Blaze and Satanus are

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al human/demon siblings appearing in

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s published by

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. They are the children of Shazam. Blaze debuted in ''

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'' #655 (July 1990) and she was created by

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and

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and first pencilled by Bob McLeod. Satanus was created by

and debuted in '' The Adventures of Superman'' #493 (August 1992) by

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writer and

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penciler.

Fictional character biographies

Blaze and Satanus are the human/demon hybrid children of the wizard Shazam and a demoness (name unknown).

Blaze

Blaze is involved in the creation of

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's enemies the

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and Skyhook. A red-skinned demoness with horns, she disguises herself as

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nightclub owner Angelica Blaze in order to steal souls. Superman follows her to

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to fight for the souls of

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and

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's son Jerry (who, in fact, was the son of Perry's wife Alice and

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). Superman manages to save Jimmy Olsen, but Blaze succeeds in killing Jerry White, whose selfless sacrifice saves his soul. At one point, Blaze clashed with Jared Stevens.

Satanus

Satanus is the brother of the demoness Blaze. 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 Collin Thornton, the publisher of ''Newstime'' magazine, who had previously hired Clark Kent as editor.

''Underworld Unleashed''

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'' crossover event. Both are pawns in the demon Neron's plans to give many of the DC Universe's supervillains and superheroes their heart's desires in exchange for their souls or for completing a task for him.

''Day of Vengeance''

Satanus reveals to Superman that he is Collin Thornton when the

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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.

''Reign in Hell'' and afterward

Blaze and Satanus are major characters in the ''Reign in Hell'' miniseries. In this story, they have become the rulers of

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and lead a rebellion against Hell by offering "hope to the hopeless", which has never happened before. They are opposed by Neron, other demons and the magical superheroes of the DC Universe. Blaze contacts

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, offering to restore her lost powers in exchange for killing

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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. Satanus sends the Justice League to Hell, where the League thwarts Satanus' plans to get the nine pieces of

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's mask. Satanus attempts to use the mask to become all-powerful, but is prevented by

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, who is possessed by the mask. The mask is then destroyed by the combined efforts of the League and

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helps the League escape from Hell.

''The New 52''

In 2011, ''

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'' rebooted the DC universe. Blaze is shown to be an inmate at the Block. During the fight between

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and Lobo, Blaze was accidentally freed.

Powers and abilities

Blaze and Satanus are both experts at maleficium.

Other versions

An alternate version of Blaze and (presumably) Satanus appear as creations of

to use against Superman in '' Superman: Red Son''.''Superman: Red Son'' #3. DC Comics.

References

External links

DCU Guide: Blaze

DCU Guide: Satanus

Superman Homepage: Lord Satanus
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