Deadman and Spectre face off against the statues of Easter Island in this piece by Neal Adams...
...where these two undead heroes are forced to fight together to save us all in this work from the 1977 Super DC Calendar.
The Spectre
The Spectre was cop Jim Corrigan, killed by the mob, and given the ability to return to mete out vengeance against those who do wrong first appeared in
More Fun Comics #52 (February, 1940, by
Jerry Siegel and
Bernard Baily),
joined the Justice Society of America, and continued to fight for justice for decades...
....and even recently appeared as Jim Corrigan in a couple of episodes of the NBC TV show,
Constantine, played by
Emmett J. Scanlan (and we saw hints of detective Corrigan becoming Spectre thanks to visions of John's friend, Zed, who was a psychic).
Deadman
Circus aerialist Boston Brand was shot dead during a performance, but that was only the beginning of the story, with the spirit Rama Kushna reanimating Boston as Deadman, a spirit who could possess others, and searching for the man with the Hook for an arm who shot him, all starting in
Strange Adventures #205 (October, 1967, by
Arnold Drake and
Carmine Infantino).
Deadman hasn't made it to television yet, but Nanda Parbat (a mystical realm in the mountains) has, as the home of Ra's Al Ghul, and the League of Assassins, including
Merlyn (a foe of Green Arrow, who first appeared in
Justice League of America #94 in November, 1971 by
Mike Friedrich,
Neal Adams and
Dick Dillin, with Deadman as a guest star; played by
John Barrowman), all in the CW
Arrow series.
One can only hope that Constantine appearing on
Arrow might lead to a later appearance by Deadman and Spectre!
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