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Deadman
Deadman
Deadman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Strange Adventures #205 , and was created by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino.-Publication history:...

is a DC comic character.

Deadman or Deadman's may also refer to:
  • "Deadman" or "dead man" are alternative terms for a dead man's switch
    Dead man's switch
    A dead man's switch is a switch that is automatically operated in case the human operator becomes incapacitated, such as through death or loss of consciousness....

  • "Deadman's foot" is another name for a salamander
    Salamander (metallurgy)
    A salamander in the metallurgy dialect means all liquid and solidifiedmaterials in the hearth of a blast furnace below the tap hole....

     in metallurgy
  • A "deadman" is a railroad tie or beam in a retaining wall
    Retaining wall
    Retaining walls are built in order to hold back earth which would otherwise move downwards. Their purpose is to stabilize slopes and provide useful areas at different elevations, e.g...

     placed perpendicular to the wall
  • A "deadman" is an item of mountaineering equipment.


Places

  • Deadman's Cay, Bahamas
    • Deadman's Cay Airport
      Deadman's Cay Airport
      Deadman's Cay Airport is an airport located near Deadman's Cay on Long Island in The Bahamas.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 09/27 with an asphalt surface measuring ....

      , an airport on the aforementioned cay
  • Deadman's Curve
    Deadman's Curve
    Deadman's Curve is a 1978 made for TV film based on the musical careers of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence. Developed from a 1974 article published in the Rolling Stone magazine by Paul Morantz, who also helped write the screenplay.-Plot:...

  • Deadman Islands
    Deadman Islands
    The Deadman Islands are an island group located inside western Coronation Gulf, south of Victoria Island, in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, Canada. Other island groups in the vicinity include the Berens Islands, Black Berry Islands Couper Islands, Lawford Islands, Leo Islands, and Sir Graham Moore...

  • Deadman's Island (disambiguation), a number of places of the same name
    • Deadman's Island, Halifax
      Deadman's Island, Halifax
      Deadman's Island is a small peninsula containing a cemetery and park located in the Northwest Arm of Halifax Harbour in Nova Scotia, Canada.It was first known as "Target Island" after use by the British military for target practice....

    • Deadman's Island (San Pedro)
      Deadman's Island (San Pedro)
      Deadman's Island was one of two islands near San Pedro, Los Angeles, California in the 19th century. The land, sometimes referenced as Dead Man's Island, Isla Del Muerto, and Reservation Point, was dredged away in 1928 as part of a harbor development effort...

    • Deadman's Island (Vancouver)
      Deadman's Island (Vancouver)
      Deadman Island is a 3.8 ha island to the south of Stanley Park in Coal Harbour in Vancouver, British Columbia. The indigenous Sḵwxwú7mesh name is "skwtsa7s", meaning simply "island." Officially designated "Deadman Island" by the Geographical Names Board of Canada in 1937. it is commonly referred to...

  • Deadman SSSI, Somerset
    Deadman SSSI, Somerset
    Deadman is a 28.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the edge of the Blackdown Hills, near Buckland St Mary south of Taunton in Somerset, notified in 1987....

  • Deadman Summit
    Deadman Summit
    Deadman Summit is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada in Mono County, California. It crosses the northern rim of the Long Valley Caldera, connecting the northern end of the Owens River watershed with Mono Lake via U.S...

    , California
  • Deadman River
    Deadman River
    The Deadman River, also known as the Deadman's River, Deadman Creek or Deadman's Creek, is a tributary of the Thompson River in the British Columbia Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is about in length.-Name:...

    , British Columbia

People

  • Derek Deadman
    Derek Deadman
    Derek Deadman is a British actor. He appeared as Rankin in two episodes of the RAF sitcom Get Some In! in 1975 and 1978. He played Ringo in 39 of the 66 episodes of the TV series Never the Twain between 1981 and 1991, and appeared as the barman of The Leaky Cauldron, Tom, in Harry Potter and the...

  • Peter Deadman
    Peter Deadman
    Peter Deadman is a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and teacher, and co-author of A Manual of Acupuncture, an acupuncture textbook...

    , American author and writer
  • The Undertaker, professional wrestler, also known as The Deadman

Media

  • Deadman (band)
    Deadman (band)
    Deadman was a Japanese rock band founded in Nagoya in 2000. The group gained notoriety for popularizing the nagoya kei sub-genre of visual kei, which is a lot "darker" than most and focuses more on musical composition. Deadman also quickly became known for Mako's heavily melancholic lyrical...

    , a former Japanese alternative rock band
  • Deadman (band - Spain), an indie-rock power trio from Madrid, Spain
  • "Deadman", a song by Australian progressive rock band Karnivool
    Karnivool
    Karnivool are an Australian progressive rock band formed in Perth in 1997. The group currently consists of Ian Kenny on vocals, Drew Goddard and Mark Hosking on guitar, Jon Stockman on bass guitar, and Steve Judd on drums. Karnivool emerged from a band Kenny and Goddard formed during high school...

  • Deadman (Vertigo series), a 2006 comic series loosely based on a character of the same name
    Deadman
    Deadman is a fictional character, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. He first appeared in Strange Adventures #205 , and was created by Arnold Drake and Carmine Infantino.-Publication history:...

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