There have been a lot of great depictions of Deadman since his creation in the 1960s. Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, José Luis García-López and more.
This one by Ivan Reis and colourist Hi-Fi is right up there. On finding a scan of Reis’ pencils I wanted to go in a different direction. Instead of the fully-rendered airbrush look, I thought the grittiness of an ink version and creepier colours might work.
Inks and colour by me.
As published.
Without trade dress.
Pencils by Ivan Reis.
Inks by me.
New colour version.
Re-created and new trade dress added.
Alternate version.
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