Blaze and Satanus

For the fictional comic publisher, see Blaze Comics.

Blaze and Satanus
Blaze from The Power of Shazam! #10, art by Jerry Ordway.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Blaze Action Comics (vol. 1) #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

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

Lord Satanus

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.

Blaze

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.

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Lord Satanus
artist Mike S. Miller

Day of Vengeance

Main article: Day of Vengeance

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's plot.

Reign in Hell

Main article: Reign in Hell

Blaze and Satanus are major characters in the Reign in Hell storyline (June 2008). 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.

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 lighting to send her back to Hell. Now Blaze seems to be interested in manipulating Osiris.

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 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.

Other versions

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

See also

• List of Superman enemies

External links

• DCU Guide: Blaze
• DCU Guide: Blaze Chronology
• DCU Guide: Lord Satanus
• Superman Homepage: Lord Satanus