NOTE FROM DAVE:

Let’s address a question that comes up every
Halloween. There are superheroes who are dead and
still fighting crime, as opposed to simply dead
superheroes or superheroes who were dead and now
aren’t — Deadman, The Spectre, The Crow, Spawn,
Ghost Rider — just for starters.
“Dave,” you ask, “how can I tell if the superhero
in question is dead?” I’m glad you asked…

The Top 9 Signs You’re
Working with a Dead Superhero

9> He comments on the Joker’s good skin color.

8> He has piercing blue eyes and bulging muscles. Yet he has no skin.

7> Fights for truth, justice, and formaldehyde.

6> His battle cry? “Brains. Must eat brains.”

5> Either that or Aquaman has been out of water *way* too long.

4> The only thing worse than the smell of sweaty spandex is the smell of rotting flesh wrapped in sweaty spandex.

3> Battling both Swamp Thing and Man-Thing, he still manages to be the worst smelling one in the fight.

2> His two sidekicks are sticking really close and keep calling him “Bernie.”

and the Number 1 Sign You’re Working with a Dead Superhero…

1> He has a deathly pallor and desiccated skin, but he *isn’t* Michael Jackson.

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Credits:

Selected from 64 submissions from 19 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Brad Wilkerson, El Sobrante, CA — 1, 2, 3 (1st #1, 4th Hat trick!)
Chuck Burke, Phoenix, NY — 4, 6
Marc Berard, Central Falls, RI — 5, 9
Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 7
Matthew Pyle, Oklahoma City, OK — 8
Dave Goudsward, Lake Worth, FL — Justice-obsessed Psychopath