{"id":3539,"date":"2010-06-02T06:45:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T10:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3539"},"modified":"2010-10-25T15:59:27","modified_gmt":"2010-10-25T19:59:27","slug":"original-blue-devil-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/06\/02\/original-blue-devil-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Original DC Comics Blue Devil proposal circa 1983"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Heads up <em>Blue Devil<\/em> fans, today we&#8217;ve got some incredibly rare never-before-published pieces of <em>Blue Devil <\/em>history.\u00a0 <a title=\"Gary Cohn at Comic Book Database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookdb.com\/creator.php?ID=957\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Gary Cohn<\/a>,  co-creator and co-writer of DC\u2019s <em>Blue Devil<\/em>, was kind enough to send copies of the original pitches used to sell the idea of <em>Blue Devil<\/em> to DC Comics.\u00a0 For the first time ever, these proposals are being made available here for fans to read! All the artwork displayed in this post comes from these proposals.\u00a0 To my knowledge, some of these drawings have never been  seen by the general public before now. Over the past year Gary has been amazingly generous to fans of <em>Blue Devil<\/em> and the readers of ONCE  UPON A GEEK!\u00a0 Our most sincere thanks to Gary!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal02.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" width=\"520\" height=\"747\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">OTHER BLUE DEVIL RESOURCES<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;re a <em>Blue Devil<\/em> fan and this is your first time here,   also be sure to check out:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"original sketched  thumbnails for Blue Devil #1\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/08\/06\/blue-devil-1-original-thumbnails-from-creator\/\" target=\"_blank\">the   original sketched thumbnails by Gary Cohn for <em>Blue Devil<\/em> #1<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"100-minute interview with Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/2009\/06\/05\/exclusive-interview-with-creators-of-blue-devil-amethyst-dan-mishkin-gary-cohn\/\" target=\"_blank\">a   100-minute audio interview with Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin, co-creators and   co-writers of DC&#8217;s <em>Blue Devil<\/em><\/a><em>;<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Blue Devil posts on ONCE UPON A GEEK\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/category\/blue-devil\/\" target=\"_blank\">and numerous   other posts featuring Blue Devil here at ONCE UPON A GEEK<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally,  Dan and Gary did a fantastic interview about Blue  Devil for <em>Back   Issue <\/em>magazine a few years ago.  In that  interview they discussed   things such as: how they came together as a  writing team; what inspired   them to create Blue Devil; their original  plan for Steve Ditko to  draw <em>Blue Devil<\/em>; and what was it like  working with artist  Paris  Cullins.\u00a0 <a title=\"Back Issue #21 Digital   Download\" href=\"http:\/\/twomorrows.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=98_54&amp;products_id=415\" target=\"_blank\">Issue   #21 of <em>Back  Issue<\/em> is available as a digital download from   TwoMorrows  Publishing!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal11.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" width=\"520\" height=\"775\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal08.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" width=\"520\" height=\"633\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal05.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" width=\"520\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal03.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" width=\"520\" height=\"728\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>THE FIRST PROPOSAL<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The link below represents the very first proposal by Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin for a 13-page <em>Blue Devil<\/em> story.\u00a0 This was put together with artist Steve Ditko in mind.\u00a0 There are some notable differences between this original proposal and the final published comic, for example instead of Marla Bloom there is Dave Kaufman.\u00a0 Also worth noting is that Dan doesn&#8217;t get trapped in the suit in the typewritten plot, but some handwritten notes provide that major plot point.\u00a0 The illustration beneath the link is Gary Cohn&#8217;s attempt to portray Blue Devil as he imagined him.\u00a0 It&#8217;s quite possible this is the first drawing of the character.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"First Blue Devil proposal by Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/bluedevil_firstproposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>First Blue Devil proposal by Gary Cohn and Dan Mishkin<\/strong><\/a> (264 KB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal - art by co-writer Gary Cohn\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal01.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal - art by co-writer Gary Cohn\" width=\"520\" height=\"826\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>THE COMPLETE SERIES PROPOSAL<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This next link below represents the complete series proposal.\u00a0 According to Gary, this proposal was used by legend Dick Giordano for years as a model of &#8220;how to do it&#8221;.\u00a0 When someone would ask Dick what a series proposal should be like, he&#8217;d show them his copy of this one. By the time this proposal was assembled, they had secured the amazingly talented <a title=\"Paris Cullins on Comic Book Database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookdb.com\/creator.php?ID=467\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Paris Cullins<\/a> as  their artist.\u00a0 Paris was around 19 years old and already a fantastic  artist.\u00a0 His work was exceptionally polished with a strong sense of  design.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please note one page of the proposal has been lost over the years and one page has repeated content.\u00a0 When reading this proposal, I was surprised how close this early plan was to the final published product.\u00a0 Probably the most notable changes were to the characters Marathon (Vanquisher in the published work) and Deathbolt (Bolt in the published work).\u00a0\u00a0 In this proposal, they are alter-egos of the same person.\u00a0 In the published work they are two distinct characters.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Complete Blue Devil series proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/bluedevil_finalproposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Complete Blue Devil series proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins<\/strong><\/a> (2.15MB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins - Supporting Cast\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal10.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins - Supporting Cast\" width=\"520\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal07.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins - The Furies\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal07.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins - The Furies\" width=\"520\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal04.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins\" width=\"520\" height=\"357\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins - Etrigan the Demon\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal09.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins - Etrigan the Demon\" width=\"520\" height=\"644\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>SAMPLE SCRIPT PAGE<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This final link below represents a single dot-matrix page of dialogue from <em>Blue Devil<\/em> #4.\u00a0 Gary included this to show how they wrote scripts back then.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><a title=\"Script page from Blue Devil #4\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/bluedevil_script.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Script page from <em>Blue Devil<\/em> #4<\/strong><\/a> (34KB)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins - Nebiros\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_proposal06.jpg\" alt=\"DC Comics' Blue Devil Proposal by Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin, and Paris Cullins - Nebiros\" width=\"520\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>THE CREATORS<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Dan Mishkin at the Comic Book Database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookdb.com\/creator.php?ID=956\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Dan   Mishkin<\/a> &amp; <a title=\"Gary Cohn at the Comic Book Database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookdb.com\/creator.php?ID=957\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Gary   Cohn<\/a> both  have been professional writers for nearly 30 years.\u00a0   Their writing  credits go on for miles, whether writing as a team or   independently.\u00a0  They are probably best known together for creating <em>Blue   Devil<\/em> and <em>Amethyst Princess of Gemworld<\/em>, but they have also   written a  great deal on their own.\u00a0 Just to name a few items\u2026 Dan  wrote  the <em>Wonder  Woman<\/em> comic from 1982 through 1985, and more   recently published a  children\u2019s book entitled <a title=\"The Forest   King: Woodlark's Shadow at  Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Forest-King-Woodlarks-Shadow\/dp\/0974280356\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The  Forest King: Woodlark\u2019s Shadow<\/em><\/a>;\u00a0 Gary   wrote <a title=\"Shi from  Crusade Comics\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crusadefinearts.com\/comics\/shihome.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\"><em>Shi <\/em>for  Crusade Comics<\/a> and the <em>Masters of   the Universe<\/em> action figure  mini-comics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Paris Cullins on Comic Book Database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookdb.com\/creator.php?ID=467\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Paris Cullins <\/a>was an active comic artist from 1980-1996.\u00a0 In the early 1980s he drew books such as: <em>House of Mystery<\/em>, <em>Ghosts<\/em>, <em>The Unexpected<\/em>, <em>Weird War Tales<\/em>, <em>Richie Rich<\/em>, and <em>Hot Stuff<\/em>.<em> Blue Devil<\/em> was Paris&#8217; first full-length comic and proved to be his break-out work.\u00a0 Soon after launching <em>Blue Devil<\/em>, Paris was working on numerous <em>Who&#8217;s Who<\/em> entries and covers, as well as launching the Ted Kord <em>Blue Beetle<\/em> series.\u00a0 Paris went on to work for other comic companies, including Marvel Comics, Acclaim Comics, Massive Comics Group, Penthouse International (Penthouse Comix), and Crusade Comics.<\/p>\n<h3>CONCLUSION<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along  with copies of the proposals, Gary sent me a very heartfelt letter  about how the passing of Dick Giordano prompted him to send this  material.\u00a0 He stated that Dick was a friend, a great editor, and that <em>Blue  Devil <\/em>probably wouldn&#8217;t have become a series without his  patronage.\u00a0 Making these proposals available to the fans is a bit of a  tribute to Dick Giordano from Gary.<\/p>\n<p 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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":3539,"position":1},"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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There were a couple images\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blue Devil&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"Blue Devil advertisement","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/blue_devil_ad.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":3539,"position":4},"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! 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