Blaze and Satanus

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Blaze and Satanus
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Blaze from The Power of Shazam! #10 (December 1995), art by Jerry Ordway.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance Blaze
Action Comics #655 (July 1990)
Satanus
Adventures of Superman #493 (August 1992)
Created by Blaze
Roger Stern (writer)
Brett Breeding (artist)
Satanus - Brett Breeding
In-story information
Species Demon
Place of origin Hell
Notable aliases Blaze
Angelica Blaze
Satanus
Colin Thornton
Abilities both siblings are experts in maleficium

Blaze and Satanus are fictional demonic siblings published by DC Comics. Blaze debuted in Action Comics #655 (July 1990); she was created by Roger Stern and Brett Breeding and first pencilled by Bob McLeod. Lord Satanus was created by Brett Breeding and debuted in Adventures of Superman #493 (August 1992) by Jerry Ordway writer and Tom Grummett penciler.

Fictional character biographies[edit | edit source]

Blaze and Satanus are the half-demon children of the wizard Shazam and an unnamed demoness.

Lord Satanus[edit | edit source]

Lord Satanus is a brother to the demon Blaze. Lord Satanus resembles a traditional demon, with large horns that protrude from the front of his head and dark red skin. He wears a heavy Roman-style helmet which buries his face in shadow. Blaze and Satanus fight each other for possession of Blaze's domain, using Superman as a pawn. Satanus has an earthly identity and disguises himself as Colin Thornton, the publisher of Newstime magazine, who had previously hired Clark Kent as editor.[1]

Blaze[edit | edit source]

Blaze is involved in the creation of Superman's enemies Silver Banshee and Skyhook. A red-skinned demoness with horns, she disguises herself as Metropolis nightclub owner Angelica Blaze to steal souls. Superman follows her to Hell to fight for the souls of Jimmy Olsen and Perry White's son Jerry (who in fact was the son of Perry's wife Alice and Lex Luthor). Superman manages to save Jimmy Olsen, but Blaze succeeds in killing Jerry White, whose selfless sacrifice saves his soul.[2]

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Lord Satanus from Adventures of Superman #584 (November 2000),
artist Mike S. Miller.

Day of Vengeance[edit | edit source]

Main article: Day of Vengeance
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Blaze and Satanus on the cover of DC Universe Special: Reign in Hell. Art by Ryan Sook.

Satanus reveals to Superman that he is Colin Thornton when the Spectre arrives in Metropolis as part of his mission to destroy all evil magic during the Day of Vengeance miniseries as part of Alexander Luthor Jr.'s plot.[3]

Reign in Hell and afterward[edit | edit source]

Main article: Reign in Hell

Blaze and Satanus are major characters in the eight-issue Reign in Hell miniseries (September 2008-April 2009). In this story they have become the rulers of Purgatory and lead a rebellion against Hell by offering "hope to the hopeless", which has never happened before. They are opposed by Neron and other demonic characters from the DCU.[4]

Blaze contacts Mary Marvel, offering to restore her lost powers in exchange for killing Freddy Freeman so that she can have his powers. Mary appears to go along with it, seemingly poisoning Freddy; however, when Blaze arrives, Freddy gets up and fights her, eventually impaling her on an iron statue, and using his lightning to send her back to Hell. Now Blaze seems to be interested in manipulating Osiris.[5]

Satanus sends the Justice League to Hell, where the League thwarts Satanus' plans to bring the nine pieces of Dante's mask. Satanus attempts to use the mask to become all-powerful but is prevented by Plastic Man, who is possessed by the mask. The mask is then destroyed by the combined efforts of the League and Zauriel helps the League escape Hell.[6]

Other versions[edit | edit source]

An alternate version of Blaze and (presumably) Satanus appear as creations of Lex Luthor to use against Superman in Superman: Red Son.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Adventures of Superman #493 (August 1992)
  2. Action Comics #655 (July 1990)
  3. Action Comics #832 (December 2005)
  4. Reign in Hell #1-8 (September 2008-April 2009)
  5. Shazam! #1 (January 2011)
  6. Justice League of America 80-Page Giant 2011

External links[edit | edit source]

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