Blue Devil #8

by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, Keith Giffen (Illustrator)

Comic book published by DC Comics in 1984. Guest-starring James Jesse, the Trickster from the Silver Age Flash's Rogues Gallery. A light-hearted fun romp. Pencil art by Keith Giffen.

Comic

Published January 1, 1984

About the author

Gary Cohn is an American comic book writer, and co-creator (with Dan Mishkin) of the DC Comics characters Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld and Blue Devil.

Reviews

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Man, when I first started this I thought what a ridiculous cheesy comic this is! Then I caught on and realised it was supposed to be campy humour directed at typical comics and then pop-culture. That's where it gets smart. I had not ever in my life heard of Blue Devil but because he looked like a Hellboy imitation I picked up a few issues. Jumping in with issue #8 leaves me having to figure out who everybody is and what's been happening but I got the gist of it. Blue Devil and Trickster are always after each other but it seems that on some level they are actually friends. Trickster plays practical jokes on Blue, while Blue gets frustrated with the tricks as he's trying to stop Trix from doing anything illegal. Not exactly excited to read anymore but I'll give the 2 other issues I have a go and see if my opinions change.