Deadman, Vol. 3 #8 (DC Comics 2002)

Deadman, Vol. 3 #8 (DC Comics 2002)

Written by Steve Vance; art by Shawn McManus. Cover by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. In this 32-page FC (full-color) DC Comics issue, Deadman fights to save an abandoned child from its mercenary mother, Onyx, a Nanda Parbat exile, only to be caught in the crossfire between her and the assassin known as Sensi. Cover price: $2.50.

• Creative team: Steve Vance (writer), Shawn McManus (artist), Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (cover).
• Format: 32-page full-color comic; original cover price $2.50.
• Key characters: Deadman, Onyx, Sensi.
• Why you’ll want it: a tightly plotted Deadman tale that blends supernatural vigilante action with high-stakes confrontation inside DC’s early-2000s storytelling landscape.