BLUE DEVIL No. 7

SYNOPSIS

The Trickster, on the run from a vicious hitman named Bolt, turns to his old special effects master buddy, Dan Cassidy, for a little assistance. Unfortunately, to do so he has to interrupt a date between the Blue Devil and Sharon. Bad news. But BD decides to help the poor guy anyway, at the expense of his new suit.

COMMENTS

Calling the Trickster Dan's old buddy is a bit of a stretch. The Trickster's first appearance within the pages of BLUE DEVIL was actually in the insert preview found in FURY OF FIRESTORM No. 24, and though there was mutual acknowledgment of each other's work, they were hardly on very friendly terms. This friendship was not helped by the fact that Trickster was attempting to steal the Blue Devil costume at all costs, and had kidnapped Wayne in order to do it.

Interestingly, the Trickster's attempt to go straight is one mainstream DC change made by BLUE DEVIL that, to my knowledge, actually seemed to stick afterwards. When I last saw James Jesse (this was a couple of years ago in an issue of FLASH), he had actually managed to go so straight that he was some sort of government agent. While that might not be as natural as a transition to dual careers as a lecturer in Hyper-Normal Conflict Studies and special effects, it isn't, I suppose, entirely without its own sort of logic. By the way, somewhat random comment, but Mark Hamill played Trickster in the short-lived "Flash" television series, which had its moments. He would later slightly modify this performance for his role as the voice of the Joker on "Batman: The Animated Series". You can probably imagine that his portrayal in the tv series was vastly different from James Jesse's portrayal in this book.

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