Comic Title: Deadman Collection HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2002
On Sale Date: November 14, 2001 Direct Market Date November 14, 2001
Source: Diamond Shipping List, Shipping This Week: November 14

Direct Market Date November 14, 2001
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, November 14, 2001

Direct Market Date November 14, 2001
Source: Usenet, Late Comics Report for the week of November 16, 2001

Direct Market Date November 7, 2001
Source: Previews, Vol. 11 #9 (#153)

Cover Price: $75.00
Page Count: 356

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "But I Still Exist"
Pages: 17

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

Writer/Artist: Neal Adams

Reprinted From:
Strange Adventures #216 (1969)

Feature Character(s)

• Deadman (last appearance in Strange Adventures #215; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #86)

Supporting Character(s)

• Vashnu (last appearance in Strange Adventures #215; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #86)
• Rama Kushna (last appearance in Strange Adventures #215; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #86)

Villain(s)

• Hook (as a corpse; last appearance in Strange Adventures #215; no further appearances)
• Sensei (last appearance in Strange Adventures #215; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #86)
• League of Assassins (last appearance in Strange Adventures #215; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #86)
• Willie Smith (last appearance in Strange Adventures #215; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #86)

Other Character(s)

• Taj Ze (a guardian of Nanda Parbat; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #86)
• Lotus (a resident of Nanda Parbat; next appearance in Brave & the Bold #86)
• An unnamed pilot (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Strange Adventures #215 and continues in Brave and the Bold #86.

Synopsis:
Deadman leaves the lair of the League of Assassins after he is unable to prevent Hook's death. He is surprised to find Vashnu waiting outside with a scroll that mentions the hidden land of Nanda Parbat. Deadman also watches the Sensei order Willie Smith to destroy it. Deadman decides to tag along with Willie to thwart his mission.

When over the appropriate airspace Deadman fights Willie using the body of a pilot. Willie falls from the plane, but uses a parachute to survive. Deadman floats down to the Earth, but becomes solid when he enters Nanda Parbat. No longer a ghost, Deadman meets Taj Ze and Lotus, residents of this strange land of peace.

Deadman learns that if he leaves the city he will become a ghost again. He confronts Rama Kushna who can be reached via a temple guarded by Taj Ze. Rama agrees to allow Deadman to remain on Earth as a force for good to achieve balance. Deadman then leaves Nanda Parbat and becomes a ghost once again. He is followed by Lotus, who is dragged outside by Willie Smith where she becomes evil again.