Neron is a supervillain appearing in various American comic book stories published by DC Comics . He first appeared in Underworld Unleashed #1 (November 1995) and was created by Mark Waid and Howard Porter .
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246-452: A deal or bring them to Hell, where they then meet him and are offered a deal. About 50 supervillains have their greatest desires fulfilled as a result. Ultimately, Neron is scheming to take over Earth and to obtain a "pure soul" which he can corrupt. Initially, everyone assumes that this refers to Superman 's soul, but he actually seeks the soul of Captain Marvel . In the end, he is defeated by
328-654: A deal with his lover Desmond, who agreed to bind his soul to Neron's to protect Constantine. When Constantine sent Neron back to Hell, he was also forced to damn his lover to it. Inhabiting Desmond's body, Neron caused trouble for the Legends through his partnership with Time Bureau funder Hank Heywood . When Hank had a change of heart about their plan and tried to back out of it, Neron killed him and eventually took Legends member Ray Palmer as his new host. Palmer surrendered his body when Neron promised not to kill his teammate Nate Heywood . Forcing Constantine to help him, Neron opened
410-585: A demonic character. Evanier said that he was with Kirby and several others during a dinner at a restaurant, and Kirby came up with Etrigan's name, back story, and motivations on the spot. Kirby intended to create the character but pass him off to others to write and draw. However, Infantino convinced him to make the first issue, suspended Kirby's Fourth World comics series, and moved Kirby to the Etrigan comics. Etrigan first appeared in The Demon #1 (September 1972) and
492-435: A magical drug that normally changes humans into monsters but, in this variation, changes demons into soulless humans when combined with the speaking of the magic word " Shazam ". For Neron, the drug turns him into a soulless human as well and causes all of the demonic entities that he had consumed over the millennia to be cast out of him. No longer a match for Satanus, he is beheaded by his former enemy, after which Satanus claims
574-490: A new series featuring Etrigan titled Demon Knights , which debuted on September 14, 2011. It was written by Paul Cornell and drawn by Diógenes Neves. Etrigan, son of the demon Belial , is summoned by the wizard Merlin , his half-brother. Unable to gain the creature's secrets, he bonds the demon with Jason Blood, a knight in King Arthur 's Camelot . This renders Jason immortal, which he alternately considers either
656-465: A penance or a curse. In modern times, Jason Blood resurfaces as a prominent demonologist in Gotham City . Jason is called to the crypt of Merlin and discovers a poem that causes him to switch places with Etrigan (appearing to transform him into Etrigan). To his misfortune, he is followed by the long-lived Morgaine le Fey , who lusts for Merlin's secrets. That leads to Etrigan's first major battle. Over
738-467: A portal to Hell and brought his lover Tabitha the Fairy Godmother to Earth, with the two looking to open a larger portal that would unleash all of Hell on Earth. Constantine and Nate tricked Neron into breaking his word by killing Nate, which ejected him out of Ray's body. Neron in his shadow-form was finally killed by Constantine, though the team resurrected Nate shortly thereafter. Etrigan
820-658: A scribe to Merlin and was growing frustrated with life, believing he was meant for greater things and suffering from rages. A prophecy showed that if Jason did not have some sort of quest to force him to heal himself, his rage would grow and cause him to kill his love, Madame Xanadu . During the fall of Camelot, Merlin bonded Etrigan to Jason in an attempt to provide this quest. Now immortal, Jason and Etrigan came to an agreement and shared their existence. Madame Xanadu began traveling with Jason, only to find Etrigan had now begun falling for her as well and would slaughter innocents if he thought she and Jason were happy together. To placate
902-483: A short joke involving Ambush Bug (Irwin Schwab) in issue #3 of the six-issue miniseries Ambush Bug: Year None #1–5 and 7 (September 2008–January 2009 and December 2009), and two canonical appearances, the first in issues #8–13 of the 13-issue miniseries Constantine: The Hellblazer (August 2015–August 2016) and the second in issues #2–6 of the six-issue miniseries Midnighter and Apollo (December 2016–May 2017). Neron
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#1733085771169984-425: A victim, he will either appear before them directly with a deal for their soul or send them a carved black candle (a "demon stick" forged in demon's blood) which, when lit, either summons him to them directly to make a deal or brings them to Hell, where they then meet him and are offered a deal. Neron appears to be unable to resist a chance to make a deal; he is attracted to deal-making to corrupt and gain souls. He
1066-568: Is also attracted to purity and wishes to corrupt and destroy it wherever he finds it. Both of these attractions have led to his defeat many times. Neron's first appearance to Earth's supervillains and superheroes occurs during the Underworld Unleashed crossover event, when he plots to take over Earth by fulfilling the greatest desires of dozens of supervillains and superheroes in exchange for their souls. When attempting to tempt Green Lantern V ( Kyle Rayner ), he offers to bring back from
1148-425: Is among the superheroes who feel the disturbance in the magical plane when Shazam picks up Pandora's Box. In the timeline of The New 52: Futures End , Zatanna is romantically involved with Etrigan. To transform into Etrigan, Blood must recite the poem from Merlin's crypt (though usually he only recites the last two lines). The poem does not have to be spoken for it to work. For instance, in one adventure, Blood
1230-421: Is bound. Etrigan is commonly depicted as a muscular humanoid creature with orange or yellow skin, horns, red eyes, and pointed, webbed ears, who frequently speaks in rhymes. The character was originally based in Gotham City , leading to numerous team-ups with Batman . Since his conception, Etrigan has been adapted into several forms of media outside of comics, including animated series, films, and video games. He
1312-579: Is chosen as a political candidate for President of the United States and nearly succeeds in securing the Republican nomination from George H. W. Bush . During his political run, he attempts to gain Superman 's endorsement, but is denied. Blood and Mark later have a daughter named Kathryn. He decides to destroy Etrigan and hires hitman Tommy Monaghan to help him. After a battle against both Merlin and Etrigan,
1394-450: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Neron (DC Comics) Neron made his first live appearance in the CW TV series Legends of Tomorrow , serving as the main antagonist of season 4 and being portrayed by Christian Keyes and Brandon Routh . Neron is a demon-lord of Hell and was first featured as the major antagonist in
1476-547: Is magically transformed into a fly by the warlock Shahn-Zi. Unable to speak, Blood triggers the change by writing out the poem in the dust. Change! Change! O form of man! Free the prince forever damned! Free the might from fleshy mire! Boil the blood in the heart for fire! Gone! Gone! O form of man [And] rise the demon Etrigan!! To return to human form, a couplet must be recited, either by Etrigan or someone else in his hearing, but there are several versions of it: Begone, begone, O Etrigan Resume once more
1558-610: Is once again defeated by the Trickster with the help of the five Rogues Gallery members whom he had been involved with twice before, the Pied Piper and Billy Hong, a 12-year-old boy who is also the Majee, a special agent of the Saravistran god Mestra sent to observe and weigh humanity's progress. As part of the deal that he makes with the demon, the Trickster orders Neron to forever forget all about
1640-430: Is one of the major demon-lords of Hell, a "Wishweaver", the "King of Hate" and the "Lord of Lies". It is not known how old he is, but he has claimed "I brought the very first couple together" and he has told Wonder Woman "I am among the first that walked abroad in this universe, and my influence has been known since humanity's first fall from grace". Although he is unknown to Earth's superheroes and supervillains until
1722-525: Is responsible for the whole plot. When Neron appears, he is goaded by the Elongated Man into killing him, but then discovers too late that the Elongated Man has tricked him and has established a circle of binding around Doctor Fate's home, the Tower of Nabu, which can only be undone by the person who originally created it. Neron is thus trapped in the tower with Faust. The binding does not last; Neron escapes from
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#17330857711691804-472: Is technically immortal due to his connection to the demon Etrigan. He has the combined experiences of Etrigan since he was bonded to the demon. Jason Blood shares all of Etrigan's weaknesses. Etrigan has all the limitations usually associated with a demon, including a weakness towards holy powers, holy water and iron. While his command of magic is strong, it is considered to be less than his father, Belial , and half-brother, Merlin . Additionally, Belial granted
1886-555: Is today in the 1980s. The Underworld Unleashed crossover event is also revealed in this story as being canon in this version of the DC Universe and is said to have occurred in the 1990s. Here, he becomes an enemy of John Constantine the Hellblazer . He is also drawn in this story as a satirical caricature of Donald Trump . In 2016, DC's titles were relaunched again in another initiative called DC Rebirth . Neron's first appearance in
1968-721: Is voiced by Michael T. Weiss in the DC Animated Universe , Dee Bradley Baker in Batman: The Brave and the Bold , Patrick Seitz in Justice League Action , and Ray Chase in the DC Animated Movie Universe . Kirby's former assistant, Mark Evanier , said that Carmine Infantino asked Jack Kirby to create a new monster hero. Kirby or Infantino mentioned a demon, and Kirby from that point worked on creating
2050-774: The Black Lanterns . Etrigan briefly appears in the prelude to the JLA / JSA crossover during the Brightest Day event. Etrigan travels to Germany to find a crashed meteorite that contains an unconscious Jade and confronts the Justice League after attacking a squad of German superheroes. He mocks the League by claiming they are an inferior team of substitutes, but is ultimately defeated when Donna Troy uses her Lasso of Persuasion to force him back into his Jason Blood form. Jason apologizes for
2132-572: The DC Rebirth version of the DC Universe was in Midnighter and Apollo #2–6 (January–May 2017). In this story, Neron is keeping Apollo (one half of the superhero team Midnighter and Apollo ) as a prisoner in Hell and Midnighter tries to free him from Neron's clutches, ultimately succeeding in doing so, but not without a fierce struggle on both sides of the battle. Neron is normally portrayed as being one of
2214-465: The Elongated Man 's (Randolph William "Ralph" Dibny) soul at the moment of its greatest despair. Pretending to be Doctor Fate , Faust attempts to convince the Elongated Man that he can resurrect his wife, Susan Dearbon "Sue" Dibny , from the dead and teaches him magical skills so that he can do so, but is tricked by the Elongated Man, who has known for some time that he is not Doctor Fate and that Neron
2296-596: The Secret Six III's Get Out of Hell Free card or a box of Cuban cigars for the Joker. If he is killed, he returns to his own realm. Neron appears in Legends of Tomorrow , portrayed by Christian Keyes in the body of Desmond and by Brandon Routh in the body of Ray Palmer . John Constantine revealed that Neron approached him with the deed to his soul, looking for help in taking over Hell. When Constantine refused, Neron made
2378-602: The Trickster (Giovanni Giuseppe a.k.a. James Montgomery Jesse) and the most powerful members of Justice League America , including Captain Marvel, though not before causing mass chaos and worldwide destruction, killing the alien tyrant Mongul I with his bare hands and sending away unharmed a large number of supervillains who had rejected his offer. Captain Marvel makes a deal with Neron to release Earth and all of his fellow superheroes in exchange for his soul and nothing else. Neron accepts and tries to take Captain Marvel's soul, but as
2460-623: The Weather Wizard ) into causing a series of explosions in five separate places which kills all of them in green fire. When seen from the sky, the flames from the five explosions resemble the points of a pentagram and the symbol, combined with the deaths of the five Rogues Gallery members, creates a gateway which enables Neron to travel to Earth and to corrupt humanity. Many supervillains and superheroes are either approached directly with deals for their souls or sent carved black candles which, when lit, either summon Neron to them directly for them to make
2542-650: The Amazon Exoristos ( The Exile in Greek). They first fought Mordru and the Questing Queen's army to a standstill before being tasked by the city of Alba Sarum to return Merlin to life at Avalon. Etrigan plotted to betray his teammates' souls and Avalon itself to Lucifer to curry his favour. While he successfully manipulated the Knights into letting Hell invade Avalon (and secretly felt guilty about his treatment of Xanadu), he
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2624-552: The Demon (Etrigan) Etrigan the Demon is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . Created by Jack Kirby , Etrigan is a demon from Hell who, despite his violent tendencies, usually finds himself allied with the forces of good, mainly because of the alliance between the heroic characters of the DC Universe and Jason Blood , a human to whom Etrigan
2706-519: The Flash III a deal for the Rogues Gallery members' souls, but he refuses and is allowed to leave Hell with the original Flash (Jay Garrick), whom Neron had captured earlier. Knowing that the now almost-immortal Rogues Gallery members will soon be too powerful for anyone to fight, Neron's plan is that the Flash III will be forced to make a deal with him to save Keystone City. Neron refuses the offer for
2788-525: The Flash III for defeating him before disappearing. Immediately after this, he captures Wonder Woman and Artemis of Bana-Mighdall in Hell as part of a plan to bring about the defeat of his enemy, Etrigan the Demon. After being seriously hurt by Artemis in the ensuing battle, he kills Wonder Woman, although she is later restored to life by the Olympian Gods . Next, Neron's ambitions to conquer Heaven are furthered when he notices chaos and "strife between
2870-516: The Flash III's soul and asks for his love for news reporter Linda Park instead because of its purity. He gets it, and Linda's soul also, which she had made a deal for earlier in exchange for Neron not going after the Flash III's soul. Neron had planned all of this to use the Speed Force to both enter into, and to rule, Heaven, but the plan backfires and the essence of the Flash III and Linda's love corrupts him, causing him to feel pity and compassion for
2952-538: The Fourth World titles before he was done with them. Etrigan returned for a four-issue miniseries in 1987, written and illustrated by Matt Wagner . Alan Grant followed this with an Etrigan feature in Action Comics Weekly #636-641 and a second ongoing title in 1990. The 1990 series lasted 58 issues, two Annual s and one #0 issue. Garth Ennis took over the title beginning with issue #40. Ennis' run included
3034-774: The Past" in Richard Dragon #7–12 (January–June 2005), then during the DC crossover event 52 , Neron was involved in Week 25 (October 25, 2006) and Week 42 (February 21, 2007), followed by "Devil May Care" in Teen Titans (vol. 3) #42 (February 2007). Keith Giffen penned an eight-issue miniseries Reign in Hell (September 2008–April 2009, including DC Universe Special: Reign in Hell #1 (August 2008)) featuring an all-out war between Hell and Purgatory . Since then, there have been three further appearances,
3116-458: The Spectre for a time) and then he is punished by his fellow demon-lords for using Hell's power for his own pleasure. His royal status is stripped from him and he is demoted to the position of a Rhyming Demon – which had been Etrigan the Demon's plan all along. Later, it is revealed that Superman was not just used as a gateway to Earth, but was actually replaced by Neron in disguise while Superman's soul
3198-572: The Trickster is flabbergasted to be told that Billy Hong is his son through his relationship with his then-girlfriend Mindy Hong. Etrigan the Demon (who is trying to cause chaos on Earth and defeat his enemy, Neron) causes trouble in Neron's realm by bonding Asmodel (who is bound in Hell and being tortured by Neron) to the Spectre-Force (which is awaiting a new host after its previous host James Brendan "Jim" Corrigan 's death and ascension into Heaven) with
3280-549: The ashes of an angel's wing feather. Asmodel, who is trying to destroy both Heaven and Hell, uses the Spectre's powers to extinguish the hellfire font, causing Hell to freeze over. In the chaos caused by the inhabitants of all of Hell's realms invading Earth, Neron uses Superman's body as a gateway to Earth and once again tries to claim the Spectre-Force for himself. He is defeated when the Spectre-Force chooses Harold "Hal" Jordan (the former Green Lantern II) as its new host instead over both him and Asmodel (thus making Hal Jordan into
3362-521: The attempt. His high rank would also see him guide Dream of the Endless from Hell's gates to Lucifer. Some time after this, Jason Blood and Glenda Mark attempt to separate him and Etrigan, an event which leads to Belial transforming Blood's ally Harry Matthews into a pillow. The two are successfully separated, but lose their immortality and age rapidly before being reunited in Cosmic Odyssey . After
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3444-402: The damned souls in his realm for the first time in his existence without understanding why and forcing him in utter desperation to frantically offer the couple another deal to take their love back. The Flash III accepts the deal, in return asking Neron to truly bring the Rogues Gallery members back from the dead and return their souls to their bodies – which Neron does, afterwards vowing revenge on
3526-834: The dead Rayner's girlfriend, Alexandra deWitt ; similarly he offers to bring Robin II (Jason Peter Todd) back from the dead for the Batman and to bring the Flash II (Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen) back from the dead for the Flash III (Wallace Rudolph "Wally" West II). He tricks five members of the Flash 's Rogues Gallery ( Captain Boomerang , Captain Cold , Heat Wave , the Mirror Master III (Evan McCulloch) and
3608-405: The deal was made for purely selfless reasons, the soul is too pure for him to touch; Neron, however, still had to honor his side of the deal by his very nature, and rejecting the deal led to the undoing of most of his other deals (although a few villains would retain their enhanced powers and details such as the death of Blue Devil's friend Marla remained despite the deals ending). Two years later,
3690-454: The deal. He is able to give superheroes and supervillains magic-based powers, he can greatly enhance a superhero or supervillain's existing powers, and he has the ability to assume a human-like appearance. He possesses immense physical strength, killing Mongul with his bare hands. He is also adept at creating items of power, for example, the Ocean Master 's trident, or more common items such as
3772-405: The dealmakers or their deaths, the latter either as a result of their own actions or by Neron claiming their souls when the deal is up or when they fail to keep their side of the deal. In other cases, he achieves his aims by offering similarly treacherous information or by fulfilling a person's greatest desire in exchange for the completion of a task for him – usually with similar results. To approach
3854-498: The degree that he can stand against other powerhouses such as Superman , Wonder Woman , and Lobo . He has a high degree of resistance to injury and can project hellfire from his body, usually from his mouth. He has a very high command of magic. Other powers include mystically enhanced fangs and claws, enhanced senses, super speed, agility, telepathy, energy blasts, and precognition. His sadomasochistic nature allows him to enjoy pain as if it were pleasure, making him generally fearless in
3936-618: The demon, she pretended to be in love with him and cuckolding Jason. Over the centuries, Jason became known as Jason o' the Blood and Etrigan continued to practice his rhymes. By the Dark Ages, he and Etrigan became the centre of a rag-tag team of adventurers, the "Demon Knights": Jason/Etrigan, Xanadu, Vandal Savage , Shining Knight , the Horsewoman, Saracen inventor Al Jabr ( The Numbers in Arabic) and
4018-592: The events of Underworld Unleashed , the ancient supervillain Vandal Savage (Vandar Adg II) is long since acquainted with him. He specializes in making deals with people for their souls in exchange for fulfilling their greatest desires. As Vandal Savage says to him: "Deals are your passion, Neron. You grant us the desires of our hearts – in exchange for our immortal souls". These deals are classic Faustian arrangements made only to further his own twisted ends; half-truths and treachery which lead to either misfortune for
4100-509: The face of combat and torture. His healing factor can handle an incredible amount of damage, allowing him to recover from wounds that have removed large sections of his body. He also has pyrokinesis and cryokinesis enabling him to manipulate fire and ice. Jason Blood is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, including mastery in swordsmanship. Jason is adept at magic, and is often called upon to act as an advisor or investigator in occult matters. He has limited precognition and telepathy . Jason
4182-818: The first appearance of his character Hitman . This series was followed by a miniseries, Driven Out . Following this, John Byrne 's Blood of the Demon lasted 17 issues, and ignored much of the continuity that took place after Kirby's initial run. While his first monthly comic book series was short-lived, and his second was canceled after five years, Etrigan remains a popular supporting character with occasional additional miniseries. Series in which Etrigan has appeared include Alan Moore 's Swamp Thing , Neil Gaiman 's The Sandman , Kevin Smith 's Green Arrow and Batman: The Widening Gyre , Garth Ennis's Hitman , and Cosmic Odyssey by Jim Starlin and Mike Mignola . In The New 52 rebooted continuity, DC Comics launched
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#17330857711694264-446: The first two souls, even though he ultimately needs three souls to accomplish his goal. Unable to enter Superman's body himself because of its purity, he discovers that his human surrogate, Darius Caldera, is rejected by Superman's body also, so he makes a deal with Caldera and uses his soul as the third of the three souls that he requires. He then turns his attention to Green Lantern II, tricking Deadman into saving Hal Jordan from death in
4346-452: The five Rogues Gallery members altogether, with the only thing that he asks for in exchange is to be always remembered as the one mortal who beat Neron at his own game...twice. The enraged Neron informs the Trickster in no uncertain terms that he will remember this moment before disappearing and all five of the Rogues Gallery members are, as a result, grudgingly grateful to the Trickster for being freed from Neron's revenge forever. Minutes later,
4428-585: The five Rogues Gallery members that were previously killed by Neron's treachery are resurrected from the dead as soulless killers to cause havoc in Keystone City (along with Major Disaster , who has become Neron's latest lieutenant), causing the Flash III to challenge Neron for their souls after gaining an audience in Hell by using a candle that former Rogues Gallery member the Pied Piper had kept but never lit, all of which Neron had supposedly planned. Neron offers
4510-484: The five-issue weekly series Deadman : Dead Again (October 2001) written by Steve Vance, a humorous Christmas story called "Merry Christmas, Justice League – Now Die!" in JLA #60 (January 2002) and a brief encounter in "On Duty In Hell" in Human Defense Corps #6 (December 2003), the last issue of the six-issue miniseries. Two years later, he was featured in the last four parts of the six-part storyline "Out of
4592-399: The form of man! Gone now, O Etrigan And rise again (or rise once more ) the form of man! In other media such as Justice League Dark , a different poem is used to return Etrigan to human form: Since the battle's fought and won . Jason Blood with me is done . Even among demons, Etrigan is considered to be extremely powerful. He has mystically enhanced superhuman strength, to
4674-597: The future by ensuring that Caldera dies before Neron can even offer him a deal. Despite this setback, Neron regains his full powers, after which the demon Calcabrina offers Neron the souls of 66 members of the Human Defense Corps in an attempt to deflect both the Corps and other Earthly forces from a war with him. Two years after this, he tries to make a deal with Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter , but fails to do so. Under thrall to Neron, Felix Faust plots to deliver him
4756-457: The hopeless" and redemption for the damned, which had never happened before. To defeat the legions of the damned, Neron has Lilith the Mother of Monsters recall all of her monstrous children to Hell to fight on his side. Despite all of this and just when Neron seems to be victorious, he is killed by Satanus, who had used the war as a cover to infect Hell with a modified airborne viral variation of DMN,
4838-560: The incident has resulted in Blood being able to exert some will over Etrigan's violent nature, whereas previously the two remained separate. Blood of the Demon ended with issue #17 in July 2006. Etrigan later attempts to use the Trident of Lucifer to take control of Hell. A makeshift Shadowpact team successfully takes the Trident from him and flees to the Oblivion Bar. Etrigan follows and battles
4920-571: The marriage. In 2011, DC relaunched all of its titles in an initiative called The New 52 . Neron's first appearance in The New 52 version of the DC Universe (as part of the DC YOU line) was in Constantine: The Hellblazer #8–13 (March–August 2016). In this story, Neron is retconned as originally having been a minor demon who, through various unscrupulous means, became the demon-lord that he
5002-401: The most powerful magical beings in the DC Universe; almost invulnerable and able to do many incredible feats such as warping reality and resurrecting mortal beings from the dead. However, despite manifesting great strength and immense magical power on occasion, he normally relies on a deal to obtain human souls and only claims them when the deal is up or when his victims fail to keep their side of
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#17330857711695084-504: The multi-title crossover event Underworld Unleashed , released Comics in 1995. After this introduction, he was next used in several storylines simultaneously: The Flash (vol. 2) #125–129 (May–September 1997), by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn , Wonder Woman (vol. 2) #123–127 (July–November 1997) by John Byrne and a two-part story in JLA #6–7 (June–July 1997) by Grant Morrison , with art by Neron's co-creator Howard Porter. The last storyline
5166-531: The orders of angels" when Asmodel , a renegade King-Angel of the Bull Host who has waited 1,000,000 years to rebel against Heaven, and Zauriel , an angel who knows his secret, use Earth as their battlefield. Asmodel makes a deal with Neron to have him help him in his plans to take over Heaven, but at the last moment of the assault on Heaven, Neron abandons his support for unknown reasons and returns to Hell without any explanation as to why. Immediately after this, he
5248-477: The past during his battle with Mongul, ensuring that Neron will have the chance to tempt Jordan later in his history (after he has become Parallax II) and thus succeed in winning back his position in Hell and regaining his full powers. Neron erases Deadman's memory of him so that he cannot prevent this from happening, but is finally defeated when the Spectre (the Spectre-Force being still bonded to Hal Jordan at this time) restores Deadman's memory and Deadman changes
5330-513: The past. He later leaves the group and passes his position as a magic specialist to Manitou Raven . The series Blood of the Demon , plotted and drawn by John Byrne and scripted by Will Pfeifer , began in May 2005. Etrigan apparently loses the restrictions imposed upon him by the wizard Merlin which turned him from evil, caused by his "murder" at the exact moment he was transforming from his human self, Jason Blood, into his demon self. It turns out that
5412-478: The present, Etrigan's body lies buried in London; it is explained that he was sealed there by his own friends because of his betrayal of them, but magic emanating from it is able to possess persons above, eventually freeing the demon, who promptly attacks Midnighter and Apollo . The entire Stormwatch then battles Etrigan, but after being defeated, he is able to possess a host and flees. During Trinity War , Etrigan
5494-412: The remerging, the relationship between Blood and Etrigan becomes even more contentious. Drawn to Hell by the Archfiend Asteroth , Etrigan stops Asteroth's attempt to sacrifice Glenda Mark, Randu Singh, Merlin and Blood himself (in Hell, Blood and Etrigan were, at the time, separated). Etrigan followed these events by overthrowing the triumvirate of leaders in Hell (Lucifer, Belial and Beezlebub) and taking
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5658-407: The symbol of authority in Hell, the Crown of Horns, for himself. He battles Lobo , Klarion the Witch Boy and his gang and is drawn into the Realm Beyond, where he meets the Thing-That-Cannot-Die and reunites with his older brother, Lord Scapegoat. Upon escape from the Realm Beyond, Etrigan and Blood agree to work together and team with Batman and Robin against the Howler. Soon after, Etrigan
5740-558: The team inside the bar. He is petrified with magical pistols and used as a hat rack before being returned to normal by sunrise. Etrigan takes part in the war for control of Hell on behalf of Neron , duelling Blue Devil . Later, due to the effects of a magical drug Satanus had infested Hell with, he was transformed into a soulless physical human, a perfect duplicate of Jason Blood. Blood, meanwhile, has taken steps as to interfere with any possible attempts of Etrigan's to re-merge. In Blackest Night , Deadman possesses Etrigan to battle
5822-410: The throne of Hell for himself. Blaze, Satanus' sister, soon usurps her brother's position and claims the throne for herself, thus winning the war. Ambush Bug goes to Hell and asks Neron to nullify his marriage to the Dumb Bunny , one of the members of the Inferior Five (whom he married in Las Vegas while he was drunk) – one of several alternate realities that he visits to find a way to get out of
5904-481: The tower and makes a deal with Kid Devil , granting him the superpowers that he has always dreamed of having by turning him into Red Devil in exchange for his soul when he reaches 20 years of age, and if his trust in his idol, Blue Devil , is broken. He then reveals that Blue Devil was responsible for the death of Red Devil's aunt, filmmaker Marla Bloom, and had hidden the truth from him. When Red Devil confronts Blue Devil, he finds out that everything that Neron had said
5986-522: The trouble he caused and departs from the scene, but not before warning Batman and his teammates that the meteorite possesses supernatural qualities. The meteor is later revealed to be the Starheart, a legendary entity that has the power to possess metahumans with magical or elemental abilities. Etrigan is shown aiding the JLA during their mission into Hell, where he helps Hawkman defeat a demonic beast. He also
6068-503: The two rescue Kathryn and Blood steals Etrigan's heart, which enables him to control him. Monaghan cons Blood into returning to Gotham and using Etrigan to retrieve the Ace of Winchesters, an anti-demon rifle, from Hell. Despite the risk of Etrigan killing him, Monahgan trades him his heart for the Ace of Winchesters. Jason Blood later joins a substitute Justice League group after the main group vanishes during an attempt to rescue Aquaman from
6150-513: The year with a part in the five-issue weekly series Day of Judgement (November 1999) and a stand-alone tale by J.M. DeMatteis , "Heart of Hell" in Superman: The Man of Tomorrow #15 (fall 1999), the last issue of that series, which is part of the Day of Judgement crossover storyline and the first of two issues published after the storyline was over that concludes it. His next appearances were in
6232-556: The years, Etrigan both clashes with and occasionally aids Earth's heroes, guided by his own whims and Blood's attempts to use his power for good. Some time after his first appearance, Etrigan begins speaking in rhyme due to a promotion in Hell , though he is not limited to rhyme. He leads the forces of Hell in a battle against the Great Evil Beast and is in brief contact with the entity in its questions about its nature - he barely survives
6314-513: Was battling for Lois Joanne Lane 's soul in Hell. To win back his position in Hell and regain his full powers, Neron next travels back into the past three times to collect three previously-dead superheroes' souls at the time of their deaths: Barry Allen (who had died in the Crisis ), Jason Todd (who had been killed by the Joker ) and Superman (who had been killed by Doomsday ). However, he only gains
6396-538: Was concluded in the three-issue miniseries JLA: Paradise Lost (January–March 1998). Neron next appeared in New Year's Evil: The Rogues #1 (February 1998), a part of the DC Comics storyline "New Year's Evil" that ran in eight one-shot issues, followed by "Infernal Villains: Etrigan Meets Neron", a two-page vignette featuring the first meeting of Neron and Etrigan the Demon in the one-shot anthology issue DCU Villains Secret Files and Origins #1 (April 1999) and ended
6478-486: Was created by Jack Kirby . He created him at the behest of DC, who saw it as likely to be more commercially successful than the Fourth World and cancelled New Gods and Forever People to facilitate work on the new title. According to Evanier, Kirby had no interest in horror comics, but created Etrigan in response to DC's demand for a horror character. Kirby was annoyed that Etrigan's popularity forced him to abandon
6560-425: Was himself captured and used by the Questing Queen to gain access as well. Lucifer believed Etrigan had done this deliberately and condemned him; outraged, the demon refused to serve anyone again. At the end of the battle, Jason was tasked as a member of Avalon's Stormwatch , but neither he nor Xanadu wanted to serve Merlin after having Etrigan forced on them again. Jason vowed to not let the demon out so often. In
6642-563: Was the guide to the Secret Six in their trip to Hell and led Catman to see the fate of his father, all the while amused by the confusion and pain they were suffering as a result of their visit. In The New 52 , the 2011 reboot of the DC Comics universe , his past and origins are largely changed. Before the Dark Ages, Etrigan was a Rhyming Demon who served Lucifer before leading a rebellion against him. Jason of Norwich had been sent to Camelot as
6724-421: Was the truth and he becomes estranged from Blue Devil for a time, believing, at that moment, that his soul now belongs to Neron. Neron is next opposed by the demon siblings Blaze and Satanus , the rulers of Purgatory, who attempt to take control of Hell while he is imprisoned in the Tower of Nabu. The hordes of Purgatory invade Hell under their command and influence Hell's demons against Neron by offering "hope to
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