Blue Devil

Blue Devil (German " Blue Devil / Devil in a Blue ") is the title of a series of comic publications are issued by the U.S. publisher DC Comics since 1984.

The humorous colored Blue Devil comics are settled in the genre of superhero comics, an American sub-form of Science-Fiction/Fantasy-Comics. Characteristic of the series in the past, especially the self-deprecating, genreparodistische approach to their subject, the " eternal struggle " of superheroes against supervillains. The number marked on their first publication in the 1980s, the attempt to " lighten " the then mainly by dark comics that the spirit of the American comic book industry this time, grim n ' were conceptually gritty, dominated American comic book market by the idea of ​​fun Comics feed made ​​by comedy stories in the " packaging " of a superhero saga presented.

Publication data

The first issue of Blue Devil came in June 1984 as issue # 1 of a scale to unlimited life series on the market. After that, the series, the books published on a monthly basis, continued nearly two and a half years, until it was finally discontinued in December 1986 with issue # 31. There was also a titled as Blue Devil Annual # 1 special issue of double circumference, which was published in 1985. Was come one published in 1984 in the back of the booklet Fury of Firestorm # 24, sixteen -sided " test history " by Blue Devil that preceded the launch of "his" own series.

Makers of the series were the writers Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, and Paris Cullins of artist that not only the concept for Blue Devil developed, but also almost all the books of this series designed artistically.

Action

At the center of Blue Devil is Dan Cassidy, a Hollywood stuntman and expert on special effects, the device together by chance with a revived demons called Nebiros. Since he too can fire at the time of their struggle for a scene shooting for a horror movie called "Blue Devil" one, based on life-like high-tech, film costume wears, which is a blue-skinned devil, and his superhuman strength, durability, and the gift bursts of energy gives, Cassidy can compete against Nebiros.

To his horror, Cassidy is in the course of the struggle, however, with his costume " merged " so that he can no longer take this and must remain " the blue devil ". As a prisoner of his costume of enterprising Cassidy tries to make the best of his situation: He specializes in professional point of appearing in horror and science fiction films and is active in his spare time as a " part-time super hero ": He has it most time with all sorts of supernatural threats such as demons, homicidal robots and the like take more that it attracts almost magnetic. Additional piquancy receives Cassidy's predicament of being trapped in the body of a devil, through his firm Catholic faith.

Assisted in his adventures, he is survived by his boss, the producer Marla Bloomberg, his girlfriend, the actress Sahron Scott and his sidekick, Kid Devil ( from # 14), also known as Marla's nephew Eddie Bloomberg. Added to this was the feint rich Filou Trickster, aka Jesse James, who appears only as an opponent of the Blue Devil, but later his friend and colleague is a stuntman.

In later comics Cassidy sold his soul to the demon Neron, dies soon after the fight with this, as he tries to regain his soul, and eventually in hell as a real demon ( rather than as a man who is trapped in a demon disguise) reborn. In subsequent years, the character, especially in the team JLA series was used as a member of the same group of superheroes. In the battle with the villain " The Mist " he is killing again, returns later, however - a ritual of the sorcerer Felix Faust, " evokes " him with the help of his on leftover bones anew - again back to from now on as a demon hunter other hellish creatures face of the earth to " ban ".

More recently, the "Blue Devil" character appeared in all sorts of Mystery comic books, so as a member of the Sentinels of Magic, a team of "magic heroes", which includes beside him nor the figures Ragman, Sentinel and Phantom Stranger, as well as the obscure group Shadowpact, a team of occult detectives to the next Cassidy among others the talking chimpanzee Detective Chimp heard.