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Jeff’s gonna be excited seeing the book we’ve chosen today. What he doesn’t know is we’re not here for Firestorm, but the debut of Blue Devil.

DC Comics chose to unveil their new creation in Firestorm with a special insert in June 1984. Blue Devil would go on to star in his own book in the cover-dated June 1984 Blue Devil issue one. The series lasted a total of 32 issues before cancellation.

Blue Devil began as Dan Cassidy, a Hollywood stuntman and practical effects artist. Cassidy designed and built the Devil costume, complete with exoskeleton, for a Blue Devil movie.

Cassidy became the victim of real demon Nebiros when the costume was permanently bonded to his skin. The amalgam of technology and sorcery caused an effect known as the weirdness magnet.

He would later become a real demon after making a pact with Neron.

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Enough about or master of ceremonies.

We have chosen Blue Devil to serve over National Dress in Blue Day simply because of the name and visage.

National Dress in Blue Day is designed to enlighten people about the causes of colon cancer through the practice of wearing blue.

The blue star worn to mourn those lost to colon cancer is like the pink ribbon representing those lost to breast cancer. A continued blue motif in dress brings further awareness for the need to understand the causes and learn how to prevent the disease.

National Dress in Blue Day was inaugurated in 2006 by stage-four colon cancer survivor Anita Mitchell. She had already lost her father and friend to the disease. The Colon Cancer Alliance adopted her grass roots campaign in 2009 allowing the notion to become nationwide.

Raised awareness in colorectal cancer may account for a decrease in deaths of persons between the ages of 55 and 84 since 1999. However, deaths have increased in persons aged 45 to 54 during the same time frame.

Beyond skin cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women. It is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States.