
Deadman #1 (1985)
Deadman Collection HC (2002)
DC Comics Presents:Brightest Day #1 (2010)
Deadman Vol. 1 TPB (2011)
Deadman Omnibus HC (2021)
Legends of the DC Universe:Carmine Infantino HC (2023)

Feature Character(s)

• Deadman (Boston Brand; first appearance; dies in this story; last appearance in Strange Adventures #207; next appearance in Strange Adventures #206)

Supporting Character(s)

• Lorna Hill (a circus owner; first appearance; last appearance in Strange Adventures #208; next appearance in Strange Adventures #206)
• Tiny (a circus strongman; first appearance; last appearance in Strange Adventures #208; next appearance in Strange Adventures #206)
• Vashnu (a fortune teller; next appearance in Strange Adventures #209)
• Rama Kushna (a Hindu spirit; next appearance in Strange Adventures #215)

Villain(s)

• Hook (an assassin; next appearance in Strange Adventures #210)
• Heldrich (an animal trainer; no further appearances)
• Ramsey (a constable; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Leary (a circus Barker; no further appearances)
• Toby (a circus clown; no further appearances)
• Major Mite, Lina, and other circus performers (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Boston Brand, a trapeze artist and minority owner of a circus, walks the circus grounds before his nightly performance as the aerialist Deadman. He discovers a local constable poking around the grounds and chases him away. He then discovers that Leary the barker is stealing from the box office. He also catches Heldrich the animal trainer getting drunk. He fires Heldrich, then heads to the big top.

After reaching the top of the trapeze, Boston is shot by a sniper with a hook for a right hand. He falls to his death. Then his astral form is met by Rama Kushna, a Hindu spirit goddess. Rama allows Boston to walk the Earth as a spirit until his killer is caught.

Boston, now truly a Deadman, begins the search for his killer by checking up on the circus performers. He discovers that he is invisible, but can temporarily take control of human bodies. While inhabiting the body of Tiny the strongman, Deadman discovers Heldrich and Ramsey, the constable, making a drug deal. Deadman stops the crooks, then resumes the search for the killer, Hook.