Jesse James goes daredevil in his new TV series 'Jesse James is a Dead Man'

Long Beach-based West Coast Choppers owner Jesse James joins forces with Spike TV to take on the grim reaper in his new television series "Jesse James is A Dead Man."

Each episode, starting tonight (May 31) at 10 p.m. on Spike TV, James will prepare for and then engage in a different stunt, event or challenge that carries some significant risk.

As described by producers and coordinators, those risks are the deadly kind.

"If he can't die it's not appealing to Jesse James," executive producer John Brenkus says in a behind-the-scenes documentary. "Everything he does he does to the max and he will not compromise."

At one point in the series James heads to Ensenada to participate in the Baja 500; a 500-mile course over terrain rife with ditches, other crashed vehicles and in some cases, booby traps laid by the locals, say producers.

In another challenge, he goes to Riverside, CA. to jump a monster truck into house.

Marvel Comics released a promotional one-shot comic book featuring James in a car race against the grim reaper on the streets of Long Beach. 

When it looks like old skull face has the upper hand, James sums up the Spike TV series in two words: He tells Death to "Bring it."



Jesse James is A Dead Man premieres tonight on Spike TV at 10 p.m.

Some copies of the promotional comic book may still be available at your local comic retailer. For a list of local stores in your area please visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com/ .