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.

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

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 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.

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.