Neron (DC Comics)

Neron
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995)
Created by	Mark Waid (writer) Howard Porter (artist)
In-story information
Species	Demon
Place of origin	Hell
Abilities	superhuman physical attributes, shapeshifting, telepathy, teleportation, mastery of maleficium

Neron is a fictional demon published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995), and was created by Mark Waid and Howard Porter.

Neron was first featured as the major antagonist in the DC Comics multi-title comic book crossover event Underworld Unleashed released by DC Comics in 1995. As well as the core storyline of the three-issue Underworld Unleashed mini-series (November 1995 - December 1995), most of the DC titles published in November and December 1995 and a number of one-shot issues were also part of the series. Neron appeared in most of these. After this introduction, he was next used in several storylines simultaneously: the three-part Hell to Pay in Flash vol. 2 #127 - 129 (July - September 1997), by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn, Wonder Woman vol. 2 #123 - 125 (July - September 1997) by John Byrne, and a two-part story in JLA #6 -7 (July - August 1997) by Grant Morrison, with art by Neron's co-creator Howard Porter. That last storyline continued in JLA: Paradise Lost #1 - #3 (January - March 1998) a key early story in the long process of re-ordering the position of Hell in the DC Universe.

Neron then appeared in New Year's Evil: Rogues (February 1998), part of the New Year's Evil series that ran in nine one-off titles, followed by a two-page vignette featuring Etrigan the Demon in the one-off anthology title DCU Villains Secret Files #1 (1999) and ended the year with a part in the weekly series Day of Judgement #1 - #5 (November 1999) and a stand-alone tale by J.M. DeMatteis, 'Heart of Hell' in the last issue of Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #15 (Fall 1999) which fit into the Day of Judgement series.

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