Kid Devil

KID DEVIL

Real Name: Edward Bloomberg

Class: Magically empowered human, formerly human technology-user

Occupation: Filmmaker’s assistant, student

Group Affiliation: Teen Titans

Known Relatives: Marla Bloom (aunt), Robert Bloomberg (father), Sylvia Bloomberg (mother)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Los Angeles, California

First Appearance: Blue Devil #14 (July, 1985)

Powers: Kid Devil’s costume increases his strength by a factor of ten, enhances his agility, and allows him to leap great distances. Nothing less than a high-powered rifle shell can penetrate his armor. Several weapons systems have been built into the suit, including a brightlight burst effect, exploding bubbles, night vision and mini-gills. His rocket trident can propel him through the air for distances up to several miles and can emit flames an electroshock.

History: Twelve-year-old Edward Bloomberg had the good fortune of being a gofer in his Aunt Maria’s film company. He met the Blue Devil on a film set, and became quite a fan of the hero, dreaming about one day becoming Devil’s sidekick. Edward snuck into Blue Devil’s workshop at night, and using his prodigious knowledge of electronics, created a battlesuit incorporating the designs of the Blue Devil suit. As Kid Devil he assisted his hero in foiling an airplane hijacking, and later helped defeat the Vanquisher. After these adventures his parents agreed to leave his education and supervision in the hands of a trio from the Institute of Hypernormal Conflict Studies. Kid Devil still goes on occasional adventures, and was briefly a pen pal of Robin III.

(Teen Titans III #30) - Eddie was reading the lastest issue of the comic book Captain Carrot when he was fired from his gopher job on a movie. He decided his talents were better used elsewhere, even though he didn't know what his talents were. Brother Blood unleashed an army of demons on Los Angeles, and Eddie and the film crew were caught up in the explosion caused when a doorway to hell opened.

(Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime #1) - An army of Earth’s heroes, including Kid Devil and the Teen Titans, appeared to take Superboy-Prime down during the Sinestro Corps invasion of Earth. The heroes focused on wrecking his armor, because after a year on Oa, and away from a yellow sun his Kryptonian body still wasn’t at full strength, and his armor collected sunlight. Superboy bragged that once the sun rose on Earth he’d be at full power. Superboy was battered by Wonder Girl and Wonder Woman, who blamed him for Superboy’s death, as well as Supergirl and Power Girl, who blamed him for the death of the Superman of Earth-2. As the fight went against him, Superboy broke down in tears. He tried to wipe them away, saying that it was impossible for boys to cry, and then whining that no one ever thanked him for sacrificing his Earth to save the multiverse. The battle lasted until dawn, and he flew into the sunrise. As he achieved full power he declared himself the one, true Superman. The Guardians arrived with Sodam Yat, the new Ion, and pitted him against Superboy-Prime.

(Titans II #1) - The Teen Titans were attacked by Trigon’s demons. Trigon was determined to destroy every last Titan, past and present

(Titans II #12) - Cyborg recovered from the injuries Jericho caused him, and the Titans contacted Red Devil and the Teen Titans, hoping to get clues about Jericho’s whereabouts, but they had no leads on either Jericho or his sister Ravager.

(Vigilante III #5) - Jericho called up the Teen Titans aboard their wing plane to tell them he was going to kill the Titans and use them to do it. They kept him on the phone to trace his call, and this allowed him to infect the wing ‘s computer system with a worm that gave him control over it. Jericho flew the wing to NYC and used it to attack the Titans.

(Teen Titans III #70) - The Titans and Teen Titans managed to disable the T-Wing and crash it into the East River without anyone getting injured. Ravager was stowed away on the T-Wing, and told the Titans she waned to help them stop her brother without him getting killed. She also argued with Wonder Girl when she saw Bombshell on the team. Ravager wanted to know why she caught hell for being a former traitor if they’d let other ex-villains on the team. Jericho possessed Raven and spirited away his sister. He told her he was trying to kill he Titans, but only because of the voices in his head. He asked for her help, and she turned him down. Jericho was disappointed in her, he thought she would always be on his side, and pointed out that she was working with heroes associated with Vigilante, who was trying to kill him. He returned her to the Titans and fled to Time Square. The Titans spotted Vigilante, who was following them, and subdued him, though Ravager wanted to keep beating him for trying to kill Jericho. Vigilante promised to not kill Jericho if they promised that Jericho’s killing days were over.

(Titans II #13) - Jericho entered the Hamilton Grande, prepared for a slaughter. He announced that he had rigged explosives throughout the restaurant, and every wealthy patron was his hostage. Using a cellphone video, he recorded himself shooting the hotel manager in the head, and promised to kill a patron every two minutes, unless the Titans arrived to stop him. The Titans confronted Jericho, and tried to reason with him, but he as having none of it, telling them he’d succeed in killing them here his father failed, finally allowing him to overshadow his dad. He’d strapped explosives to his hostages, and held the trigger, guaranteeing that the Titans would die trying to save them. He offered Ravager a chance to escape, but she wasn’t abandoning her teammates. They tussled, and Jericho set off the detonator, and escaped. Newscrews filmed what appeared to be the dead Titans.

(Vigilante III #6) - Raven had actually created the illusion of the Titans’ death, and Miss Martian disguised herself as Deathstroke to confront and confuse Jericho. The Titans reached out to Jericho, and Raven tried to enter his mind to heal him, but all she found was darkness. They defeated him, but Vigilante made his presence known, and drew his guns, saying Jericho would kill again if not stopped. Ravager reminded him of his promise, and he slipped away. He later ambushed Jericho’s police convoy, and cut out his eyes so he could never use his power again. The Titans realized too late what Vigilante was up to, and they found Jericho in the back of his transport, bleeding and babbling that he was cured.

Comments: Created by Alan Kupperberg, Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn