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DC's Deadman In Development For Television At The CW

Published Thu, 25 Aug 2011 21:40:42 -0500

Last updated Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:46:52 -0500

With Smallville ending its 10-season run this past May, the CW has made launching a new superhero franchise based on a DC property a priority. The network's first effort this development season is Deadman, a drama based on the DC Comics books by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino, which will be written and executive produced bySupernatural creator Eric Kripke. The project is about the spirit of a murdered man, Boston Brand, who lives on as he inhabits other people's bodies and helps them solve crises in their own lives.

The character first appeared in Strange Adventures #205 (October 1967), and was created by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino. As wikipedia notes, the early history of the character is probably best remembered for Neal Adams' art run on it in the Strange Adventures title beginning with #206: "The series is most associated with the art of Neal Adams, who took over from Infantino after the first story, and the writing of Jack Miller, who succeeded Drake after the first two stories, although Miller is miscredited in several reprints as having taken over the writing after only one issue by Drake. The first story and all of the Adams stories were reprinted in 1985 as a seven-issue series."