Blue Devil
Real Name: Daniel Cassidy
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Powers: Even before he became Blue Devil, Dan Cassidy was a highly trained martial artist and acrobat. His costume included Kevlar body armor, visual and auditory amplifiers, radio gear, and servo-motors which increased his strength at least twenty-fold. After being grafted to Cassidy's body the costume became organic and gained the ability to self-repair at an extremely fast rate (effectively a healing factor). Cassidy's abilities seem to have been changed little by his transformation into an actual demon.
Originally, Blue Devil wielded a trident of his own design which included, among other things, rocket engines capable of carrying two people at speeds of up to 60 miles per hour. He now carries the Trident of Lucifer, which allows him to find demons on Earth and banish them to Hell.
Weaknesses: Standard Demon weaknesses, i.e. Holy Water, Hallowed Ground
Bio: Dan Cassidy was a special effects wizard and stuntman hired to create and play the title character in the movie Blue Devil. To that end Cassidy created a full-body costume with a hidden powered exoskeleton and built-in special-effects devices. When two of his co-stars accidentally freed a demon named Nebiros, Cassidy used his costume to drive the demon back, but not before being blasted with mystical energy. After the fight, Cassidy found that the blast had permanently grafted the Blue Devil costume to his body.
Cassidy quickly found himself embroiled in repeated adventures and conflicts with supervillains. Apparently, the blast that fused him with his costume had also turned him into a sort of "weirdness magnet". Although he continued to seek a way to regain a normal life, Cassidy became more comfortable as a superhero over time and eventually joined the Justice League of America.
When the demon Neron took control of Hell and began seeking souls on Earth, Blue Devil was one of those he approached. Neron offered him a chance to be a movie star, but neglected to mention that the bargain would also result in the death of one of Cassidy's closest friends. In the end, Cassidy cheated Neron of his prize but died in the process. Cassidy was soon reincarnated as an actual demon. Now, instead of a man in a costume, he was an actual Blue Devil.
Cassidy rejoined the Justice League and remained with them until his second death, this time at the hands of the villainous Mist. His bones were secretly recovered by the magician Faust, who eventually restored Blue Devil to have him destroy Nebiros. Cassidy then joined the Sentinels of Magic and eventually gave his life a third time fighting Hermes Trismegistus. He did not remain dead long, however, and roamed the Earth for a time banishing demons back to Hell.
Notes: Created by Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn and Paris Cullins.
First Appearance: The Fury of Firestorm (1982) #24 Favorite Characters:
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Issue Appearances: 52 (2006)
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Armageddon 2001 (1991)
Avengers/JLA (2003)
#4 - 'The Brave...and the Bold' Batman Arkham: Joker's Daughter (2017)
TPB - 'Batman Arkham: Joker's Daughter' Blackest Night (2009)
Blackest Night: Rise of the Black Lanterns (2010)
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Booster Gold (1986)
#10 - 'Death Grip of the 1000' Catwoman (2002)
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TPB - 'Checkmate by Greg Rucka Book 1' TPB - 'Checkmate by Greg Rucka Book 2' TPB vol. 02 - 'Checkmate: Pawn Breaks' #9 - 'Pawn 502, Part 2' #10 - 'Pawn 502, Part 3' #23 - 'Castling, Part One' Clásicos DC (1990)
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Day of Vengeance (2005)
Infinite Crisis Special - 'The Ninth Age of Magic' TPB - 'Day of Vengeance' #1 - 'One Last Drink at the End of Time' #2 - 'Some Enchantress Evening' #3 - 'A Hot Night in Budapest' #4 - 'Monkey Business' #5 - 'The Particle Theory of Darkness' #6 - 'The Death of Magic' DC Challenge (1985)
#11 - 'How Can You be in Two Places at Once When You're Not Anywhere at All?' DC Comics Presents (1978)
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DC Infinite Halloween Special (2007)
#1 - 'The 13 Stories of Halloween' DC Sampler (1983)
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#29 - 'It's My Party And I'll Fight If I Want To' #32 - 'The Way of the Warrior, Part 1: Give Me a Space to Call My Own' #33 - 'The Way of the Warrior, Part 4: Into the Valley of Death' #34 - 'The Way of the Warrior, Part 7: Deathrock: Justice is Coming' Hawkman (1993)
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#8 - 'Aus den geheimen Archiven 2' JLA in Crisis Secret Files (1998)
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#1 - 'Magicide' #2 - 'Trails in Darkness' #3 - 'Sins of the Father' #4 - 'Final Sacrament' JLA: Welcome to the Working Week (2003)
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#38 - 'Sympathy for the Fuhrer' #46 - 'Supertown: Part Three' #47 - 'Supertown: Part Four' #49 - 'Supertown: Conclusion' #50#51 - 'The Secret History of Monument Point Chapter One: Weird Worlds' #53 - 'The Secret History Of Monument Point Chapter Three: Strange Adventures' #54 - 'The Secret History of Monument Point Chapter Four: Crisis' Last Days of the Justice Society Special (1986)
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#144 - 'Days of Fire and Madness' #145 - 'Too Many Villains!' Secret Origins (1986)
#24 - 'Starring Dr. Fate & Blue Devil' Shadowpact (2006)
TPB vol. 01 - 'Shadowpact: The Pentacle Plot' #1 - 'Death in a Small Town' #2 - 'Pentacle' #3 - 'The (Short) Year of Living Dangerously' #4 - 'Blue Devil: A Night in the Life' #5 - 'One Year Later' #6 - 'The Wild Hunt' #7 - 'The Laws of Battle' #8 - 'Ragtime' #9 - 'Three Laws Safe, Part One of the Demon Triptych' #10 - 'Cursed, Part Two of the Demon Triptych' #11 - 'The Lucifer Trident, Part Three of the Demon Tryptich' #12 - 'Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword' #13 - 'Bad Tidings & Evil Deeds' #14 - 'The Redemption Contract, Part One: Quitter!' #15 - 'The Nights Chicago Died, Part Two of the Redemption Contract' #16 - 'Down in the Zero: Part Three of the Redemption Contract' #17 - 'Darkness and Light Part 1: Proteges' #18 - 'Darkness and Light Part 2: Separations' #20 - 'Unexpected Allies Part 1 of Black and White' #23 - 'The Burning Age Part 1' #24 - 'The Burning Age Part Two of Three' #25 - 'The Burning Age Part 3 of 3' Showcase '93 (1993)
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#38 - '...La Fraternite De Justice Et Libere!' Superboy & The Ravers (1996)
#8 - 'Road Trip, Second Stop: The Romance of the Road' Superman: War of the Supermen (2010)
#3 - 'The Battle for Earth' Superman/Batman (2003)
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The Helmet of Fate: Detective Chimp (2007)
#1 - 'The Case of the Massively Magical Monkey Mage' The Phantom Stranger (1969)
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#11 - 'There's Magic in the Air' #12 - 'Verdict' Underworld Unleashed (1995)
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War of the Gods (1991)
#4 - 'In The Beginning... There Was The End' Who's Who in the DC Universe (1990)
#9 - 'Black Canary To Vixen' Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe (1985)
#3 - 'Black Lightning to Byth' Group Affiliation(s): Justice League America (DC) Justice League Europe (DC) Justice Society of America (DC) Sentinels of Magic Shadowpact (2008) Famous Quotes: - Add a Famous Quote None.
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