More Blue Devil. . .and the coming of Shockwave!

If Amazo was a C-lister, than Shockwave is a Z-lister.  He first appeared in Blue Devil #2 (1984; I must have really liked the lovable loser characters back in the day).  At the time I was a big, big fan of the artist Paris Cullins (who launched both Blue Devil in 1984 and Blue Beetle in 1986).  I bought any book he was on and his art probably explains why all the Blue Devil love (did not know, but at that time he had recently graduated the DC comics "internship" program).

So, I found the other Blue Devil pages I mentioned previously. I must have been 17 or 18 when I drew the pages below.  There is noticable improvement in them compared to the page I did when I was 14 (for starters, there is an actual attempt to add background).  I do not know why I never finished inking, probably because I had no confidence in my ability to ink the buildings.  I am not sure if I will go back and trace/ink these three pages but T really liked "the robot" so I made her a "pin-up" of Shockwave.  We'll see if I ever finish these pages. It was fun to find these.   

Hey look, there is actual background!  Click to embiggen.

Blue Devil ain't doing so hot on this page, he better pick up his game.

There goes our hero!  He rallies back, but how does it end?!?

Blue Devil vs Amazo

Recently, I found some old artwork that I did in junior high and high school.  Among this treasure trove was some comic book pages that I did when I was about 14.  I think this penciled page was part of a submission package that I was going to send into DC comics and never did.  The page is a fight between Blue Devil and Amazo (an android who has the combined powers of the Justice League). Neither are particularly famous characters, but back in the day I thought they were cool.

Now that I own a nice portable light box, I decided to trace the original pencils and ink the pages.  Below is the my inks over my pencils.  Pretty cool.

Here is a scan of the original pencils.  Back in the day, I would fill notebooks full of super hero drawings and sketches.  Not bad for a 14 year old!

And here is the tracing from the light box.  I kept the tracing very loose.  It is a bit hard to see.