So while researching Dirk the Demon I was contemplating renaming him Dirk the Daemon, thinking that "daemon" was just an aesthetic old timey spelling of "demon". I discovered that demon and daemon while they have the same root are not actually the same thing. Daemon are from Greek mythology and are just "lesser spirits", beings who are more powerful than humans but not as powerful as gods. Unlike demons which are evil spirits daemons can be good, neutral, or evil. In fact they often were synonymous with "guardian angel". So a demon would be a daemon but not all daemon are demons.

So this little shit is definitely going to stay Dirk the Demon because if I reboot it I'm definitely going to be ramping up his asshole qualities.

Also there were indeed only two comics featuring Dirk the Demon even though the last one ends with the promise of more to come. I guess the comic about a gang of 24th century "archaeologists" running around stabbing space hobos for their gold just wasn't popular (I don't know why not). So it looks like it may be up to me to fulfill Bill Everett's promise of more treasure hunting, hobo stabbing, princess saving adventures.

Since there were only ever two Dirk the Demon comics published that made it very easy to become an expert on all things Dirk the Demon related. There's pretty much no back story other than him being the son of a space baron. This definitely makes him a good reboot candidate because I'm free to pretty much make up whatever I want for him.

In his second comic he has a short cape worn over a nehru collared blouse and shorts. It would be easier to draw but the off the shoulder blouse from the first comic feels more sassy to me so I'll probably use that costume if I do make the reboot. I'll probably use the other costume for Teddy since that's what he wears in the first comic. And even though the colour of Dirk's hair changes within the comic I think I'll go with the darker haired version for Dirk and save the blond hair for Teddy.