Blue Devil #17 [Direct]

(October 1985)

Nathaniel Dusk Private Investigator Is Back! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Nathaniel Dusk / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Fish out of Water (Table of Contents: 2)

Blue Devil / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Cohn (credited); Dan Mishkin (credited)

Pencils

Alan Kupperberg (credited)

Inks

Mark Farmer (credited)

Colors

Michele Wolfman (credited)

Letters

Bob Lappan (credited) (signed as bob lappan)

Job Number

G-2089

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure, I understand, doc!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Gopher Bloomberg; Blue Devil [Daniel Cassidy]; John Stewart (last panel cameo); Marla Bloom; Norm Paxton; Sharon Scott; Wayne Tarrant; Dr. Jenette Klyburn; The Fisherman; Pollack; Calamara; Whiting; Monk; Lloyd Gutterman; Blackjack McCullough; Tanya; Milo; Mr. Feldheimer

Synopsis

S.T.A.R. Labs wants Blue Devil to help them seed some storm clouds and the unintended results create little water monsters everywhere, a situation made worse when The Fisherman and his henchmen rob a beach party at the same time.

Reprints

• in Crisis on Infinite Earths Companion Deluxe Edition (DC, 2018 series) #3 ([December] 2019)

Keywords

Crisis on Infinite Earths; rain

Indexer Notes

Blue Devil continues into Crisis on Infinite Earths #8.

Newtons Fruit Chewy Mix-Up! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Nabisco cookies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Write Right Now! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

A New Town, a New Member, a New Beginning! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

The Outsiders / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

How Most Mouths Feel about Twizzlers (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Twizzlers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The World's Greatest Super Powers at Your Command! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Warner Home Video / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Take the DC Challenge! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

DC Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Speak of the Devil / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Alan Gold (credited as Alan)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

L-2075

Indexer Notes

Letters from John Henry Bain, Don Schick, Tony Hartgrove, Tom Tobacco, T.M. Maple, Z.E. Smith and Frank Krulicki. Includes one-line responses to a couple dozen unpublished letters.

Earn Famous Name Prizes or Cash (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Meanwhile... / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Get in on the Action with Power Action! (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Super Powers Collection / advertisement / 1 page (report information)