El Diablo (DC)
El Diablo is the name of several characters in the DC Universe.
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El Diablo (Lazarus Lane)
- Main Article: Lazarus Lane
El Diablo (Rafael Sandoval)
- Main Article: Rafael Sandoval
El Diablo (Chato Santana)
- Main Article: Chato Santana
Chato Santana was born in Mexico, later immigrating to the United States. With the help of his gang Los Reyes Locos he became a crimelord and had a decade of success. He used some of his proceeds to build a hospital in his home village, and did not see himself as a bad guy, blaming the system that made crime so attractive to him. During an arms deal with H.I.V.E. his gang was busted by Agent Aaron and S.W.A.T. He almost escaped, but his second-in-command Jorge shot him, tired of his boss not allowing him more control of the gang. Chato woke up in the prison hospital ward, and Aaron was eager to get him to roll on his gang. He gave him psych patient Bob Olsen as a roomate, and warned him that his last few roommates had committed suicide. He moved on to putting him in the same hospital room as Lazarus Lane, saying the last few people sharing the room had died in their sleep. Chato was unphased, talking to the seemingly unconscious Lane at length about his life. Chato refused making a deal with Aaron, even one that involved all charges being dropped and S.T.A.R. Labs fixing his severed spine. Aaron gave up, and leaked the word that Chato had squealed, knowing his gang would kill him. Jorge ordered a hit on him, and Chato, blustering away, was stabbed in his hospital room. He awoke in the spirit world, where Lazarus Lane revealed himself as the Wild West hero El Diablo. He said Chato was like him, too tough to die, and offered to pass on the mantle of El Diablo to him. Chato accepted, becoming Hell's hitman, and killing the gang members that tried to kill him before riding off on his demonic horse with Lane. El Diablo woke up back in human form in New Mexico, and Lazarus, appearing as a spirit, told him the curse would direct his mission. Lane told him they were in Sky City, New Mexico, where Vicente de ZaldÃvar, a conquistador, oppressed the people before becoming a demon and stealing their souls. Lazarus had once clashed with him and lost, and told Diablo it was his turn, but the curse clearly wanted him to drag his crippled body there by himself . Once Diablo arrived he regained his powers, and battled Zaldivar, torturing him, and promising to let him go free if he released the souls in his possession. Zaldivar complied, and Diablo blasted him with his hellish guns. Lazarus told him the cruel way he was going about things was not the way of El Diablo, and Diablo asked him why Zaldivar claimed the Diablo's served someone named Chutriel. Diablo said he wanted revenge on Agent aaron, and Lazarus objected that the curse would not allow him vengeance. Diablo ignored him, and located Aaron in the office of federal prosecutor, who'd been murdered by the demonic entity Vorpal. Voral attacked Diablo, who recognized him as Bob Olsen, and Vorpal told him the curse of El Diablo was his by right before fleeing. Diablo tried to kill Aaron, but the curse would not let him. Aaron didn't know why Diablo thought he was responsible for his condition; he was only doing his job pursuing him, and it was Jorge who'd crippled him. Aaron believed Diablo when he said he was Hell's hitman, and revealed that Jorge was an undercover officer gone rogue, and was operating out of Mexico City. (El Diablo v3 #2)
Overview
Notes
- The concept of El Diablo was created by Robert Kanigher and Gray Morrow where it made its first appearance in All-Star Western v1 #2 (October, 1970).
In other media
Television
Films
- In Suicide Squad, the Chato Santana El Diablo appeared in the setting of the live-action film where he was portrayed by actor Jay Hernandez.
Appearances
- All-Star Western v1: (1970)
