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Blue Devil (DC Comics)
Blue Devil (Daniel Patrick Cassidy) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in a preview insert published in Fury of Firestorm #24 (June 1984), followed by Blue Devil #1, also cover dated June 1984. He was created by Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn, and Paris Cullins. The Blue Devil comic book ran for 31 issues and one annual. Blue Devil later appeared as a regular character in Shadowpact, which ran for 25 issues.
Dan Cassidy was working as a stuntman and special effects specialist in Hollywood when he became permanently bonded to an exoskeleton suit created for a film. This unnatural fusion of magic and technology caused him to experience unusual events and draw the attention of otherworldly beings. Horrified at the prospect of being stuck in the suit, Cassidy sought ways to separate himself from it, becoming a reluctant superhero along the way. Cassidy was eventually transformed into an actual demon after making a deal with the demon Neron. Regretting the deal, Blue Devil decided to fight occult evil, often alongside the other members of Shadowpact.
Cassidy's original trident was a mechanical device that he designed himself, but, after being turned into an actual demon, he acquired the magical "Trident of Lucifer" to help combat demons.
Blue Devil has appeared in the animated series Justice League Unlimited and Young Justice as well as the live-action DC Universe series Swamp Thing, in which he was portrayed by Ian Ziering.
Gary Cohn recounted how he and writing partner Dan Mishkin created Blue Devil:
Our editor for a number of things we were doing was a guy named Dave Manak. At this point, Dan [Mishkin] was living in Michigan and I was in New York. I was the point guy who went to the DC office once a week and schmoozed the editors. One day Manak says, "Ditko's been hanging around the office and he really wants something to do. Do you think you and Dan can come up for something for him?" I went home and I called Dan and told him about this, and we were both very excited. Ditko was the guy who created Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, and we were gaga for Ditko! ... We decided to do something that takes something from every Marvel character we ever loved. Let's take Iron Man, the guy in the costume; the Thing, the tragedy of the guy stuck in a shape he didn't want; and a light-hearted, bouncy approach and a character who was going to move like Spider-Man. ... And we wanted something like the Green Goblin. How about Blue Devil? We called him that because Dan's wife is from North Carolina and he was a Blue Devils fan. Then we started creating Blue Devil and thinking, "Ditko is going to love this!" We created this great proposal, and it was everything that we knew was going to set Ditko's light on high beam. We took it in to Manak and he gave it to Ditko. Ditko looked at it and said, "I'll do it if I have to, but this is really not my kind of stuff at all".
However, Manak liked the proposal and suggested that they show it to artist Paris Cullins, for whom Cohn had written his first published comics story. Cullins was immediately enthusiastic, and Blue Devil was given his own series. As Cullins recalled, the character came about through "a little story in House of Mystery that was supposed to be, and here's the truth for that, it was originally designed a short story for Steve Ditko and it was supposed to be like a superhero story, but a monster superhero story, but a short one. He said, 'No.' He didn't want to do it and then they asked me."
The character was scheduled to debut in DC's horror anthology Tales of the Unexpected, for which Manak was the chief editor, but plans were changed when Manak became editor of DC's Special Projects Division and Blue Devil was transferred to editor Len Wein. Wein decided that Blue Devil would work better with a humorous tone that fit Cullins' bold artwork. He asked Cohn and Mishkin to expand the story to 23 pages and add more colorful supporting characters. Cohn responded by building a series bible and plotting out six major storylines for an ongoing title.
Blue Devil (DC Comics)
Blue Devil (Daniel Patrick Cassidy) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He first appeared in a preview insert published in Fury of Firestorm #24 (June 1984), followed by Blue Devil #1, also cover dated June 1984. He was created by Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn, and Paris Cullins. The Blue Devil comic book ran for 31 issues and one annual. Blue Devil later appeared as a regular character in Shadowpact, which ran for 25 issues.
Dan Cassidy was working as a stuntman and special effects specialist in Hollywood when he became permanently bonded to an exoskeleton suit created for a film. This unnatural fusion of magic and technology caused him to experience unusual events and draw the attention of otherworldly beings. Horrified at the prospect of being stuck in the suit, Cassidy sought ways to separate himself from it, becoming a reluctant superhero along the way. Cassidy was eventually transformed into an actual demon after making a deal with the demon Neron. Regretting the deal, Blue Devil decided to fight occult evil, often alongside the other members of Shadowpact.
Cassidy's original trident was a mechanical device that he designed himself, but, after being turned into an actual demon, he acquired the magical "Trident of Lucifer" to help combat demons.
Blue Devil has appeared in the animated series Justice League Unlimited and Young Justice as well as the live-action DC Universe series Swamp Thing, in which he was portrayed by Ian Ziering.
Gary Cohn recounted how he and writing partner Dan Mishkin created Blue Devil:
Our editor for a number of things we were doing was a guy named Dave Manak. At this point, Dan [Mishkin] was living in Michigan and I was in New York. I was the point guy who went to the DC office once a week and schmoozed the editors. One day Manak says, "Ditko's been hanging around the office and he really wants something to do. Do you think you and Dan can come up for something for him?" I went home and I called Dan and told him about this, and we were both very excited. Ditko was the guy who created Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, and we were gaga for Ditko! ... We decided to do something that takes something from every Marvel character we ever loved. Let's take Iron Man, the guy in the costume; the Thing, the tragedy of the guy stuck in a shape he didn't want; and a light-hearted, bouncy approach and a character who was going to move like Spider-Man. ... And we wanted something like the Green Goblin. How about Blue Devil? We called him that because Dan's wife is from North Carolina and he was a Blue Devils fan. Then we started creating Blue Devil and thinking, "Ditko is going to love this!" We created this great proposal, and it was everything that we knew was going to set Ditko's light on high beam. We took it in to Manak and he gave it to Ditko. Ditko looked at it and said, "I'll do it if I have to, but this is really not my kind of stuff at all".
However, Manak liked the proposal and suggested that they show it to artist Paris Cullins, for whom Cohn had written his first published comics story. Cullins was immediately enthusiastic, and Blue Devil was given his own series. As Cullins recalled, the character came about through "a little story in House of Mystery that was supposed to be, and here's the truth for that, it was originally designed a short story for Steve Ditko and it was supposed to be like a superhero story, but a monster superhero story, but a short one. He said, 'No.' He didn't want to do it and then they asked me."
The character was scheduled to debut in DC's horror anthology Tales of the Unexpected, for which Manak was the chief editor, but plans were changed when Manak became editor of DC's Special Projects Division and Blue Devil was transferred to editor Len Wein. Wein decided that Blue Devil would work better with a humorous tone that fit Cullins' bold artwork. He asked Cohn and Mishkin to expand the story to 23 pages and add more colorful supporting characters. Cohn responded by building a series bible and plotting out six major storylines for an ongoing title.