You Will Believe A Man Can DIE… Again & Again

About this episode

Chris and Steven explore the surreal world of the undead through the lens of the zombie-esque trapeze artist DEADMAN in a discussion of a 1986 mini-series.

Chris and Steven journey to the surreal realm of the undead with the zombie-esque trapeze artist extraordinaire, DEADMAN (DC Comics, 1986), in this four issue mini-series written by Andrew Helfer and drawn by the incomparable Jóse Luis Garcia-López. COMICS ROT YOUR BRAIN! is a deep dive into ‘80s comics (plus a few notable exceptions). In this weekly podcast, screenwriters Steven Bagatourian (AMERICAN GUN) and Christopher Derrick (STAR TREK: PICARD) discuss their favorite books, runs, and c...

People in this episode

Hosts: Steven Bagatourian, Christopher Derrick

Topics covered

• zombies
• trapeze artist
• 1980s comics
• DEADMAN
• mini-series

Keywords

• DEADMAN
• DC Comics
• 1980s comics
• zombies
• trapeze artist
• Andrew Helfer
• Jóse Luis Garcia-López

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DC Comics

Books & works: DEADMAN

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