Blaze and Satanus
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 Blaze tortures her father, Shazam, as Black Adam looks on. From the cover of Power of Shazam! #10, art by Jerry Ordway. |
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| Publication information | |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Blaze Action Comics #655, (July 1990) Satanus Adventures of Superman #493, (August 1992) |
| Created by | Blaze Roger Stern (writer) Bob McLeod (artist) Satanus Jerry Ordway (writer) Tom Grummett (artist) |
| In story information | |
| Alter ego | Blaze and Satanus |
| Team affiliations | The Triumvirate of Hell |
| Notable aliases | - Angelica Blaze - Colin Thornton |
| Abilities | Demonic magic. |
Blaze and Satanus are fictional characters, demonic supervillain siblings in the DC Comics Universe. Both are the half-demon children of the wizard Shazam and an unnamed demoness.
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[edit] Publication history
Blaze first appeared first in Action Comics #655 (July 1990), and was created by writer Roger Stern and Bob McLeod. Satanus first appeared in Adventures of Superman #493 (August 1992), and was created by writer Jerry Ordway and Tom Grummett. Blaze also featured in The Power of Shazam!.
[edit] Fictional character biographies
[edit] Blaze
Blaze was introduced in Action Comics #655 (July 1990), although she had been working behind the scenes before this, being involved in the creation of Superman villains Silver Banshee and Skyhook. A red-skinned demoness with horns, she disguised herself as Metropolis nightclub owner Angelica Blaze to steal souls. Superman followed her to Hell to fight for the souls of Jimmy Olsen and Perry White's son Jerry.
artist Mike Miller
[edit] Lord Satanus
The Demon War storyline[1] introduced Blaze's brother Lord Satanus (possibly named after pre-Crisis magician/villain Lord Satanis). Lord Satanus also resembled a traditional demon, save that he wore a heavy Roman-style helmet, and either had black skin or the helmet buried his face in shadow.
They fought for possession of Blaze's domain, using Superman as a pawn. At the end of the story it was revealed that Satanus was disguised as Colin Thornton, the publisher of Newstime magazine, who first appeared in Nov 1989, and had previously hired Clark Kent as editor.
[edit] Wizard Shazam
Blaze later appeared in Fawcett City where she took a new mortal guise as a mob boss. Her plans for the city (and the Rock of Eternity connected to it) were foiled by Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family. The story also revealed that she and Satanus were only half-demons, their father being the wizard Shazam, and that it was Blaze who corrupted Black Adam (this was later retconned).
[edit] DMN
Lord Satanus, meanwhile, had created DMN, a magical drug that transformed people into demons, which he arranged to be sent to areas of the world where people were in desperate straits. After the Fall of Metropolis, the city became one of these areas. Horrified by what had befallen his home, Satanus sent a disguised magical message to Zatanna, who used Perry White and Superman's knowledge of the city to restore it. Satanus would use the DMN addicts again, however, to distract Shazam from detecting his presence when the wizard visited Metropolis.
Following Brainiac-13's recreation of Metropolis, Satanus made an ambitious effort to capture the soul of the entire city. Superman offered his own soul in exchange, but eventually thwarted Satanus with the help of a young psychic and a mysterious shaman named Night Eagle who, it was implied, might be Blaze.
In another appearance, Lord Satanus appeared in the Reign of Emperor Joker arc of the Superman titles. In this appearance, he dwelled in that reality's Hell (a literal flaming place accommodated to include annoying songs) and offered the angelic Supergirl and the somewhat-brainwashed Superboy their heart's desires in exchange for their souls, much like his fellow demon Neron, after they had been killed by a blast fired by the monstruous Ignition. He commented that, much like God, he was forced to live in all realities and dimensions simultaneously. At the end, when Supergirl annoyed him with her incessant prayer, he shunted them to life, commenting there were not many Hells he could send them that were worse than the Joker's world.
[edit] Day of Vengeance
Satanus recently revealed to Superman that he was Colin Thornton when the Spectre arrived in Metropolis, as part of his mission to destroy all evil magic during the Day of Vengeance miniseries. Whether Lord Satanus was destroyed or not was not revealed. He does appear at the magician's seance to summon the Spectre during Infinite Crisis; however, this could be an editorial error. More recently in DC Nation, it is shown a Christmas Wishlist of chatacters and Satanus and Neron are both shown wanting control over hell and it being written in that may be a problem.
[edit] Reign in Hell
It has been confirmed that Blaze and Satanus will be major characters in the Reign in Hell storyline (June 2008). They will be attempting to conquer hell in Neron's absence.
[edit] References
- ^ Adventures of Superman #493 (Aug 1992)
