Lady Demon is a

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that appears in

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s published by

Chaos! Comics Chaos! Comics was a comic book publisher that operated from 1993 until 2002, mostly focusing on horror comics. Their titles included ''Lady Death'', ''Purgatori'', ''Evil Ernie'', ''Chastity'', ''Jade'', '' Bad Kitty'', and ''Lady Demon''. Chaos! ...

. Her first appearance was in ''Lady Death: Between Heaven and Hell'' #3. Lady Demon is

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's much darker and evolved form.

Fictional character biography

When

, tired of endlessly fighting, embraced the darkness within, a demonic persona evolved and Lady Demon was born. This demonic incarnation cast

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out to

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and became Lucifer's consort. This did not last however, as Marion's spirit contacted Lady Demon and

came back to her senses. Absorbing her mother's

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ic powers, Lady Demon returned to battle Lucifer, ultimately casting him through the gates of Heaven. Lucifer is later revealed to possess the power of

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and Lady Demon, one of his creations, still exists, albeit with a

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. She seeks out Lady Death and unsuccessfully tries to reincorporate her soul. Featured in her own

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, Lady Demon escapes to Earth after she merges with a recently deceased mortal woman, co-ops agent Cheryl Montessori and pursues a murderous rampage. An interim

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of her

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in Hell as Lucifer's consort and slave is featured in ''Chaos Quarterly'' #2 In 2010 Dynamite had brought all but Lady Death from the Chaos Comic library. This caused Lady Demon to be her own character. In 2014 Lady Demon had her first Dynamite comic series. In this series, Lady Demon is on the run from Lucifer's Hitmen. In another appearance in Red Sonja: Age of Chaos, she and Mistress Hel fight each other.

Comic appearances (in order of appearance)

*''Lady Death: Between Heaven and Hell'' #3 *''Chaos Quarterly'' #1 (page 14) *''Chaos Quarterly'' #2 *''Lady Death: Between Heaven and Hell Issue'' #4 *''Lady Death Monthly'' #0-4 *''Lady Demon'' #1 *''Lady Demon'' #2 *''Lady Demon'' #3 *''Lady Death: The Rapture'' #1 (page 21) * ''Lady Demon'' #1—4 (December 2014—April 2015) * ''Red Sonja: Age of Chaos'' #1—6 (January—August 2020)

References

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