Comic Title: Deadman #6
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1985
On Sale Date: July 4, 1985 Newsstand Date July 4, 1985
Source: DC Releases, #17

Shipping Date June 11, 1985
Source: DC Releases, #17

Shipping Date June 11, 1985
Source: Comics Journal, #100

Copyright Date June 11, 1985
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1985
DC publication dates beyond April 1981 listed by the LoC
represent shipping dates NOT newsstand sale dates

Shipping Date June 11, 1985
Source: Amazing Heroes, #73

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.75
Page Count: 40
Editor: Nicola Cuti

See Also: The Guide to DC Giants

Title: "A New Lease on Death"
Pages: 17

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

Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

Reprinted From:
Strange Adventures #215 (1968)

Feature Character(s)

• Deadman (last appearance in Strange Adventures #214; next appearance in Strange Adventures #216)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rama Kushna (last appearance in Strange Adventures #205; next appearance in Strange Adventures #216)
• Vashnu (disguised as an old man; identity revealed in Strange Adventures #216; last appearance in Strange Adventures #213; next appearance in Strange Adventures #216)

Villain(s)

• Hook (dies in this story; last appearance in Strange Adventures #212; next appearance in Strange Adventures #216)
• Sensei (next appearance in Strange Adventures #216)
• League of Assassins (next appearance in Strange Adventures #216)
• Willie Smith (name revealed; last appearance in Strange Adventures #214; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Ames (last appearance in Strange Adventures #214; no further appearances)
• Phil (as a corpse; last appearance in Strange Adventures #214; no further appearances)
• Homer Dobbs (a salesman; no further appearances)

Comments:
Part 2:"Can Vengeance Be So Hollow?"

This story is continued from the first story of Strange Adventures #214 and continues in the first story of Strange Adventures #216.

Synopsis:
Deadman tracks assassin Willie Smith to Hong Kong where he receives a new assignment. Deadman learns that the target is his own killer, Hook. Willie catches Hook and brings him before a Society of Assassins for which both killers work. The leader of the assassins known as the Sensei accuses Hook of failing in his initiation assignment, the murder of Boston Brand. The killers believe Boston is still alive since Cleveland Brand has taken his brother's place at the circus.

Sensei then orders Hook's death. Deadman tries to intervene by taking control of Willie's body. However, the Sensei is able to defeat him and is immune to Deadman's powers of possession. Hook is killed and left behind, while the Sensei and the others leave. Deadman is contacted by Rama Kushna, but he feels no satisfaction in the fact that his killer is dead.