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By day, The Irredeemable Shag plays the part of a wealthy industrialist, playboy, and philanthropist. By night, he is a frightening creature that strikes terror into the hearts of criminals!
... or ...
maybe The Irredeemable Shag managed a comic book store for four years, and a movie theater megaplex for three years. Nowadays he's just a really vocal geek on THE UNIQUE GEEK, a semi-regular on the VIEWS FROM THE LONGBOX podcast, and runs the ONCE UPON A GEEK and FIRESTORM FAN blogs.
You decide...Blue Devil is coming to the Justice Society! Hot dog! Apparently new writer Marc Guggenheim is interested in expanding the team roster. According to this article on Comic Book Resources, it appears everybody’s favorite “weirdness magnet” is set to the join the team in just a couple weeks with Justice Society of America #46. Here […]
Blue Devil … on a Warner Bros. Consumer Products promotional poster? Seriously? Really? How friggin’ cool! The image below comes from License! Global which is gearing up for their big licensing show in Las Vegas next week. It was released along with some promo art for the upcoming Green Lantern film. Visit SuperHeroHype.com for further […]
Heads up Blue Devil fans, today we’ve got some incredibly rare never-before-published pieces of Blue Devil history. Gary Cohn, co-creator and co-writer of DC’s Blue Devil, was kind enough to send copies of the original pitches used to sell the idea of Blue Devil to DC Comics. For the first time ever, these proposals are […]
Mattel’s DC Universe Classics Blue Devil action figure has finally hit stores! A friend of mine was kind enough to help me obtain one since I’m lousy at finding new figures before the collectors snatch them up. I’m happy to report that this is a really nice looking Blue Devil figure! If you’re a long […]
Mattel’s DC Universe Classics line has a new Blue Devil action figure coming our way this spring! Check it out below. This figure is part of DC Universe Classics wave 13 and will be available this spring or summer at Wal-Mart. If you’re a long time reader of ONCE UPON A GEEK, then you know […]
*** UPDATED WITH MORE LINKS *** CELEBRATING DOCTOR FATE (AND NEARLY BLUE DEVIL) IN THE SUPER POWERS COLLECTION! Fourteen different blogs have combined forces today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kenner’s Super Powers Collection! While we’ll be looking at Doctor Fate here (as well as the proposed Blue Devil figures), every other blog in […]
I got my Blue Devil DC Direct action figure a couple weeks ago, but this is the first chance I’ve had to write about it. The figure looks great! Below you’ve got a picture of the Blue Devil packaging. This figure is part of the History of the DC Universe series of figures, all based […]
We’ve got an incredibly rare opportunity today to show a never-before-published Blue Devil piece, and witness behind-the-scenes in the development of a comic book. Gary Cohn, co-creator and co-writer of DC’s Blue Devil, recently unearthed his original sketched thumbnails for Blue Devil #1 (June 1984). These were thumbnails he drew himself as they plotted the […]
I had plans for today, but I’m still reeling from the amazing Father’s Day gift I received. Go back and look at yesterday’s post again. It’s still the awesome! So today will be nice and easy. Check out this really cool Kid Devil/Red Devil (from Teen Titans) original sketch by artist Scott Redding. He did […]
Thanks once again to everyone that stopped by during BLUE DEVIL WEEK here at Once Upon a Geek. Based upon feedback I’ve received, quite a few people have enjoyed the Dan Mishkin & Gary Cohn interview. I’m thrilled to hear that! Keep your comments coming! There were a couple images I’ve presented previously that I […]
