{"id":1159,"date":"2009-06-08T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1159"},"modified":"2010-05-30T20:26:43","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T00:26:43","slug":"blue-devil-week-addendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/08\/blue-devil-week-addendum\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Devil Week Addendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks once again to everyone that stopped by during <a title=\"Blue Devil Week\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/tag\/blue-devil-week\/\">BLUE DEVIL WEEK<\/a> here at Once Upon a Geek. Based upon feedback I&#8217;ve received, quite a few people have enjoyed the <a title=\"Dan Mishkin\/Gary Cohn interview\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/06\/05\/exclusive-interview-with-creators-of-blue-devil-amethyst-dan-mishkin-gary-cohn\/\">Dan Mishkin &amp; Gary Cohn interview<\/a>.\u00a0 I&#8217;m thrilled to hear that!\u00a0 Keep your comments coming!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were a couple images I&#8217;ve presented previously that I couldn&#8217;t resist including again.\u00a0 First up is an advertisement for <em>Blue Devil<\/em> #1 that ran in DC comics in the month of June 1984.\u00a0 I simply love this shot!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Blue Devil advertisement\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_ad.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Devil advertisement\" width=\"510\" height=\"774\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next up is an advertisement from 1986 promoting the <em>Blue Devil<\/em>\/<em>Firestorm<\/em> crossover.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Firestorm\/Blue Devil crossover advertisement\" src=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/images\/ad-1986-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I ran the scan above of this ad a few months back.\u00a0 Well&#8230; I was amazed when Frank over at <a title=\"Blue Devil\/Firestorm ad at ...nurgh...\" href=\"http:\/\/nurgh.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/1986-dc-comics-blue-devilfirestorm.html\">&#8230;nurgh&#8230;<\/a> ran the same image last week, but with a much better resolution.\u00a0 <a title=\"Blue Devil\/Firestorm ad at ...nurgh...\" href=\"http:\/\/nurgh.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/1986-dc-comics-blue-devilfirestorm.html\">Click here<\/a> to see the amazingly clear copy of this advertisement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks again to all the visitors to BLUE DEVIL WEEK!\u00a0 With <a title=\"Flash Week\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/tag\/flash-week\/\">FLASH WEEK<\/a>, <a title=\"Aquaman Week\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/tag\/aquaman-week\/\">AQUAMAN WEEK<\/a>, <a title=\"Firestorm Fan\" href=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/\">FIRESTORM FAN<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/tag\/blue-devil-week\/\">BLUE DEVIL WEEK<\/a> all behind me, I&#8217;m only got one left to cover of my top five favorite superheroes &#8211; Doctor Fate.\u00a0 It will probably be a while, but I&#8221;ll get around to it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1159\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/08\/blue-devil-week-addendum\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1159\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/08\/blue-devil-week-addendum\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/08\/blue-devil-week-addendum\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/08\/blue-devil-week-addendum\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-1159\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/08\/blue-devil-week-addendum\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks once again to everyone that stopped by during BLUE DEVIL WEEK here at Once Upon a Geek. 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Today we've got a very special treat - the first creator interview from ONCE UPON A GEEK!\u00a0 Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn, creators of the DC comic book characters Blue Devil and Amethyst Princess of Gemworld, were kind enough to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_ww85.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1117,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/04\/favorite-blue-devil-covers\/","url_meta":{"origin":1159,"position":2},"title":"Favorite Blue Devil Covers","date":"June 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"BLUE DEVIL WEEK continues here at Once Upon a Geek! Today we'll be spotlighting\u00a0some of my favorite comic book covers related to Blue Devil. Also, be sure to come back tomorrow for a 90-minute audio interview with the creators of Blue Devil and Amethyst, Dan Mishkin & Gary Cohn! As\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_01.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1055,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/01\/blue-devil-week-sympathy-for-the-devil\/","url_meta":{"origin":1159,"position":3},"title":"Blue Devil Week: Sympathy for the Devil","date":"June 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s BLUE DEVIL WEEK here at Once Upon a Geek! In the grand tradition of FLASH WEEK and AQUAMAN WEEK, we'll be exploring another of my top five favorite superheroes this week.\u00a0 And to finish it off on Friday we'll feature an exclusive ONCE UPON A GEEK interview with the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_ww85.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1516,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/08\/06\/blue-devil-1-original-thumbnails-from-creator\/","url_meta":{"origin":1159,"position":4},"title":"Blue Devil #1 Original Thumbnails from Creator","date":"August 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"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.\u00a0 Gary Cohn, co-creator and co-writer of DC's Blue Devil, recently unearthed his original sketched thumbnails for Blue Devil #1 (June 1984).\u00a0 These were thumbnails he drew\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;art&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_thumbnails_01s.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1076,"url":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/02\/blue-devil-the-best-of-the-best\/","url_meta":{"origin":1159,"position":5},"title":"Blue Devil: The Best of the Best","date":"June 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"BLUE DEVIL WEEK continues here at Once Upon a Geek! 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Great Stories The earliest Blue Devil\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_preview.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1159"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1168,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1159\/revisions\/1168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}