| “ | You bring out all the best in me, father-- all the good! I need only gaze upon you-- recall what you did to my human mother-- how you drove her over the brink of sanity-- and my fury and strength seem to multiply tenfold! | „ |
| ~ Daimon Hellstrom to his father Marduk Kuriois. |
| “ | Since the dawn of humanity, dead souls have collected in the netherworlds. Generations upon generations... now awakened! AND IN THE THRALL OF THE CHAOS KING! | „ |
| ~ Hellstrom describing the Chaos King. |
Daimon Hellstrom, formerly known as the Son of Satan, is a superhero from Marvel comics.
The son of a human woman and a demon Marduk Kurious, Daimon learned of his hybrid heritage before he was ordained as a priest. Wanting to defeat his father and the forces of evil, Hellstrom used his darksoul powers to fight against his father and demonic threats. Since his debut, he has allied himself with Doctor Strange and the Ghost Rider, and has been a member of the Defenders and the Midnight Sons. Depending on the writer, he has been a superhero, anti-hero and a villain.
He was created by Roy Thomas, the late Gary Friedrich, the late Herb Trimpe and Tom Sutton, and first appeared in Ghost Rider (Vol. 2) #1 in September of 1973.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Daimon Hellstrom was born in Fire Lake, Greentown, Massachusetts to Victoria Wingate and the demon Marduk Kurious, whom had re-named himself "Satan" and sired a child in an effort to gain more power. Alongside his younger sister Satana, they were taught magic by Marduk before being prepared for a ritual sacrifice. However, Victoria stopped the ritual, but was later institutionalized upon witnessing the event. As a result, Daimon and Satana were separated and sent to different orphanages as Kurious returned to his realm.
Becoming the Son of Satan[]
While preparing to become a priest, Daimon was informed that he had inherited his father's home. At his home, he discovered his mother's diary she wrote before she died, revealing the truth of Marduk. Aware that his son has learned the truth, the demon telepathically spoke with Daimon and brought him to Hell. The demon attempted to persuade Daimon to become his servant, but he decided to instead fight against his father. Despite failing to defeat Marduk, Hellstrom made it his life goal to fight against demonic threats and gave himself the name the "Son of Satan" upon learning his darksoul powers.
Fighting against the the forces of evil, Hellstrom fought his sister after she became a succubus, developed a friendship with the Ghost Rider and became a member of the Defenders. During his time with the team, he fell in love with his teammate Hellcat and they started dating. Around this time he lost his darksoul power from the Miracle Man, and decided to retire his superhero identity and married Patsy. However, Daimon was close to death due to the separation from his powers, resulting in Hellcat making a deal with Marduk but causing her to go insane. Despite regaining his powers, tragedy struck when Hellcat took her own life by calling upon the Deathurge.
Ruling Hell[]
Despite losing his wife, Daimon continued to find ways to his defeat his father, and made a deal with the witch LaVoisin to learn his true name. After sleeping with the witch as part of the deal, he defeated Marduk and became the new ruler of Hell. Agreeing to the conditions to maintain the balance between Heave and Hell, he tricked Hawkeye and his Thunderbolts team in bringing Hellcat back to Earth when they were attempting to bring Mockingbird back. He also worked with Ghost Rider and his former lover Jaine Cutter to stop Zadkiel's plans with Anton Satan.
Later on, Hellstrom was killed by Daniel Drumm by possessing the agent Victoria Hand, but his spirit remained on Earth and spoke with Doctor Strange on his return.
Portrayals[]
Television[]
- In the Hulu series Helstrom, he was portrayed by Tom Austen, who also voiced Robin in Batman: Arkham VR.
Trivia[]
- Ranked 12th on Den of Geek's 2015 "Marvel Comics' monster characters" list.
- The character came about when the late Stan Lee pitched a comic book series titled "The Mark of Satan", but Roy Thomas worried that the public wouldn't accept a series starring Satan himself, which led to the creation of the "Son of Satan" comic run.
- He is inconsistently written in several comics, with him being a superhero and his next appearance being a member of the Masters of Evil as a villain. Due to this, writers had tried to explain this on occasions:
- In Venom (Vol. 2) #41, he states that he has duplicates (or "shadows" as he describes) of himself to explore any angle, allowing to do whatever they freely can.
- He sees good and evil being outdated terms.
