Satana (Marvel)
Satana is a female comic character who features in Marvel Comics.
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Biography
Satana was the daughter of Satan and Victoria Hellstrom with her being the younger sister of Daimon Hellstrom. Her father had descended to the mortal world in order to search for a mate that would bear his offspring as he wished for a successor in case he died. Taking on a human form, the handsome demon came to seduce the young Victoria who fell in love with him where she quickly came to marry the man where they moved into their home together. It was then that she became pregnant and gave birth to a son named Daimon where three years later she had another child with this being a daughter named Satana. During this time, Victoria's husband began to take extended trips away where she assumed he was on business. In that time, the young Satana grew and her father decided to reveal his true nature to his daughter. He then began to induct her into demonic rituals and black magic in the secrecy of their home's basement. This was until one day Satana's mother discovered the pair and was horrified at what she had seen which was a ritual involving the killing of a cat. Satana left the scene as her father revealed his true nature to his wife Victoria causing her sanity to shatter with her being in a padded cell. Meanwhile, Satana's father vanished with his two children being placed in foster homes. (Marvel Spotlight v1 #13) At 10 years old, Satana was given her costume by Dame Aramanthe of Eleom. (Marvel Preview v1 #7) Satan later presented Satana with her feline demonic familiar, Exiter. (Haunt of Horror v1 #5) Satana later began her tutelage under the ancient demon Dansker. (Marvel Premiere v1 #27) The demon Zannarth was forced to become Satana's companion and slave. One time she jokingly stole his soul, after which Zannarth began to resent her. (Haunt of Horror v1 #2) As part of a graduation day type of test, Satana was pitted against Dankser in a struggle that had the potential for death. Satana got in a few good strikes, surprising her master, but Dansker then focused more fully and easily humbled her. He did not strike the killing blow, but made it clear that he could have, and that he would always be her master. (Marvel Premiere v1 #27)
Satana and Zannarth were banished from their Hellish realm, apparently by the Four. Zannarth was sent to a Netherworld and Satana was sent to Earth. (Haunt of Horror v1 #2) In Manhattan, Satana wandered the streets, where she attracted the attention of a would-be predator. The man followed her in the alley where he intended to have his way with her. As soon as they touched lips, Satana drained his life and left his desiccated corpse in the alley. (Vampire Tales v1 #2) Satana felt something drawing her to the West Coast, possibly the powers of the Four, whom she believed to be responsible for her banishment. (Haunt of Horror v1 #4) Now in Los Angeles, Satana prevented a mob, whipped into a frenzy by a tirade from politician Harry Gotham, from attacking a small group of the Church of the Dark Father. At her word, the mob dispersed. Later, after feeding on another man in an alley, she joined one of the cultists, Ruth Cummins, at her apartment. Satana was surprised to learn that Ruth had the mark of Satan on her shoulder, but when she attempted to contact her father she found her summons blocked by a spell of the Four. Soon after, Darkos Edge and another assassin, sent by Gotham, broke into Ruth's apartment and attempted to kill her, but ended up killing Ruth instead. Satana killed the unnamed assassin, stole the soul from Edge, and then found Gotham and took his soul as well. (Vampire Tales v1 #3) Satana moved in with another member of the Church of the Dark Father, Gloria Hefford. Not long after she was joined by Exiter. (Haunt of Horror v1 #2)
Satana targeted, seduced, and feasted on the soul of Henry "Hank" Johnson, who was not having any luck at a single's bar. She then identified Rich Corbett as a suitable pawn to use against the Four. Seducing Corbett, she convinced him to assassinate Miles Gorney, who was apparently the leader of the human representatives of the Four. After she had sent Corbett off, however, she managed to cast a spell to observe the actions of these four, and learned that they needed a human sacrifice to complete their own spell. Too late she rushed to stop Corbett, and when he killed Gorney, the Four's spell was sealed, closing off the portal to Hell so that Satana could not return. Furious at her own stupidity, Satana drained the soul of Corbett, killing him. Satana journeyed to the Cave of the Seven Winds, from which she traveled to the Netherworld where she hoped to be able to access her father's Hell. En route, she encountered Zannarth, whom she coerced into assisting her in her efforts. The Four sent a Nightbeast against them, but Satana mesmerized it and enlisted it to her own service. They were ambushed by another team of demons, whom they overpowered before continuing their journey. The Nightbeast was apparently destroyed in this second assault. As they continued they found the corpse of Trachos, the former leader of the Four, killed by them for his failures. (Haunt of Horror v1 #2)
Within the Netherworld, Satana and Zannarth were confronted by the remaining members of the Four. Zannarth was slain by Ellin, and Satana attempted to gain a brief respite by forcing the Four to see themselves as they truly were. However, rather than a momentary distraction, this caused the Four great agony, and they reverted to their human forms. Taking advantage of their weakness and surprise, Satana rapidly moved from one to another, kissing the three men and draining their souls. However, she was then confronted by the still living Trachos, who revealed himself to be none other than Miles Gorney. Laughing as he vanished, Gorney refused to answer any of Satana's questions. Nonetheless, she felt the barrier to Hell fade away. However, sensing that she would gain answers, and perhaps vengeance, on Earth, she headed back there. A group of former soldiers, under the direction of Monsignor Jimmy Cruz, ambushed Satana, beating her brutally and leaving her for dead. As Satana lay dying, she tried to contact her father, but found the portal to his realm once again closed. Exiter directed surgeon and former priest Michael Heron into the alley to help Satana. When one of the men, Arni Holder, a former Green Beret, came back to make sure Satana was dead, Exiter slaughtered and consumed him. Heron brought Satana back to his room, and Exiter brought her night porter, on whom Satana fed to regain her strength and heal her wounds. Upon awakening, Satana attempted to feed on Heron as well, but found him able to resist her call--the first ever to do so. Cruz himself led a squad to kill Satana, but they ended up having to settle for kidnapping Heron when Satana escaped them and the police began to approach. Satana tracked one of Cruz's men and forced him to tell him Cruz's location before she consumed his soul. Exiter went on ahead, but was slaughtered by the N'Garai, summoned by Cruz. Satana approached Cruz silently, so that he had not time to summon demons, but rather used his gun against her. She dodged Cruz's bullets then slew him and ate his foul soul.(Haunt of Horror v1 #4)
Satana parted ways with Heron, but gave him the Azshiran, a ring that could protect him from any demon born of Satan. Continuing her search for Gorney, Satana slew Walter Dean, a Hollywood producer/director who had aspired to membership in the Camarilla of the N'Garai. She was then confronted by the demon Agathon, who showed her that Gorney had captured Heron and cut off his hand. Agathon blasted Satana unconscious and then brought her before Gorney. Awakening, Satana impaled Agathon on one of Gorney's structures and then took out Gorney's servants with the aid of Heron, who was mortally wounded in the process. Satana recognized Gorney as her father, Satan, as no one else could have injured a man wearing the Azshiran. Satan revealed that it was all just a test to prove Satana's power and loyalty, but she turned her back on him by allowing Heron to die without her consuming his soul. Furious, Satan banished her to Earth until the time of her death. (Haunt of Horror v1 #5)
She was approached by the Hood who wanted to know more about Dormammu that was possessing him with Satana telling him about the Dread Lord of the Dark Dimension. (Dark Reign: The Hood v1 #3) Robbins later decided to put her on retainer to help him exorcise the power of the Faltine from his body. (Dark Reign: The Hood v1 #4) Despite her efforts, Parker had furthered connection with Dormammu who had bonded to his human host. (Dark Reign: The Hood v1 #5)
Overview
Personality and attributes
She came to be known as the Devil's Daughter. (Vampire Tales v1 #2)
Her body had the Satan-Mark tattooed on her neck which initially she believed to had been a birth mark until she learnt of her origins. This was a seal of the house of Hell and meant to mark the daughter of Lucifer. (Marvel Preview v1 #7) It marked her daughterhood as being a child and being a child of the demon lord who claimed to be Satan. (Vampire Tales v1 #3)
Satana was the daughter of a demon claiming to be Satan who took on mortal form and had seduced Victoria Hellstrom. She also had a sibling with this being a brother named Daimon Hellstrom who was three years older than her. (Marvel Spotlight v1 #13)
The ancient demon Dansker came to be assigned as her mentor where he taught her how to use magic. (Marvel Premiere v1 #27)
The demon Zannarth was once forced to become her companion and slave. On one occasion, Satana had stolen his soul as a joke leading to the demon coming to resent her as a result. (Haunt of Horror v1 #2)
Powers and abilities
Satana was born a demoness where she was the daughter of Satan that gave her abilities far beyond a normal human. This included superhuman strength where she could crush a man's wrist with ease and break their neck with a blow. (Vampire Tales v1 #3)
She came to be trained in the magical arts by the demon Dansker. (Marvel Premiere v1 #27)
Through a kiss, she could drain the life from a person and leave people dead after she took their souls with these appearing as butterflies to her. (Vampire Tales v1 #2) Those that she preyed upon had their bodies visibly age as a result of their soul being consumed. (Vampire Tales v1 #3)
Her powers allowed her to have a degree of influence over mortals where with but few words she could command them to follow her orders. She could also instil a desire in mortal men where they yearned to fall within her embrace and kiss her. This allowed her to prey on their moment of weakness so that she could consume their souls. (Vampire Tales v1 #3)
For a time, her body was host to the Basilisk that was an Arch-Demon of Hell and the deadliest of the Satanic hosts who was bound both as prisoner as well as servant to her. It slaughtered those that opposed her and even influenced her actions at times. Satana could summon the Arch-Demon by calling out its name and it manifested to destroy her enemies. The Satan-Mark on her indicated her as being the Keeper of the Basilisk who was also the Keeper of Armageddon. This was because the demon was to be let loose on humanity on the day of Lucifer's rise against the Heavens on the Day of Armageddon. (Marvel Preview v1 #7)
Her father was noted to had gifted her a feline demonic familiar called Exiter. (Haunt of Horror v1 #5)
Notes
- Satana was created by Roy Thomas and John Romita, Sr. where she made her first appearance in Vampire Tales v1 #2 (October, 1973).
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
- In Helstrom, Ana Hellstrom appeared in the setting of the live-action television series in where she was portrayed by actress Sydney Lemmon.
Video games
- In Marvel Avengers Alliance, Satana appeared as an unlockable playable character in the setting of the Facebook video game.
- In Marvel Future Fight, Satana appeared as an unlockable playable character in the setting of the mobile video game.
Appearances
- Vampire Tales v1: (1973)
- Marvel Preview v1:
- Legion of Monsters: Satana v1:
- Dark Reign: The Hood v1:
- Spirits of Vengeance v1:
- Doctor Strange v4:
- Strikeforce v1:
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