Diedrich Bader credited as playing...
Batman
- Deadman: [possessing Batman's physical body] You ain't kiddin' about this Nth-metal stuff.
- Batman: Thanks for the assist, Deadman.
- Deadman: No sweat, Bats.
- Batman: [clearing his throat] Ahem. Aren't you forgetting something?
- Deadman: Oh, come on. Can't I try it out for a little while longer? I just got back in the game.
- Batman: Then how about we find you another body?
- Deadman: I see you finally shuffled off this mortal coil, Batman. Who did the deed? Was it Black Manta?
- Batman: Are you the Grim Reaper?
- Deadman: Grim, maybe, but I ain't no reaper. I'm just a spirit, cursed to wander the Earth. Another dead man like you.
- Batman: Only I'm not dead.
- Deadman: Could've fooled me.
- Batman: I was buried alive and used an ancient Tibetan meditation technique to astral-project out of my body. But when the air runs out in two hours... well, then I really will be dead.
- Deadman: Maybe I can help, Mac.
- Deadman: You never told me Gentleman Ghost was involved.
- Batman: You know him?
- Deadman: The guy's bad news, Mac. And I don't need someone like him making my miserable existence even more miserable.
- Batman: Maybe if you weren't so busy feeling sorry for yourself, you'd see there's a reason you're here. A reason you have your powers.
- Batman: Arrow, Speedy, I need your help.
- Deadman: Uh, they can't hear us or see us. No one can. Except other dead people.
- Batman: Then how do we communicate?
- Deadman: I can help you take a test drive.
- [pushing him into Speedy]
- Speedy: Arrow, this is Batman. Listen to me carefully. I've taken control of Speedy's body so that I can speak to you.
- Green Arrow: O... kay...
- Batman: [letting Speedy free] This is stupid.
- Deadman: You got a better idea?
- Batman: [thinking, appearing as a ghost] You're probably wondering who finally got me. The thing is, I'm not dead. Not yet, at least. But I sure was feeling a lot better a few hours ago.
- Civilian: [possessed by Deadman] I can possess people. Take total control of their bodies, make 'em do whatever. So how about I use this guy to dig up your body?
- Batman: No. My coffin has been booby-trapped. It's too dangerous to use a civilian. There has to be another way.
- Deadman: [releasing the civilian from his control] It's your funeral.
- Batman: I'm the man who haunts you, Gentleman Ghost.
- Gentleman Ghost: I don't frighten easily, Batman. I need but two more artifacts and I can raise my army of the dead from its eternal slumber. Then I will finally have my revenge on this cursed city.
- Batman: Revenge is a poison that rots a man from within.
- Gentleman Ghost: No, my friend. Revenge is a fire that keeps me warm in the eternal cold of the grave.
- [getting hit with a batarang]
- Gentleman Ghost: I see you've added a few more Nth-metal trinkets to your arsenal.
- Deadman: I'm sorry, Mac. I know I can a bit of a downer. It's just... I haven't had anything go my way in a while.
- Batman: So why haven't you crossed over?
- Deadman: Because I ain't been invited. I used to be an acrobat, a trapeze artist in the circus. Until one night during the show... I don't know who did it or why, but he had a hook for a hand. It didn't even make the papers.
- Batman: You're Boston Brand. You performed under the name Deadman in Haley's Circus.
- Deadman: You... you remember?
- Batman: I've been working your case. And I will find your killer. You need to make a choice: drown in self-pity or help me find Gentleman Ghost.
- Batman: Craddock!
- Gentleman Ghost: Batman? You hound me even in death.
- Batman: I'm putting a stop to your afterlife of crime.
- Gentleman Ghost: You don't stand a ghost of a chance.
- Batman: You've haunted this world long enough, Craddock.
- Gentleman Ghost: I assure you, Batman, there are fates far worse than death.
- Deadman: So we gonna stand here and twiddle? Or are we gonna get down to business?
- Batman: Nice entrance.
- Deadman: I was in the circus.
- Deadman: So, I was thinking, Mac. Maybe you were right about there being a reason I have these powers. Maybe I am supposed to find my killer. And have a little fun along the way.
- Batman: Good to have you back among the living, Deadman.
- Deadman: Now, we gonna stand here and twiddle? Or are we gonna get down to business?