Firestorm #24 Special Blue Devil Preview by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin and Paris Cullins (April 1984). #BlueDevil #Trickster #KidDevil #GaryCohn #DanMishkin #ParisCullins
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@JohnBrenner-re7rf2 ай бұрын
Never disappointed with any Son of Nimrod content. Rock on Mate. 7 thumbs up!
@SonofCapwolf2 ай бұрын
Challenge accepted.
@robert24302 ай бұрын
IIRC this was created with Ditko in mind to draw it but he turned it down. It really seems like something in his wheelhouse, visually at least. But if he had done this we would never have gotten the awesomeness of Speedball and Niels the cat.
@SonofCapwolf2 ай бұрын
Yep, that's why Blue Devil is a mish-mash of previous things Ditko had worked on (Iron Man, Hulk, Doctor Strange). It was basically created trying to appeal to his sensibilities and it still didn't impress the one person it was created for. Just not the same as Hawk and Dove, is it?
@darthknight12 ай бұрын
I get a definite Mark Gruenwald vibe from this.
@SonofCapwolf2 ай бұрын
Because it's a hodge-podge of the rival company's ideas thrown together?
@robert24302 ай бұрын
I liked Blue Devil then and still do. I even enjoyed Shadowpact but I haven’t revisited it since. DC had several interesting new characters in the 80s that never seemed to realize their potential. I suppose Booster Gold was the most successful but even that took a long time.
@SonofCapwolf2 ай бұрын
Shadowpact is still decent. The lead-in crossover was the rough stuff, the series was mostly solid. Had some good villains. Much like Blue Devil was originally, Shadowpact is one of those things that they should try again. I guess, they did Justice League Dark but when you've got a name for a series as rubbish as that, what's the point?
@apilgrim87152 ай бұрын
I like Blue Devil and this introduction because it quickly lays out an origin, a brief fight (what he stands for), and also the future problem. I have 20 years of DC reading to fill in for a gap but my general understanding is Blue Devil is turned into a character that constantly has to sacrifice himself for the human race in various bargains with the devil.
@SonofCapwolf2 ай бұрын
The sacrifice / "actual demon" stuff began in Underworld Unleashed in 1995. His original run, he was just an unfortunate guy who was stuck in the costume and decided to use his affliction to do some good. They REALLY lean into actual demons and soul pacts starting in Underworld Unleashed. And then there's poor Kid Devil...