Kid Devil
Kid Devil is a male comic superhero who features in DC Comics.
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Biography
Pre-Crisis
Edward Alan "Eddie" Bloomberg
Edward Bloomberg snuck into Daniel Cassidy’s private workshop at night, using his prodigious, self-taught knowledge of high-end electronics to systematically analyze the internal designs of the Blue Devil battlesuit. Driven by an intense obsession to become Blue Devil's official superhero sidekick, he constructed a customized, miniature replica of the armored battlesuit tailored to his own adolescent frame. Although Daniel Cassidy explicitly rejected his proposal to form a crime-fighting partnership, Edward Bloomberg stubbornly adopted the moniker of Kid Devil and deployed himself into active duty. He successfully initiated his heroic career by actively assisting Blue Devil in tracking down, confronting, and completely neutralizing a hostile cell of dangerous airplane hijackers. (Blue Devil v1 #14) He monitored the local Hollywood scene as Jock Verner officially commissioned Van Vanucci to operate publicly as a corporate-sponsored superhero named the Vanquisher. When a massive mechanical King Kong attraction severely malfunctioned at the Verner Bros studio lot, endangering a crowd of tourists trapped on a runaway amusement ride, Kid Devil deployed alongside Blue Devil to contain the hazard. While working in tandem with the Vanquisher to dismantle the rampaging robot and rescue the civilians, the situation deteriorated rapidly when the Vanquisher suffered a sudden mental break. Kid Devil watched helplessly as the unhinged corporate hero turned hostile and forcefully kidnapped his aunt, Marla Bloom, fleeing the studio perimeters with her held captive. (Blue Devil v1 #15)
Kid Devil scrambled to assist Blue Devil as they tracked the demented Vanquisher to rescue Aunt Marla from his custody. Re-engaging the heavily armed rogue operative in a chaotic skirmish, Kid Devil attempted to utilize his battlesuit's capabilities to outmaneuver the threat and protect his aunt from crossfire. However, his aggressive intervention unexpectedly complicated Blue Devil's calculated containment strategy, leading to a prolonged tactical struggle against the unstable adversary. Despite the operational setbacks and escalating environmental damage during the fight, Kid Devil's persistent presence helped keep the Vanquisher distracted long enough for the heroes to safely secure Marla Bloom and bring the volatile villain under physical control. (Blue Devil v1 #16) Bloomberg remained in Hollywood alongside Marla Bloom, Sharon Scott, and Norm Paxton while unusual atmospheric anomalies began manifesting across California due to an ongoing multiversal crisis. He watched as a S.T.A.R. Labs weather-seeding experiment inadvertently went awry, causing a wave of living, water-devouring microbial organisms to rain down and threaten the region. While Blue Devil moved to contain the living rain and simultaneously fend off a beach-party robbery orchestrated by the supervillain known as the Fisherman, Edward Bloomberg assisted the local studio crew in maintaining order on the ground until Green Lantern John Stewart arrived to transport Blue Devil to the Justice League satellite. (Blue Devil v1 #17)
Post-Crisis
Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
Working with a studio, Eddie began to slack off during work causing him to be fired from another job. It was then that the ground tore open and a horde of demons emerged from the hell in Los Angeles where they flew into the sky. (Teen Titans v3 #30)
Eddie spent the last of his inheritance from Aunt Marla for a one-way ticket to Metropolis in order to enlist for Lex Luthor's Everyman Project. However, once he was there, he was screened and rejected from the program for psychological reasons. With no money, he had to sleep on the streets where one night he had to stay behind a church when he was met by a mysterious man giving him a box containing a black candle. Unaware of its nature, he decided o seek out Zachary Zatara for information who revealed it was a demon stick that would transport the bearer to its creator. Eddie decided to light it where he along with Zatara were transported into the demonic underworld before Neron. He offered to give Eddie power but this was based on his trust on Blue Devil that if ever broken by his 20th birthday would mean that Bloomberg would end up in Hell as Neron's protégé. (Teen Titans v3 #42)
He then followed Witchfire as she was opening a portal to the Oblivion Bar in order to get to the mystical gathering place and ask for information on Blue Devil. Eddie though was not allowed at the place and instead removed but the patrons decided to tell him to seek out Sebastian Faust. (Teen Titans v3 #42)
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 was not 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. (Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime v1 #1)
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. (Teen Titans v3 #70)
Post-Flashpoint
Following the Flashpoint, a new version of reality was created with a different history of events.
He eventually had a falling out with Blue Devil for unknown reasons and started working for Baron Winters. However, he failed to help Winters when he was sent to save a magician's life and as a result was kicked out. This continual failure led him to go to the Sanctuary, where he was killed by a mysterious force that affected the Flash when the latter briefly lost control of his powers. Despite their falling out, Blue Devil mourned him and was present for his funeral service. (Heroes in Crisis v1 #5)
Overview
Personality and attributes
In appearance, Edward Bloomberg was a young human male. He possessed a relatively short and lightweight adolescent physical build, featuring short black hair and bright blue eyes. His baseline civilian clothing was completely replaced during operations by his custom-made, form-fitting Kid Devil battlesuit, which heavily replicated the stylized aesthetic of Daniel Cassidy's uniform. The specialized machinery featured a bright primary color layout with integrated external armor plating, complemented by a structural cowl mask that featured distinct, protruding devil horns over his brow to obscure his human facial features. (Blue Devil v1 #14)
He had said that he had only trusted two people his entire life. Blue Devil was his best friend and someone he came to rely on after the death of his Aunt Marla. (Teen Titans v3 #42) In fact, he said that he always did what Blue Devil had said of him. (Teen Titans v3 #37)
Early in his career, he became pen pals with Jason Todd back when he had also started as Robin. (Blue Devil v1 #19)
When he was a kid, he had been a fan of Witchfire and had one of her albums. (Teen Titans v3 #42)
Powers and abilities
Edward Bloomberg was born a regular member of the human race, possessing no latent metahuman genes or natural magical attributes at the time of his operational debut. On a basic feats level, his raw physical strength and durability were entirely typical of a normal, non-enhanced adolescent male. He derived his entire suite of superhero capabilities from the mechanical advancements built into his custom-engineered battlesuit, which structurally amplified his baseline physical strength by a factor of ten. The specialized exoskeleton heavily boosted his natural agility, enhanced his running stamina, and allowed him to leap immense horizontal and vertical distances. Furthermore, Edward Bloomberg engineered a high-tech, jet-propelled trident weapon that served as his primary offensive armament, allowing him to project localized electrical shocks and stream high-temperature flames directly at targets while providing mechanical propulsion to guide his mid-air travel. (Blue Devil v1 #14)
While Kid Devil wore his super-suit, his strength was increased by a factor of ten. The suit enabled Kid Devil to leap great distances. It also increased his agility and endurance. In addition to the suit, Gopher fashioned a number of gadgets - including a bright-light burst, exploding bubbles, and night vision goggles. But his most effective weapon was his devil trident - which emitted an electroshock or flames, and contained a jet propulsion to aid Kid Devil's air travel.
He was later given true powers by the demon Neron who bathed him in fire and gave him the powers of the underworld. This transformed him into a genuine demon where his skin was noted for being hot and he could spit out flames. (Teen Titans v3 #42) It was noted that his biology had become bizarre by this point with his blood smelling like gasoline. (Teen Titans v3 #35) Bloomberg was said to not be a mystical being but that his body had been transformed using meta-human gene manipulation. (Teen Titans v3 #36)
It was said that he had a remarkable healing factor that was 10 tens faster than normal. (Teen Titans v3 #36)
Thus, he was able to project waves of hellfire out of his mouth. (Raven: Daughter of Darkness v1 #8)
He uses his infernal flame to tear a hole in the fabric of reality, allowing himself and others to travel across great distances instantly. (Raven: Daughter of Darkness v1 #8)
Notes
- Edward Bloomberg was created by Alan Kupperberg, Dan Mishkin and Gary Cohn where he first appeared in Fury of Firestorm v1 #24 (June, 1984) whilst he debutted as Kid Devil in Blue Devil v1 #14 (July, 1985).
Alternate Versions
- In Teen Titans v3 #50 (2007), an alternate version of Eddie Bloomberg appeared in the future setting of Titan's Tomorrow where this version had lost his soul at 20 and eventually took the name Red Devil. Ed Bloomberg traveled into the past with the other Titans, where he attacked Martian Manhunter and met his younger self. Red Devil tried to convince Eddie to let Ravager be killed, and that being Neron's protege wouldn't be that bad, but Eddie refused and defended Ravager. Red Devil later attacked Blue Beetle, whom he had killed in his own timeline. He was stopped from hurting Blue Beetle the first time by becoming possessed by a Starro clone, and the second time when he and the other Titans of Tomorrow faded away when the timeline was changed. Ed tried to warn Eddie not to trust Blue Beetle before vanishing. In the new timeline, Ed wasn't violent nor a fascist, but a superhero.
- In Flashpoint: Deadman and the Flying Graysons v1 #3 (2011), an alternate version of Eddie Bloomberg appeared in the future setting of the Flashpoint reality that was a timeline within the Multiverse. He was shown to be one of the Resistance fighters that used his superpowers to try to keep the Amazon/Atlantean war out of Europe.
Appearances
- Fury of Firestorm v1: (1984)
- Blue Devil v1: (1985)
- Young Justice v1:
- Teen Titans v3:
- DC Universe Presents:
- Heroes in Crisis v1: (2019)
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