Sun Devils (comics)

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Sun Devils

Cover of Sun Devils #10 (April, 1985). Art by Dan Jurgens and Steve Mitchell.

Publisher	DC Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing
Publication dates	July 1984 - June 1985
Number of issues	12
Main character(s)	The Sun Devils

Creative team
Writer(s)	Gerry Conway Dan Jurgens
Penciller(s)	Dan Jurgens
Colourist(s)	Tom Ziuko
Creator(s)	Gerry Conway Dan Jurgens.

Sun Devils is the title of a science fiction "space opera" comic book series published by DC Comics for 12 issues between July 1984 and June 1985. Writer Gerry Conway and artist Dan Jurgens created the series.

Printed in DC's deluxe paper "baxter format" and priced at the then high price of $1.25 the series followed a group of cosmic adventurers led by Rik Sunn, the series' main protagonist.

Originally set in its own unique world, Dan Jurgens later incorporated the characters into the DC Universe in a story called "The Last Sun Devil" which featured an aged Rik Sunn and his grand daughter teaming up with Superman (Superman #86; February, 1994).

The series featured some of Jurgens' earliest pencilling work and his first work as a writer/ artist. He began to script Conway's plots with #8 and fully took over the writing duties on the title with #10. Conway was originally both the writer and editor of the title; he remained the series' editor until its cancellation.