Review: 'Dead Boy Detectives' cleverly brings Neil Gaiman's comic book sleuths to life
by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2024
3 minutes
In the funny, terrifying, colorful, oddly lovely, lovably odd "Dead Boy Detectives," which premiered Thursday on Netflix, deceased putative teenagers Edwin (George Rexstrew) and Charles (Jayden Revri) investigate what's troubling troubled ghosts.
Created by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner for DC Comics, the eponymous team was born on the pages of "The Sandman" in 1991 and made an appearance, played by much younger actors, in the third season of "Doom Patrol," the best of all superhero series. But the present show, developed by
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