WordNet
n. a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: blueweed, blue thistle, viper's bugloss, Echium vulgare]
the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic [syn: amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, Amytal]
Wikipedia
Blue Devil (Dan Cassidy) is a fictional character, a superhero featured in material published by DC Comics. He first appeared in a special insert published in Fury of Firestorm #24 (June 1984). That story led directly into Blue Devil #1, also cover dated June 1984. He was created by Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn, and Paris Cullins. The Blue Devil comic book ran for 32 issues with Blue Devil later appearing as a regular character in Shadowpact that ran for 25 issues.
Dan Cassidy was working as a Stuntman and special effects specialist in Hollywood when he created the Blue Devil full body suit, complete with a built in exoskeleton, specifically designed for the Blue Devil movie being produced by Verner Brothers Studios.
During filming on île du Diable, the demon Nebiros was accidentally unleashed from within an ancient temple and, thinking Cassidy was an actual demon, tried to drain his demonic powers with blasts of magic. Instead, the blasts permanently bonded the suit to Cassidy. This unnatural fusion of magic and technology caused Cassidy to be experience unusual events and draw the attention of otherworldly beings, a condition known in occult circles as a "weirdness magnet".
Horrified at the prospect of being stuck in the suit forever, Cassidy sought out ways to separate himself from it, becoming a reluctant super hero along the way.
Cassidy was eventually transformed into an actual demon after making a deal with the demon Neron. Regretting the deal, Blue Devil decided to fight occult evil, often alongside the other members of Shadowpact.
Cassidy's original trident was a mechanical device that he designed himself but, after being turned into an actual demon, he acquired the magical "Trident of Lucifer" to help combat demons. Blue Devil appeared in episodes of the Justice League Unlimited cartoon as well as a brief appearance in the Young Justice show.
Blue Devil may refer to:
- Blue Devil, comic character
- Blue Devil (blimp), American intelligence-gathering blimp under development in 2011
- Blue Devil (bombsight)
- The Little Blue Devil, a 1919 play by Harold Atteridge and Harry Carroll
Blue devil may also refer to the following plants or animals:
- Paraplesiops, a genus of fishes, commonly called "blue devil"
- Echium vulgare, a European plant naturalized in North America and commonly known as "blue devil"
- Eryngium ovinum, an Australian plant commonly known as "blue devil"
- Eryngium pinnatifidum, another plant from Western Australia, also known as "blue devil"
Usage examples of "blue devil".
With the deflated pigskin skewered on his pitchfork, he ran straight through the oncoming Tarheels, blasted his way through the Blue Devils, charged alone up the field into the Blue Devil end zone, and did a victory dance that involved gestures someone managed to cover with strategically placed boxes.