Price history & market evidence
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $236.05 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| 6.0 | $415.65 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| 8.0 | $1,150.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| 9.2 | $3,120.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| 9.4 | $6,366.53 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| 9.6 | $15,214.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| 9.8 | $13,830.51 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| RAW | $216.87 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| 10.0 | $17,980.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1967-10-01 |
| 9.4 | $1,300.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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Graded population
CGC records 1,675 graded copies for Strange Adventures #205 (1967). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
Deadman: "Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?"
After circus acrobat Boston Brand, aka Deadman), is killed by a hook-handed sniper with a high-powered rifle during his performance, his ghost remains earthbound. Rama Kushna), the spirit of the universe, tells Deadman that he will have the power to walk among men until he finds his murderer. Deadman soon finds that he has the power to enter and control living people's bodies. Taking over the body of Tiny), the circus strongman, he breaks up a dope-smuggling racket and then begins his search for his killer.
| StoryTitle2 = War of the Mind Readers | Synopsis2 = Strange Adventures Vol 1 65|3
| Appearing1 = **Featured Characters:** * Deadman) **Supporting Characters:** * Rama Kushna) **Antagonists:** * Heldrich (lion tamer) * Constable Ramsey (phony cop) * The Hook) **Other Characters:** * Hill's Circus Performers ** Lorna Hill) (owner) ** Tiny) (strongman) ** Vashnu) (Hindu fakir) ** Leary (Hill Circus barker) ** Toby (clown) **Locations:** * Hill's Circus **Items:** * None **Vehicles:** * None
| Appearing2 = Strange Adventures Vol 1 65|3
| Notes = * First appearance and origin of Deadman). Deadman will become a regularly featured character throughout the DC Universe.
* "Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?" is reprinted in: ** Deadman Vol 1 1 ** DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest Vol 1 5 ** The Brave and the Bold Vol 1 97 ** Deadman: Book One (Collected) ** Deadman Omnibus (Collected) ** DC Finest: Deadman: How Many Times Can a Guy Die? (Collected)
| Trivia = * There is a circus poster for performer Major Mite, the Mightiest Midget). He makes his official first appearance in Deadman Volume 2 -- 20 years later. * Boston Brand's) tombstone reads 1933-1967. * "Who Has Been Lying in My Grave?" is the first Comics Code Authority approved story to have narcotics mentioned, albeit euphemistically as "snow." Ostensibly, this was because the substance in question was mentioned only as part of a wholesale transaction by criminals as opposed to being actually consumed by someone. This was years before Stan Lee would defy the Comics Code and publish an explicit anti-drug story requested by the US Federal Government in 1971. | Recommended =
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Creative credits
Writers: Arnold Drake, Otto Binder
Interior art: Carmine Infantino, Carmine Infantino
Source records & attribution
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GCD: 21336
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