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Strange Adventures, #216

Published: January-February 1969

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Strange Adventures #216

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Featuring Deadman

1 page superhero

"To struggle is useless, Deadman!"

Characters
  • Deadman
  • Rama Kushna
Credits
But I Still Exist

Featuring Deadman

Story 1 16 pages superhero
Storyline

Now that the Hook has been killed, Deadman travels to Nanda Parbat to confront Rama Kushna, demanding that he be allowed to remain on Earth to continue to fight evil.

Characters
  • Deadman [Boston Brand]
  • Vashnu
  • Rama Kushna
  • Sensei
  • Willie Smith
  • Taj Ze
  • Lotus
  • the Hook (flashback)
Credits
Story Notes

Page 8 is a 2/3-page and page 17 is a 1/2-page. Last Deadman story in this series. Storyline continues in The Brave and the Bold (DC, 1955 series) #86. In the last panel of page 13, Adams uses a special effect that reads, when tilted, "Hey! A Jim Steranko effect!"

Story 2 1 page teen

"It can be a merrier.. and a happier... with..."

Credits
Story Notes

House ad for DC Special (DC, 1968 series) #2.

Who Ever Heard of Jay Scott Pike!?!
Story 3 1 page non-fiction
Storyline

short pieces on artist Jay Scott Pike and the 1968 Academy Con in New York City, and fan questions

Credits
Story Notes

#7 in a series.

I Lost My Past

Featuring A Demand Classic

Story 4 6 pages
Storyline

Paul Martin returns to his home town but finds that none of his old friends remember him.

Credits
Story 5 1 page superhero

"You'll never guess..."

Credits
Story Notes

House ad for Batman (DC, 1940 series) #208 [80 Page Giant G-55].

Story 6 2 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Letters submitted by Joe Jenkins, Paul Wikamder, Robert Gray, James Shull, D. A. W., and V. O. Speights.