History: (Demon III #2 (fb), 19 (fb), Demon II #2 (fb, BTS)) - The demon archduke Belial went to war with the serpent queen Ran va Daath, and in a cataclysmic battle every last one of their demon soldiers was slain. They prepared to fight to the death in one-on-one combat when Cupid appeared and shot them with his arrows of love. They made love, and while Belial slept afterwards Daath tried to devour him, but he fought her off, and they ended up living together in Belial's castle. Their son Etrigan was born, and his first act was to bite off the delivering doctor's hand and then spew hellfire in his father's face. A few days after Etrigan’s birth his father and Asteroth tied him up in snake hair and hung him in a pit for a few years to get him fired up. Such cruelty was considered a good way to make a young demon malicious. Etrigan was cruel, even as an infant, and even for Hell, although he was confident he would never be punished because of his father's lofty position. Belial met with Lucifer to discuss demonic plans, and Belial brought his son along. Etrigan stole the Crown of Horns, who was the symbol of power of the rulership of Hell, but his young body could not handle the power. Lucifer removed the Crown from him, and told Belial that Etrigan seemed very promising, but he needed to learn harsh discipline, because even in Hell there were rules. Belial beat and tortured Etrigan, but found that his young son loved pain. He blamed Ran va Daath for always giving in to her son's wants and being a bad influence, so he cast her out to live in exile in Masak Mavdil. Etrigan was furious, and promised to make his father pay, but Belial scoffed at him, reminding him how much greater his power was than Etrigan's.

(Demon III #19 (fb)) - A century later Etrigan finally found an opportunity to humiliate his father. He met a minor Middle Eastern goddess who was a goat spirit, and cast a spell to make her appear as a ravishing woman. Belial quickly seduced her after meeting her, but was shocked and disgust when his son, a small humanoid goat, was born. Etrigan removed his spell, showing Belial he'd made love to a goat and gloated. Belial vowed that his little Scapegoat would henceforth rule over his older brother and make his life miserable. As Scapegoat grew he found a deep love and respect for Etrigan, although the feelings were not reciprocated. He defied Beliel, saying he didn't have it in him to harm his beloved brother or rule over him, earning Belial's scorn and disappointment.

(Demon II #3 (fb, BTS), Demon III #19 (fb)) - Etrigan’s power grew astronomically and he became a scourge of hell. Belial sired Merlin with a mortal so he’d have someone that could hold sway over Etrigan. Merlin demonstrated his power over his half-brother by using the Book of Eternity to cast a spell that caged Etrigan. Etrigan demanded Belial punish Scapegoat too, giving Merlin and Belial an idea. Even Hell needed cleansing, so all of demonkind confessed their sins to Scapegoat, and he was to bear all of their sins on himself. Merlin then exiled Scapegoat to the Beyond Region.

(Demon I #1, Demon III #0 (fb)) - <560 AD> Merlin used Etrigan as a force for good, defending Camelot in times of need. The evil Morgaine Le Fay usurped control of Etrigan and enlisted him in her army of demons. Etrigan participated in the fall of Camelot, and with Camelot in ruins Jason lay in a field with his wife Marie, watching their children play. He told her that Camelot's fate meant little to them, as rich kings and queens would always fight their wars, and always claim it was good against evil, but the outcome meant little to peasants such as themselves, and all he cared about was his family. Merlin watched them through a scrying glass, calling Jason a traitor and still furious that Camelot was gone. Etrigan admired Jason for speaking what he saw as truth, and admitted his heart wasn't in it defending King Arthur. He bragged that the battle had left Merlin too drained to contain him. Merlin used the last of his magic to bind Etrigan to Jason, so that they'd make each other's lives Hell. The bond drove them both mad, and Jason took an axe and slaughtered his family. When his brother-in-law discovered the bodies he rounded up a mob to kill Jason, who transformed into Etrigan and massacred them all. Jason and Etrigan's madness lasted for a year, and Etrigan promised to make him a wealthy and powerful man if he let him come out occasionally to have fun. Jason saw no way out and felt totally helpless, so he agreed even though it violated every moral fiber he had. Etrigan, still under Merlin's sway, sometimes acted as a force of good.

(Blood of the Demon #6 (fb)) - <10 years after the fall of Camelot> Demon destroyed a dragon-demon, and was then turned back into Jason by Merlin. Jason ran home in time to see the birth of his son, but his wife had died giving childbirth.

(Demon I #9 (fb)) - Jason lived in peace for years in a medieval hamlet, but he was called to action when a sorcerer summoned a legion of demons to destroy the hamlet. Jason transformed into the Demon, decimated the wizard’s army, and blasted the wizard into the night sky. He transformed back into Jason and took his leave from the hamlet forever.

(Demon III #0 (fb)) - <1199> Jason was wealthy beyond desire, and Etrigan climbed higher in the ranks of Hell by committing blasphemous atrocities, but he craved more. Jason led a cardinal and a retinue of knights to negotiate with the Turks in Jerusalem, turning into Etrigan and torturing and murdering them. Etrigan became a favorite in Lucifer's court, and Jason used the cardinal's gold to buy an earldom in Scotland and Catherine of Saxony's hand in marriage. Etrigan got progressively worse, but when Jason rebelled, threatening to never let him out again Etrigan mentally dominated him, and together they killed the pope.

(Demon III #41) - <1221> During the Fifth Crusade Jason Blood was kidnapped by bishop and general Reynald de la Montaigne. Reynald's men were in Jerusalem, attempting to storm the Saracen fortress Al Salah, which supposedly contained the True cross, but had so far failed and suffered massive casualties. Reynald had discovered Merlin's Book of Eternity, so he knew all about Jason, and wanted Etrigan to destroy the Saracens. Etrigan attacked Reynald, but with the Book of Eternity in his possession the Demon could not hurt him, although Reynald's magic learned from the book could hurt Demon. Etrigan agreed to Reynald's demands, but said demons made bargains, and were not ordered around like servants, and demanded the Book of Eternity once the fortress was sieged. He reached down Reynald's throat and pulled out his soul, a squirming black worm of a thing, as collateral. Etrigan instructed him to commit his entire remaining force of Crusaders against Al Salah, and said he'd reappear to help them when the time was right. Reynald did as ordered, but his men were again massacred. With few Crusaders remaining Etrigan reappeared and raised the fallen Crusaders as abominable zombies, and they overtook Al Salah. Reynald was stabbed by a princess that he was keeping as a prisoner, mortally wounding him, and she urged him to try to get his soul back from the Demon before he died and ended up in Hell. Etrigan was in Al Salah's treasure room, filled with gold and Christian relics. Reynald refused to hand over the book, and used the book's spell to turn Etrigan mortal so he could forcibly seize back his soul. The soul squirmed through the treasure, and as Reynald tried to capture it Jason stabbed him, ending his life and damning him.

(Demon I #12 (fb)) - During the dark ages the Demon broke into the castle of Baron Von Rakenstein, a demented surgeon and magician who created hybrid beast men to terrorize the countryside. The Demon burned Rakenstein’s castle to the ground, along with the Baron and his abominations.

(Demon III #0 (fb), 50 (fb)) - <1656> Jason, thoroughly debauched, was invited to Hell by Lucifer himself. At Lucifer's behest Jason approached Captain Scumm, scourge of the seven seas, and his crew. They threatened him with violence, but agreed to listen when he told them he needed a mad bloodthirsty crew to attain unimaginable riches. He wove a tale about a tower in the South Sea built millennia ago by magician, and claimed it contained the riche of every shipwreck that ever was. They set sail, and the crew feared something demonic about Jason, but Scumm dismissed him as a fop and said they'd kill him once they had the riches he promised since he failed to show Scumm the respect and fear he demanded. After months at ea the pirates spotted the freighter Santa Alec from Rome, and prepared to attack. Jason told them not to be distracted from their mission, but Scumm was having none of it. They fired their cannons, only to be met by superior firepower. Jason appeared on the Santa Alec in hi demonic form of Etrigan, and slaughtered every crewman aboard with relish before disappearing. Scumm and his shaken and confused men boarded the hip, to discover it filled not with treasure but with counterfeit relics. Jason chided them for not listening to him, refused to acknowledge that they'd seen a demon, and demanded they push on. In a month's time they were in the Antarctic, and Jason performed a spell, ostensibly to make the tower appear, but actually revealing a gate to Hell. Scumm's crew fought the demons of Lucifer' tower, climbing ever upward until only Scumm and Jason remained alive. Scumm found only an empty room at top, and knew he'd been betrayed. Lucifer appeared, reminding Scumm of their bargain, his soul in exchange for invincibility, and told him his contract had expired a decade before. Scumm's soul was bound to Hell, and Etrigan, Jason and Lucifer cut him open and drank hi blood from goblets in celebration of a job well done.  In exchange for claiming the overdue soul of William Scumm Jason was granted knowledge from Lucifer. As an immortal Jason craved new experiences, and asked Lucifer where he could go to reap the rewards of the future and engage in novel evils. Lucifer told him to go to the Americas, and in a few years Jason was settled in New Amsterdam.

(Blood of the Demon #4 (fb)) -<September 1, 1666> London burned, and the public blamed revolutionaries, but Demon knew Morgaine Le Fay was responsible. He found her and she told him she wanted him back in her control. She drained some of his life-force with a kiss, but he burned down her house. They fought, but were separated after falling into a canal.

(Demon III #0 (fb)) - Jason removed a Native American tribe from their land, and gave them blankets infected with smallpox to finish them off. Etrigan and Jason had bloody adventures and pleasures during the Civil War, including a massacre of prisoners after the Battle of Gettysberg. At the beginning of the twentieth century Jason sold his holdings in the west, moving to Gotham City because he liked the ambiance.

(Blood of the Demon #10) - <1885> Townsfolk saw Jason transform into the Demon, and sentenced him to death. The time-traveling Randu Singh and Harry Matthews freed him, allowing the Demon to destroy a demonic entity that lived under the town’s mine. Randu split Demon into two entities because the Demon of their era’d died, causing Jason’s protective spells on his Gotham apartment to crumble, and freeing all manner of monsters. They brought one of the Demons into the future with them to undo the damage.

(Demon III #0 (fb)) - With the outbreak of WWI Jason furthered his wealth with holdings in a munitions firm. In 1917 he attended a party in London thrown by fellow arms investor Lieutenant-General Sir Anthony Ashcombe, but was irritated by the bravado of his son Major Courtney Ashcombe, saying he could end the war in a week with magic. They scoffed at him, so he summoned Etrigan, who blew up a zeppelin bombing London. The British gave him one million gold sovereign to serve as a secret weapon at the Third Battle of Ypres. He summoned Etrigan, who brought a number of demons from Hell with him, and the mowed down the German soldiers, but when Jason turned back Etrigan had the demons pin him down. Etrigan said he liked the carnage of the war, and was insulted that Jason hadn't consulted him about his plan to end it faster. The demons, taking up the German's artillery, killed 10,000 British troops, and Jason went mad. An insane host was useless to Etrigan, so he used his magic to erase Jason's memory. Jason knew he was bound to Etrigan, but not why, and was convinced he was good at heart and could achieve salvation by separating himself from the Demon.

(Green Arrow III #9) <1968> Jason Blood met occultist Stanley Dover at a party and told him about the Magdelene Grimoire, never believing that Dover would pursue and come to possess the tome.

(Demon I #1) - Jason, again having no memory of the Demon or his immortality, set up shop in Gotham as a demonologist. He believed his long past to be the adventures of his ancestors, and his apartment was filled with their treasures and portraits from over the centuries.

(Demon I #1, 2) - Jason had dreams about Etrigan, and located the sorcerer Warly in Vermont and asked him for help. Warly knew what Jason Blood was, and attacked him with a suit of armor inhabited by a poltergeist. Warley was an agent of Le Fay, and knew Jason’s resurfacing memories meant Merlin would soon contact him. After being defeated Jason woke up outside the ruins of Warley’s place and returned to Gotham. Merlin sent an Unliving to summon Jason to Moldavia. Jason found Merlin’stomb in Castle Branek, but was met by Le Fay and her minions, which prompted Jason to transform into the Demon. He fought fiercely, but Le fay turned him back into Jason and fled with Merlin’s Eternity Book, which contained a spell that would restore her youth. Jason joined with Inspector Stavic, who knew about the frequent occult occurrences in Moldavia, to pursue Le Fay into Walpurgis Woods. Jason’s friend Randu Singh in Gotham used his ESP and sensed that Jason was in trouble when Le Fay sent her coven and a Gorla after him, and used his mental powers to once again change Jason into Etrigan. Etrigan destroyed the Gorla and Walpurgis Woods before turning back into Jason, and he hoped the Demon’s actions put an end to le Fay before she restored herself to full power.

(Demon I #3) - Jason dreamed of being chained to Etrigan and struggling with him. He was woken from his nightmare by Harry, who was in the neighborhood. Harry transformed into a pirate named Pistol and tried to kill Jason, but Randu, who’d learned to use his ESP to summon Etrigan, transformed Jason. The Demon subdued Pistol, but before he could kil him Randu changed him back to Jason, and Pistol turned back to Harry. Randu told Jason that the Reincarnators cult, who could summon the past lives of others, was being investigated by the U.N., and as one of the investigators he’d been targeted for death. The Reincarnators sent medieval executioner Mord after Randu, but Etrigan stopped him and followed the Reincarnators back to their headquarters. The Demon destroyed the Master-Eye, source of the Reincarnators power, and when the Reincarnators leader tried to bring out a past life he was transformed into a bug, which Etrigan squashed.

(Demon I #4, 5) - Merlin awoke the Demon to deal with Kamara, a fear-monster that was scaring people to death. The Kamara bested Etrigan and brought him to the Iron Duke and Ugly Meg, who’d summoned the Kamara to draw out the Demon and steal Merlin’s mystical knowledge. Meg prepared to slay the Demon to leave Merlin vulnerable, at which point the wizard appeared, and forced the villains to flee. The Duke’s subjects begged Merlin to end his tyrannical reign, and Merlin and Etrigan pursued the Duke to his castle. Ugly Meg subdued them with the vapors of mortality, but then turned against her master the Duke, turning him into an iron golem. Etrigan got free, and while fighting the Duke both the Duke and Meg fell from the castle top to their deaths. Merlin found the Somnambula, a mystic create, trapped beneath the castle. It turned thought to reality and was the source of meg’s power. Fearing its power falling into the wrong hands Merlin had Demon send it back to the netherworld using hellfire.

(Demon I #6) - Going home from Transylvania Jason / Etrigan encountered the Howler, a primal force possessing a mortal. The Howler was driven to pass its’ possession to another human, and tried to possess Jason, but his demonic nature prevented it. On the flight home he met anthropologist Eric Shiller, who told him he’d followed him, and how he’d been possessed by the Howler. Back in Gotham Jason tried to exorcise the Howler, but Glenda Marks interrupted the ceremony. Jason turned into the Demon and in the fight the Howler fell from Jason’s apartment window, seemingly to his death.

(Demon I #7) - Klarion the Witch Boy sought refuge from his elders in the Beyond Country, and fled to Jason’s Gotham apartment for refuge. The Judge and his familiar, the Draaga, assaulted the apartment and the Demon fought them off, but was poisoned by the Draaga. Klarion healed him and told him he’d be staying with his “uncle” Jason until the situation blew over. Jason went to a party with Harry Matthews and Randu Singh, but Klarion was apprehended by his elders, and summoned the Demon to his aid. Demon used a hex-sign to banish the elders, but Klarion mistakenly believed that the Demon was now his servant. The Demon shattered his illusion by transporting him off the Earthly plane.

(Demon I #8-10) - Demon was interested in Jason’s life and had his friends Harry and Randu show him Jason’s collection of occult artifacts. They noticed a break-in, and the Demon felt possessive of Jason’s valuables, so he followed a hole in the apartment to Gotham’s sewer system. The Phantom of the Sewers had stolen a sword that belonged to Merlin in a vain attempt to bring his beloved statue of Galatea to life. The Demon fended him off and reclaimed the sword. Changed back to Jason he vowed to destroy his devilish alter ego, and used the philosopher’s stone to seemingly freese the Demon within to death. Jason threw a costume party, but the Phantom broke in and kidnapped Glenda Mark, who he believed was Galatea. The police searched the sewers for Glenda, but Jason demanded that Harry and Randu aid him in his own search. They split up, and Jason realized he’d only put the Demon in hiding, not killed him, so he used the philosopher’s stone to revive Etrigan. Etrigan tracked the Phantom and Glenda to an abandoned theatre, and persuaded the Phantom to see reason. Etrigan summoned the spirit of Galatea and had her possess Glenda. Galatea once destroyed the Phantom’s face for having betrayed her, and she promised to give it back. She summoned the Soul Snatcher that took the Phantom’s face, but his restoration of visage and soul also made the years catch up with him, and the rapidly aging Phantom died of heart failure.

(Demon I #11-13) - Etrigan encountered Evilstein’s monster running rampant in Gotham. The reanimated collection or corpses was in pain and sought to escape his evil master, but Evilstein’s assistant Igor reclaimed the monster and subdued the Demon, who turned back into his human alter ego Jason Blood. Evilstein looked forward to experimenting on Blood, and decided to transplant his head and his demonic nature into his monster. Just as Evilstein was prepared for surgery Jason turned back into the Demon. He freed Evilstein’s monster, who fled in fear of his master, and Igor assaulted the Demon with his electric lash. The Demon endured and burned down Evilstein’s lab, freeing all his monstrous experiments. Unable to defeat the Demon Evilstein and Igor tracked down the monster and killed him with the Electric Lash. The Demon retaliated by using the philosopher’s stone to turn Evilstein and Igor into vultures.

(Demon I #14, 15) - Klarion, seeking revenge for his banishment, tormented Jason with dreams of the devil’s realm, and then created a demonic duplicate of Jason / Etrigan. As long as the doppelganger lived Jason would slowly fade out of existence. He changed into the Demon and prevented the doppelganger from killing his friends Randu, Harry and Glenda, but his heroics took too long to accomplish and the Demon became an insubstantial spirit. Glenda found his philosopher’s stone and wished him back into existence. The Demon found Klarion throwing a party at Jason’s apartment, and after vanquishing his doppelganger he banished Klarion and the doppelganger to the Beyond Country.

(Demon I #16) - Morgaine Le Fay and a horde of her demons captured Etrigan and branded him with Morgaine’s mark, making him her slave. Morgaine’s emissary Warley brought Glenda Marks to her, and she tried to wrest Jason’s philosopher’s stone from her. In the struggle Warly got the stone, and power-mad he turned Le Fay to a statue before being killed by one of her demons. The spell broke Le Fay’s control over Etrigan.

(Demon II #1-4) - Merlin moved his place of rest to Cornwall, and Jason was drawn to be near him. Glenda took the philosopher’s stone from Jason’s Gotham apartment and followed him to England, begging him to stop being morose and actively fight the Demon again. She wanted to find a way to free him, and presented him with one of his own books that had an illustration of Belial. She said he resembled the Demon, but magical blinders kept Jason from seeing the illustration. They summoned the Demon, who also couldn’t see the image. He falsely hinted that Morgaine le Fay was responsible, so Glenda warped the stone Le Fay to England, and asked the Demon to turn her back into flesh and blood so they could learn what she did. Demon revealed that he way playing with her and bit off Morgaine’s right hand. He told Glenda he was forbidden by Merlin to give too much away, but hinted that she should travel with Jason to the castle Daganbrack in Ireland. They followed his wishes and found an underground cave that contained the Book of Belial. Clutcher, a guardian demon, halted them and Blood changed into the Demon to defend Glenda. The book was burned up when Demon slaughtered Clutcher and he instructed Glenda to go to the British Museum, where the only other copy was held. Jason and Glenda stole it, and poured over its contents, but found nothing aside from praise for Belial and hints that he was connected to Etrigan. Belial sensed his book was taken, and sent Bile Demons to abduct Glenda. Jason returned to Gotham, and with the help of Harry Matthews summoned Belial. Using magic he forced Belial to answer his questions, and learned that Belial was the father of both Etrigan and Merlin, and that Merlin's demonic / mortal nature gave him control over Etrigan. Belial returned Glenda, but snatched Harry away to Hell, where he skinned him and made him a seat cushion. The Demon forced Jason to change, pleased that Glenda and Jason now knew his history, and told Glenda the only way he could be freed of Jason was to be freed from Merlin’s command, and that Merlin could be charmed by music. They returned to Cornwall, and entered Merlin’s tomb. Jason tried to reason with Merlin, but the wizard told him Etrigan would always need to inhabit someone so he could control the Demon, and that he wouldn’t transfer the burden from Jason to another. Jason played the music spell, and Merlin followed him into a field of hawthorn, magical bane, and contact with it sent him screaming to Hell. Jason and Etrigan separated. Etrigan finally had what he wanted, and considered tearing Jason limb from limb, but seeing that Jason was now a nearly lifeless shell without him he was pleased enough to let him live.

(Swamp Thing II #76) - The presence of two plant elementals on Earth created a synchronicity storm that threatened to plunge the Earth into chaos. Swamp Thing came up the solution of having his wife Abigail Arcane give birth to the second plant elemental, the Sprout, using John Constantine to impregnate her. Demon and the Phantom Stranger watched on, and the Stranger remarked that now that darkness and light had formed a union the grey lines between good and evil seemed that much murkier. The Demon called his musings banal, and happily pointed out that Constantine’s blood was tainted by the demon Nergal, and that this could unravel all of Swamp Thing’s plans. Phantom Stranger was ready to intercede, but the Demon stopped him with his breath of hellfire.

(Sandman II #4) - Dream of the Endless came to Hell to retrieve his helm, and Etrigan met him at the gates of Hell. He offered to take Dream to Lucifer, and along the way Etrigan intentionally led him past Nada, the woman Dream had long ago condemned to Hell in a fit of anger.

(Demon III #1-3) - Jason woke up in Hell suffering from amnesia, and as he stumbled around he was attacked by a giant stone demon, but the demon's companion recognized Jason as Etrigan's host and told him he'd best leave Jason alone. Merlin cast a spell to bring Randu and Glenda to his magically protected sanctuary in Hell, and told them he didn't have the strength to bring Jason with them. Merlin was pleased with himself for foiling Asteroth's plans to rule Hell, but Glenda cursed him for leaving Jason behind, demanding he take responsibility for his brother Etrigan and free Jason of his curse. She struck Merlin, infuriating him, and he cast a spell teleporting her and Randu back to Gotham City, no longer willing to tolerate their presence, but promised to help Jason if he could. Jason, exhausted, passed out, rand Etrigan found that in Hell he was separated from Jason when he slept, and went to work on his own schemes. Etrigan visited the Keeper of the Oracle of Styx, and sacrificed a demon for the oracle. He asked where to begin his search for power so he could rule Hell himself. The oracle told him to seek his mother in Masak Madvil, the pit of Hell. Etrigan then sacrificed the Keeper to the oracle to ask if he would succeed in ruling Hell, and the oracle replied that if he chose to rule he would end up with the crown of Hell, but would regret it. This did nothing to dissuade Etrigan, and he smiled. Etrigan returned to Jason's body as he woke, and Jason's memory started to return as he found himself drawn to visit Masak Madvil. Jason stumbled into a demonic church and wondered if Godd, as an omnipresent being, was in Hell or if he'd abandoned Jason completely. A demon captured Jason and placed him in an enormous man-powered wheel controlled by the Crone. The tortured souls had to operate the wheel, and were only given breaks when one of their number collapsed from the effort and fell into a pit of spikes below. During Jason's first break he passed out, releasing Etrigan, who made his way to Masak Madvil, distracted the guardian Abaddon with a flaming effigy, and found his mother Ran Va Daath in the pit. Daath was furious that she'd been in exile for 1,000 years after Belial banished her because he sought a new wife, and not once had Etrigan sought her out. He claimed Belial told him Daath had asked to be exiled, and complained that Belial let his new half-brother Merlin make a plaything of him. Daath knew their were lies in his story, and he clearly wanted something from her, but she was still pleased to finally be reunited with her son. She agreed to help her son become king of Hell, and gave him a slave to sacrifice to Abddon so he could leave the pit in peace. Etrigan rejoined Jason as he awoke. The Crone picked Jason to become her plaything, and he rebelled, pushing her into the pit of spikes. The emboldened tortured souls joined him in fleeing their punishment, running into a nearby cave. Etrigan knew where he wanted Jason to go within the cave, and manipulated him into choosing the paths he wanted.

(Demon III #4-6) - Etrigan prodded Jason's mind, leading him to a gleaming gateway within the caves, and when Jason and his companions entered they were greeted by angels. The angels told them their time in Hell was a test, and offered them food and drink, but Jason was suspicious, and refused. Those that partook saw their feast turn into leechlike creatures that devoured them. The "angels" revealed themselves as demons who were just having a rib on the damned souls, and took Jason to their master Belial in a cave where he had tortured souls hanging from meathooks. Belial asked where Etrigan was, and when Jason replied that he didn't know what the demon was talking about Belial knew Etrigan was having his fun playing with Jason's mind. He waded off into a river of blood and told Jason to think on it. Jason found Harry Matthews, who Belial was still using as a cushion, and Harry tried to jog his memory, hoping he'd find a way to get them both out of Hell. More memories started coming back, but Etrigan wasn't ready for Jason to remember everything, so he put him to sleep. Etrigan emerged, and met up with his father. He offered to help Belial take down Lucifer and Beelzebub so they could rule Hell as father and son. Belial was pleased, but pointed out that he'd be risking everything while Etrigan had the most to gain. Etrigan raged that if Belial didn't join him he'd take down him and the rest of the triumvirate by himself. Belial was pleased with his fire and told Etrigan that he'd naturally help his son with his ambitions. Daath assembled the exiled demons of Masak Madvil, and Etrigan rallied them to his side, telling them he'd grant them release from the abyss if they fought at his side. Etrigan then confronted Abaddon, and after they engaged in bloody battle convinced him there was no reason he should be keeping his fellow demons prisoner in the pit and to listen to his plans of ruling Hell. Etrigan returned to Jason as he woke, and after Harry told him more of his own history he regained the rest of his memory, including being at the Crusade that sacked Jerusalem and on the Santa Maria with Christopher Columbus. Realizing he was tied to Etrigan he felt helpless, but Harry reminded him it was his fault he was a seat cushion in Hell, and Jason agreed to take him to find Merlin so they could escape Hell together. They overheard Belial discussing his plans to lay back while Etrigan battled Lucifer and Beelzebub to see which way the winds blew. They sought out Merlin's sanctuary and told him about Etrigan's plans. Merlin told Jason he'd help him return to Earth, but first they had to stop Etrigan. Jason started to nod off and Etrigan was gleeful that Merlin foolishly allowed him into his sanctuary. Merlin made a concoction to keep Jason awake, but Etrigan commanded Jason to throw it down and drink a demon's brew Ran Va Daath made him to put him to sleep. Etrigan gleefully scorched Merlin with hellfire and beat him to a pulp, but told Harry he wouldn't hurt him because he found his jokes hilarious. Beelzebub felt a chill in his guts, sensing the demon Etrigan rallying his army against him. He sent out a patrol of fly demons to scout out Etrigan's army, but they were completely slaughtered. Beelzebub commanded his troops and defend his domain, but Etrigan's army broke through, and Etrigan and Abaddon cast a spell that destroyed the wards protecting Beelzebub's castle. The army razed the domain and blasted Beelzebub with eldritch energy, putting him down. Belial, pleased with Etrigan's progress, had his forces meet Etrigan's on their way to Lucifer's seat of power in Dis. Daath, still furious at her exile, attacked Belial, but Etrigan separated them, convincing them to lat aside their animosity until they'd conquered Hell. They reached Dis and Lucifer opened the gates to them and surrendered. Etrigan was suspicious, but Lucifer told him he was ceded rule of Hell because he was curious about how it would turn out for him. Etrigan burned Dis and slaughtered the demons within for fun.

(Demon III #7) - Etrigan prepared for his coronation at Masak Madvil, chaining up Beelzebub, Lucifer and Merlin, and placing Jason Blood and Harry Matthews on a slab of stone. He was given the Crown of Horns, signifying his rule. He promised his subjects Hell would shatter Earth and then lay siege to Heaven. Belial said he was proud of his son for joining him in the triumvirate, but Etrigan corrected him, saying he'd promised the third slot to Abaddon, knowing that if Lucifer had fought back Belial would have fought to keep the status quo. Etrigan also never got over his father allowing Merlin mastery over him. He assaulted his father, forced him to yield, and then ripped out his heart and tossed it to Daath, telling her she could always brag that she'd stolen Belial's heart. Belial's army wanted to attack, but Morax, who quite liked Etrigan as Hell's new ruler, convinced them to stand down with a few swings of his mallet. Morax pledged his servitude, and Etrigan gratefully accepted. Etrigan then ripped off Beelzebub's wings and cast him into the pit of Hell, then threw his father in too. Lucifer refused to throw himself into the pit, saying he was severely disappointed in Etrigan. His end goal of making war with Heaven was a fool's errand, and he'd expected better, but knew Etrigan was a youth as far as immortals went, and lacked true wisdom. Etrigan tried to attack him, but Lucifer broke his shackles and glided off. The chefs of Hell presented Etrigan with his feast, Caligula, who'd been stuffed for 2,000 years with the blood of sinners, but Etrigan told them he had one more pressing manner to attend to. He tortured Merlin, demanding he break his connection to Blood. Merlin seemingly agreed and cast a spell. Etrigan immediately started torturing Jason, but Merlin whispered to him that he was still Etrigan's jailer. Jason grabbed the Crown of Horns from Etrigan and used its' magic to incapacitate him before speaking the words that retuned Etrigan to him. Merlin's spell took effect, sending Jason back to Earth, and he was pleased at still being a skilled deceiver. Right before he vanished from Hell Jason managed to grab Harry to take him home. Morax, Abaddon and Daath were perplexed, but decided to think about it later and enjoy their feast of Caligula first.

(Demon III #8, 9) - While Jason was in Hell the GCPD investigated his disappearance, and D.A. Richard Jaynes concluded he'd been murdered and charged Randu and Glenda. Klarion had escaped Beyond Region, and feeling he owed Glenda and Randu something, kept Jaynes and his wife prisoner while he posed as the D.A. and tried to tank the trial. When Jason returned from Hell he burst into the courtroom, proving he was alive and bringing an end to the prosecutor's case. Randu and Glenda were overjoyed to see their friend back from Hell, but he broke off his friendship with them, and told them never to contact them again. Jason remembered Merlin's word's about being Etrigan's captor well, and tortured the Demon by visiting a church and later pressing a crucifix to his chest. Batman was suspicious of Jason's return, and when he visited the D.A.'s house found him and his wife dead, suspecting Etrigan, not realizing Klarion was the culprit. He met with Jason, who felt kinship with Batman because they were both driven by demons, and proclaimed his innocence, saying he was still keeping Etrigan locked up inside him. Jason told Batman he'd realized Etrigan was not only ruining his own life, but the lives of everyone around him, and wanted to leave Gotham with Harry in tow and make a clean break. Jason traveled to the Far East in search of wisdom to control the demon inside him, but was banished from a Buddhist temple because they sensed the demon within him. He visited a guru living in the mountains of Kathmandu, but he too rejected him. Jason traveled to the door of the Green Dragon Society, where the faithful had been instructed by their deceased Guru Chud to pray for a great destroyer to visit them.

(Demon III #10) - The Green Dragon Society sensed Jason's power, but Brother Wu reminded them he was not the actual destroyer, prophesied to ride a million horses and bring death in his wake. The Society taught Jason meditation techniques to recover the memories Etrigan had hidden from him. He saw himself in the past as the leader of a group of druids who worshipped Gaia, sacrificing young lovers to appease the earth goddess. Jason was horrified, but filled with doubt, wondering if he was actually remembering his old past, or experiencing a false memory implanted by Etrigan to torment him. The Society told Jason to pause his meditation and join them for dinner before he completely exhausted himself, and while Jason slept they performed a ritual to tap into his power to summon their destroyer. The world continued to be plagued by unprecedented disaster and violence, so Phantom Stranger went to Nepal to visit Jason Blood. The Stranger told him he must return to Gotham to prevent the end of the world, and Jason told him to take care wof whatever dangers he foresaw himself. Phantom Stranger said it was only in his power to illuminate the minds of men, not to instigate actions on his own, and Jason told him to leave. Displeased, the Stranger called forth Etrigan to plead his case to him. Etrigan blasted him with hellfire and attacked. Once the Stranger was able to get Etrigan to give a respit from battle he pleaded for him to stop the coming apocalypse, but Etrigan said the thought of humanity burning amused him, and he didn't care if his own life ended and Hell perished as well. Stranger realized his time had been wasted, so he returned Etrigan to the form of Blood. He knew the Society cultists were too blinded by their faith to heed him either, so he departed.

(Demon III #11, 12) - Jason started another meditation session, recalling his time as a druid, and remembering his name as Rex Nemorensis, Guardian of the Sacred Oak, who protected his followers from nonbelievers and rival religions. Etrigan arrived in the bough, taunting Rex, and defiling the sacred ground by his very presence. Rex stabbed him with a dagger charged with earth-magic, and Etrigan threatened to kill him, but Rex spat that he was a vassal of King Arthur, and Etrigan was beholden to not harm those who served his lord. Etrigan fled, but promised they'd meet again. Rex questioned a king who would make a pact with a demon, and told his followers in a week's time they would perform the Ceremony of the New Earth Morning to spread their faith across England. Camelot fell, Merlin bound Etrigan to Rex's soul, and slaughtered his druid followers. Jason woke, and still wondered if his memories were true, but reasoned that if he did know druidic magic he could use it to rid himself of Etrigan. The Society performed another ritual, causing their monastery to rumble, and when Guru Chud's corpse fell from his chair they knew the prophecy was about to come true. Intergalactic bounty hunter Lobo, the destroyer Chud foretold, approached Earth. Lobo was confused and furious that he'd been interrupted from a mission of smashing smugglers for his bos Vril Dox. He arrived at the Order's temple and demanded an explanation before he gutted them. The Order explained their guru's prophecy, but admitted they had no such spell that would return Lobo to space. Lobo demanded to see their guru, ignoring their protests the he could tell Lobo nothing. Lobo recognized the guru's corpse as his old drinking buddy Chud, an extraterrestrial Antarean, and a religious conman who set up religions on hundreds of worlds, living fat off the profits and then leaving to start the grift over again somewhere else. Lobo said he must have gotten stranded on Earth, and after searching Chud's body, found his broken personal communicator. If the communicator was functional Chud would have called him for a pickup, but since he couldn't he created the Order of the Green Dragon to bring Lobo down to Earth and destroy it out of spite for being trapped on a backward planet. The cult was dismayed that Chud was a fraud, but decided that didn't invalidate his teachings, and asked Lobo if he would still fulfill the prophecy. Lobo agreed for fun, and the Order suggested setting off the apocalypse by dropping an atom bomb on a major fault line. Jason emerged from his chambers, saying he could not allow Lobo and the Order to pass judgment on mankind. He attacked Lobo with the earth magic of Gaia he'd recently discovered he possessed, but was no match for the bounty hunter. Jaosn was forced to return to the form of Etrigan and they engaged in furious battle.

(Demon III #13-15) - Etrigan and Lobo brutalized each other, with the Order watching on in confusion, but they were very evenly matched. Lobo asked if they could call a timeout so he could destroy Earth, and then resume their fight. Etrigan was intrigued with Lobo's role as the destroyer, and proposed a truce so they could end humankind together. While Etrigan was away from his stomping grounds in Gotham City his old enemy Klarion assembled the team of Tenzin Wyatt and C'th to destroy him, and held Jason's friends Randu Singh, Glenda Mark and Harry Matthews hostage. Klarion forced Randu to use his psi-power to locate Etrigan / Jason and sent him a message to come back to Gotham. Etrigan took that as a sign, telling Lobo they'd find their nuke there. They flew to Gotham City on Lobo's bike, and although Lobo told Etrigan he was a pretty cool guy and trying out some rhymes of his own they both planned on turning on each other as soon as an opportunity presented itself. They arrived at Gotham's Woodside Military Base, only to be confronted by Klarion's gang. Etrigan let Lobo take Klarion's gang on by himself while he rushed to the base's missile silo. Angered at being betrayed Etrigan told Klarion's group where Etrigan went while he went to find his own nuke on the base. Klarion's familiar Teekl followed Lobo to see what he was up to, and after transforming into her cat-lady form did a dance to bring him close so she could try to disembowel him. Lobo overpowered her, slamming her into a wall and leaving her in a heap before going back to his mission. Klarion and C'th focused their mystic power on Etrigan, staggering him, before Klarion cast a spell to turn him back into Jason Blood and stringing him up with cables. C'th demanded he be allowed to take Glenda as his sacrifice since he'd helped Klarion and the With-Boy told him to have fun. Lobo found his nuke, and the Phantom Stranger appeared to him, trying to appeal to his better nature to rethink what he was doing, but Lobo laughed him off. C'th grabbed Glenda, and prepared to kill her, but Lobo spotted them, and still angry at C'th attacking him unprovoked struck him, shoved his head in a tank cannon and fired it, blasting his head clean off. Glenda, with Randu and Harry following close behind, ran to the missile silo where she found Klarion torturing Jason with dark magic, and bashed him in the head with a nearby metal bar. She embraced Jason's broken and bloody form, and hoped he still lived. Glenda found that Jason was clinging to life, but just barely, and seeing no other choice she said the words that turned him back into Etrigan. Etrigan taunted her for her choice and teleported away to kill Lobo for his double-cross and end life on Earth by himself. Klarion, recovered from his head injury, snuck away while the Phantom Stranger appeared to Glenda, Randu and Harry to explain the predicament they were in. Every 13,000 years, halfway through the Great Tropical Year of Earth's orbit the planet entered an area of space that vibrated at a higher frequency, and at that time the chances of cataclysm were great. The Bible and the ancient records of China, Egypt and Babylon all recognized that every 13,000 years the world could undergo catastrophic change, and at that moment Lobo was set to detonate his nuke in the fault line of Meggido, Israel, which would unleash an earthquake that would knock Earth from its' orbit. Klarion reunited with Teekl, overjoyed that she was alive but furious with Lobo for having harmed her, and when he came across C'th's corpse he took his rod of power and charged it up to cast a spell on Etrigan and Lobo. Etrigan and Lobo were having a fierce battle on Lobo's bike above Israel, and during their combat the nuke came loose and plunged toward Meggido. Phantom Stranger sensed akll these events and had Harry use the minor magic he'd learned during his time in Hell to combine with Klarion's spell, sending Etrigan and the falling bomb off to the Beyond Region. Harry, Randu and Glenda celebrated the world not ending, but Phantom Stranger had to break it to Glenda that Jason and Etrigan were either destroyed or severely altered by the spell.

(Demon III #16) - Jason lay unconscious in the Beyond Region when the Thing-That-Cannot-Die stumbled upon him. The meaner spirited residents of Beyond Region found the Thing great sport to hunt, both because he was hard to catch and because he never died. The Thing woke up Jason to warn him of the demonic hounds, sent by Lord Wotan, coming their way, but Klarion's spell caused Etrigan's consciousness to occupy Jason's body and vice versa. Etrigan struck the Thing and then raged about being trapped in mortal form, although he found the fact that he could feel pain delicious. He killed the hounds bare-handed, but when Wotan's hunter wrapped a whip around his neck and dragged him behind his steed Etrigan was forced to change into his demonic form commanded by Jason. Jason instinctively burned the hunter alive with hellfire, but regretted it instantly. The Thing filled him in on where he was, saying the Beyond Region was a place of exile for bad things, and that escape was not permitted. Jason felt his demonic body's hunger pangs and approached a tavern. He rebuffed a two-headed philosopher, the Milligans, who tried to sell their services, and when they persisted knocked them out. Over a feast the Thing told him about his past, having been exiled by Merlin, and said there was tale of a cave where one could exit the Region if one was virtuous. The Milligans recovered, telling the other patrons that he recognized Etrigan from Merlin's Eternity Book, but mistook him for his father Belial. Belial's son Lord Scapegoat had banished them to the Region, and they wanted revenge. The patrons stabbed the Thing, causing him to bleed out, and overpowered Etrigan, chained him up, and tossed him into a pit.

(Demon III #17, 18) - Klarion was on Paradise Island looking to cause mischief, and witnessed Circe slay Wonder Woman. Her soul was headed to the Halls of the Dead, but Klarion cast a spell diverting her soul to the Beyond Region. She arrived in the same pit where Etrigan was being held, and tormented by a harpy named Banshee. Banshee attacked Wonder Woman, and the sight of blood inflamed Jason's demonic body, allowing him to break his bonds. He made quick work of Banshee and forced a bloody kiss on Wonder Woman. Fearing the control his demonic body had on his mind he transformed back into his human form with Etrigan in charge. Etrigan and Wonder Woman talked, realizing Klarion had left them both stranded in the Region, and Etrigan told her about the gate out of the dimension. He asked her to take his arm and lend him some of her virtue so they could escape together, but she knew that something wasn't right about him. The Thing made his way into the pit from a side entrance, and blew Etrigan's cover by calling him a fiend. Etrigan responded by attacking him, saying he'd see if there was a way to keep the Thing dead for good. Woman stayed his hand, and used her lasso of truth on him, finding that Etrigan possessed not a single redeeming thought or motivation, so she knocked him out and chained him up again. With Thing's help she escaped the Beyond Region, but the Thing found he still didn't possess the virtue necessary to leave himself. The tavern patrons were confused when they saw a human in their pit, and had a man named Doc torture him, demanding to know where Belial was, until Etrigan passed out from the physical trauma. The patrons took him on the road to hand over to Scapegoat, but were ambushed by Wotan, who killed Doc with a hail of arrows, demanding retribution for his slain hounds. Wotan smelled Merlin's magic on Etrigan, and demanded he tell him his connection to the wizard. He shot Etrigan with arrows, but he pleaded that he was an innocent mortal, so Wotan told him to run, promising that his Wild Hunt would get him to talk. In desperation Etrigan turned into his demonic form controlled by Blood and fled. Wotan recognized Merlin's half-brother and was determined to torture him to death The Thing came across the fleeing Jason and offered to guide him through the Beyond Region's undergrowth, althogh Wotan managed to throw his spear that never missed its mark and wound Jason. Wotan's pursuit was hampered by traps the Thing set, but he was undeterred. The Thing told Jason how he'd helped Wonder Woman escape the Beyond Region, and was inspired by her to continue on his path of virtue that would allow freedom from the Region. He was finally virtuous enough to see the golden thread that led out of the Region, so he and Jason followed it, but Thing was shocked that it led to the castle of Lord Scapegoat. Scapegoat greeted them, and when Wotan and the Wild Hunt caught up he demanded they leave his guest alone. Wotan complained, but feared Scapegoat's power, so he fled. Jason didn't recognize Scapegoat, and the Lord though he jested, revealing himself as Etrigan's half-brother.

(Demon III #19, 20) - Scapegoat brought Thing and Jason into his castle to recuperate, and Jason, not knowing their personal history, or wanting to reveal that he was merely controlling Etrigan's body, claimed he was suffering from amnesia. Scapegoat left for his morning session of being tortured, then dined with his guests and caught Jason up on Etrigan's early years and his relationship with his brother. Etrigan always despised his brother, and when he was put under Merlin's control he suggested a punishment for Scapegoat as well out of spite. Belial and Merlin made Scapegoat the receptacle for the sins of demonkind, and banished him to the Beyond Region, where he still felt compelled to have himself tortured for the sins of others. Thing and Jason asked him about the path of virtue that ran through his castle, and Scapegoat knew it existed, but said he and his brother were far too wicked to ever see it, and said Jason would be better off just enjoying being exiled because he could spend quality time with his brother who loved him deeply. While Scapegoat had his next scourging Thing located the golden threat and Jason followed him to the bowels of Scapegoat's castle, where they found the exit to the Beyond Region, guarded by the Golden Knight. Scapegoat noticed his guests were missing, and wondered if his brother truly loved him as he loved Etrigan. He correctly guessed they went to find the exit to the Beyond Region and went to find them. The Golden Knight used his Sword of Truth on Etrigan and the Thing, probing their hearts and minds to see if they were pure, and found only the Thing had attained the virtue needed to leave. Thing initially refused to leave Jason behind, but Jason told him to go and he'd figure his own way out. Jason tried to leap over the Knight, but was stopped by an invisible barrier. Thing, meanwhile followed a bridge into a room where Sir Percival of the Knights of the Round Table waited for him. Centuries ago Merlin had assigned him to guard the exit to the Beyond Region and created the Golden Knight from the essence of his purity. He gave Thing a spell and told him to cast it to open a portal out of the Region. Jason engaged the Golden Knight in combat, but was overmatched, and the Knight was about to run him through with a sword when the Thing emerged from Percival's room and begged the Knight to stay his hand. In desperation Jason turned back into Etrigan in his human form, and used Thing's distraction to push the Knight off the bridge he stood on. Thing warned him the Knight would return, and when Etrigan saw he had the spell to leave the Region he bashed the Thing's head in with a rock and took the scroll from him. Etrigan cast the spell just as Scapegoat arrived and the Golden Knight reformed. Scapegoat initially clashed with the Knight, but as the portal out of the Region closed he saw no reason to continue the fight. He realized his brother had tricked him and was probably laughing at him, but that was indeed the brother he grew up with and loved. Thing, now recovered, managed to follow Etrigan through the portal, which led to yet another portal. Etrigan told him to follow, but as Thing approached Etrigan approached and entered the final portal, closing it. Thing shed a tear, disappointed that his turn to good had not led to escape from his prison.

(Demon III #21) - Jason and Etrigan, now in their proper bodies, fell through Intradimensional Non-Space , and Etrigan used the opportunity of still being physically separated from Blood to hammer him with blows. They landed in a vast labyrinth with a tower in the center of the maze. Etrigan found that neither his strength nor his magic could affect the labyrinth walls, and Blood suggested they stick together to find the tower they'd seen while falling. Etrigan, preferring to be alone, knocked Blood out, and started bounding over the walls. Etrigan ran into Lobo, who blinded him with a poke to the eyes and then started beating him with his hook and chain. Jason, now recovered, caught up to Etrigan and distracted Lobo, allowing Etrigan to strike him with hellfire. Lobo vanished, and Etrigan realized Lobo was merely a magical construct, made with magic similar to his own. Etrigan, still blinded, allowed Blood to lead him to the center of the maze and the tower. Within they saw an illusion of Randu's head on a hook, screaming that all who knew Jason Blood suffered, and Etrigan dispatched the construct with hellfire. They then met the entity that created the illusions, the Lurker who was formed from the magical tensions that resulted from the bonding of Jason Blood to the demon Etrigan, and lived in Non-Space that existed through the Blood/Demon bond. It watched the lives of Blood and the Demon for years, and only realized it could affect their lives when they accidentally entered his Non-Space together. It desired a life of it's own, and planned to trap Blood and Demon in Non-Space, while it would live on Earth. The Lurker attacked Etrigan with an illusory horde of his enemies while Blood was confronted by an illusion of Glenda Mark, who  tried to seduce him, and said all she wanted was to make him happy at last. An illusion of Harry Matthews cheered Jason on, saying he deserved to be with Glenda just like the Lurker deserved its freedom. Jason pushed past the illusions and told Etrigan that since they were in the Non-Space of their own minds all they had to do was stop believing in the Lurker and think their way out. They had inadvertently created the Lurker, and thus could destroy it. Etrigan reluctantly clasped hands with Jason, and by their combined force of will the Lurker lost its power and exploded. Released from the Lurker's hold Non-Space faded and Gotham approached. Before being bonded again they agreed to work together more, since that's what saved them from the Lurker.

(Demon III #22) - Jason Blood told Randu he had an uneasy feeling of being watched, and Randu replied that Jason was always being watched because Etrigan was inside him. Jason was compelled to turn into Etrigan and find the sanctum of with Sybil Haden, who'd summoned him to deal with her rival Annie Mojo, who'd killed her familiar, a rooster. Etrigan wasn't in the mood for taking orders and flipped her off, but she used a knotted rope and a spell to temporarily bind him to her will. Sybil told Etrigan that Mojo had made a homunculus from her dead familiar, and wanted to use it to bind her to Mojo's will. Etrigan traveled to Mojo's shack, fighting off zombie guards and making his way past magical traps before confronting Annie Mojo. He blasted her with hellfire, stole her homunculus, as well as her familiar, a hog. Etrigan returned to Sybil, who panicked when she saw Etrigan had Mojo's familiar, knowing the hog's presence would enable Mojo to find her sanctum. Etrigan, unhappy with being bound to Sybil, simply shrugged his shoulders when she expressed her outrage. Mojo appeared and engaged in a magic battle with Sybil. The tide of battle turned in Mojo's favor when her hog familiar transformed into a hulking humanoid pig and joined the fray. Sybil couldn't get Etrigan to help her until she released him from her spell, at which point he slew the hog and Sybil got her chance to blast Mojo with a magic bolt, killing her. Etrigan got his revenge for being ordered around by killing the homunculus, stripping Sybil of her powers. He told her whenever he needed cheering up he'd think of her downfall.

(Demon III #23, 24) - Jason told both Randu and Harry that he and Etrigan had agreed to put aside their differences, and were working together to find a way to separate from each other. Harry told Jason not to put too much faith in Etrigan playing fair, and asked Jason if he and Etrigan could work on getting his soul back from Hell. Jason also admitted that he hadn’t gone to see Glenda yet, and Harry told him she’d gotten a new job jewelry store. Jason heard howling in the night, and recognized the cry of his old foe the Howler, so he transformed into Etrigan to investigate. Glenda sold some fine pieces to gangster Pretty Boy Froyd, but after he left the jewelry store he was ambushed by the Howler, who gutted him. Robin was watching Froyd, who was set for a big illegal transaction with some low-level criminals. He intervened, but the Howler overpowered him, and tried to possess him. Robin was saved by Etrigan, and together they drove the beast off. Batman had warned Robin about Etrigan being dangerous and untrustworthy, but Etrigan told Robin he was turning over a new leaf. Glenda and the GCPD arrived on the crime scene, and Etrigan apologized to Glenda for all the harm he’d caused her, kissed her hand, and promised her he was now her friend. Later Froyd’s criminal pals arrived at an abandoned warehouse, which Professor Puckett was using as his lab. Puckett’s brother Chris was the last person possessed by the Howler, and he’d spent years trying to figure out how to cure him. Over the years the Howler had killed a number of people, who were later possessed, becoming new Howlers. The criminals were attacked by a Howler, and they gunned him down, but the Howler’s primal spirit left the body of his host and turned the criminals into his new hosts. Puckett got control over the Howlers when Demon, who sensed the Howlers’ presence in the warehouse, appeared. The Howlers started to overwhelm him, when Batman and Robin, following up on the Froyd case, also arrived. They stunned the Howlers with flash bangs. Puckett told Batman and Robin about how he was trying to cure the Howlers, and pleaded for them not to turn the beasts over to the authorities, fearing the GCPD would kill them. He introduced Batman to Chris / Howler, saying there was still the spark of humanity in him, but the Howler turned on Puckett, eviscerating him. Glenda, who’d learned of Etrigan’s location from Randu’s psi-power, came to the warehouse. The chaos Etrigan brought into her life made her reach her boiling point, so she unloaded the rocket launchers the criminals were going to sell to Froyd, and blasted the Howlers, killing them all. Etrigan turned into his human form, and she told Jason she loved him, even though his soul was bound to a demon, and they embraced.

(Demon III #25) - Judge Ryme, an immortal cursed by a demon, dedicated himself to hunting down demons, and sensed Etrigan’s presence in Gotham City. He shadowed Jason Blood, watching him buy groceries with Randu Singh, and decided to use Randu to gain an advantage over his target. Ryme followed Randu home and beat him, demanding he call Jason  Blood up. Randu refused to betray his friend until Ryme shot him in the arm. When Jason answered the call Ryme told him his friend’s life was in danger, and demanded Jason confront him as Etrigan. Jason transformed into Etrigan and battled Judge Ryme. Ryme was immune to Etrigan’s hellfire, and his magic crossbow could harm Etrigan, but they nonetheless fought to a standstill. Ryme’s mystic pistol leveled an apartment building, and Etrigan called him a sinner, showing him that he was now responsible for the death of dozens of people, including children. Ryme, ashamed of himself, fled, and Etrigan was happy to let him live so he could suffer from the guilt of his actions.

(Demon III #26, 27) - Jason took Glenda and Harry out to the carnival, and while Glenda enjoyed herself, Harry was worried that good times with Jason never lasted, so he saw their time together as the calm before the storm. Wealthy conservative Darrin W. Dingle III thought the country had gone to Hell ever since Roosevelt’s New Deal, and wanted to find the perfect far right candidate for president. He employed political pollster Phil Harrity, who used Dingle’s list of traits of the ideal conservative to create a computer algorithm. Harrity ran the program three times on Dingle’s hi-tech computers, which inadvertently cast a conjuration spell that summoned Etrigan. Harrity fainted when he saw the demon, and Etrigan was peeved at being called forth like a minor demon, so he attacked Dingle’s security staff, and hopped a flight from Dingle’s mansion in Washington, DC back to Gotham. The next morning he had breakfast with Harry, Randu and Glenda. Glenda was very concerned about Jason’s abrupt disappearance, but Jason assured her he wasn’t running away from her again, and they kissed. Harry reminded Jason that he’d promised to get his soul back from Hell, and Jason promised to make it a priority to help his friend. At Dingle’s request Harrity ran his algorithm again, bringing Jason Blood back to DC. Jason transformed into Etrigan and after tearing through Dingle’s security once more threatened to push the wheelchair bound man down a flight of stairs until Dingle convinced him to listen to his proposition. He told Etrigan he wanted him to run for president, and the demon asked what was in it for him. When Etrigan learned that as Commander-In-Chief he’d have authority over the U.S. army and the country’s stockpile of nuclear weapons his interest was suddenly piqued. Etrigan fantasized about invading Hell and nuking it into a smoldering crater. He told Dingle he was his man, and would gladly run for president. To announce Etrigan’s entry into the Republican Party presidential primaries he put out a book entitled America Rules!, which also spelled out his platform of creating more jobs for the military-industrial complex and starting more wars against America’s enemies. Etrigan’s bellicose message resonated with Republicans, and he polled well. Jason, posing as one of Etrigan’s entourage, joined Glenda, Harry and Randu on the campaign trail. Glenda disliked the idea of Etrigan in office, but Jason said Etrigan didn’t have a chance of winning, and was happy to keep the demon occupied. Jason met Etrigan’s speech writer Patty Nonage, who Harry Matthews instantly developed a crush on after she accidentally sat on him. Etrigan was interviewed by Sam Donaldson, who told him his plans to make the world pay for America’s overinflated lifestyle were simplistic, and Etrigan responded by lightly roasting him with hellfire. Etrigan’s advisors told him he had to keep his temper, and the demon responded that he had because Donaldson was still alive. The Donaldson interview caused Etrigan to shoot up in the polls, and his advisor Ted Barton suggested he crash a debate between Presidential candidates Pat Buchanan and David Duke. Etrigan and his entourage arrived at the debate, and the demon pushed his way past police security, saying they couldn’t stand in the way of democracy. Etrigan was confronted by a large group of David Duke’s supporters, all neo-nazis and klansman, and ran roughshod over them. Etrigan stormed the stage, put Duke and Buchanan in painful wrestling holds, and made them say their policies were stupid. Etrigan pulled past Buchanan in the polls, and Glenda reiterated her concerns to Jason, who told her there was no way Etrigan could be President, because he wasn’t even a citizen. He turned into the demon, and Nonage secretly witnessed his transformation. An assassin shot Etrigan in the head during a rally, and this minorly annoyed Etrigan, who caught up to the assassin and threatened to torture and kill him. Superman intervened, saying that although he usually kept out of politics he couldn’t let Etrigan do that.

(Demon III #28, 29) - Etrigan momentarily blinded Superman with hellfire, and took the would-be assassin to a church belfry, asking him why he’d shot him. The man was religiously faithful, and thought he had a chance to kill Lucifer, which made Etrigan laugh. The man said other Christians would surely come after him, causing Etrigan to worry the religious right wouldn’t vote for him. Superman caught up with them, and Etrigan said he would spare the man’s life if Superman endorsed him. Superman flat out refused, saying he never took sides in elections because it was inappropriate, and further said that Etrigan was the worst candidate he’d ever seen. Superman beat Etrigan, and told him once the voting public saw him for what he was they’d defeat him as easily. Etrigan resolved to have Superman killed if he was elected President, and his PR team claimed Superman was Etrigan’s close friend and advisor. President Bush finally took notice of Etrigan, saying that he couldn’t be President because he wasn’t a U.S. citizen, and Etrigan fired back, saying that even though he was born in Hell, it was a part of Hell underneath the United States. Clark Kent wrote a series of devastating articles on Etrigan that eroded his base’s support, and Jason ran the numbers, and realized Etrigan had no chance of winning. He told Glenda, Randu and Harry that he was afraid Etrigan still had some trick up his sleeve. Patty Nonage met with Jason, revealing that she knew he was the demon. She wanted influence over him, and lusted for power, so she tried to seduce him, but Jason rebuffed her. Jason told her he needed some insurance in case Etrigan won, and handed her the spell that could transform Etrigan back into mortal form. He told Nonage that if she valued the power of the people over her own interest in power they’d all be safe. Etrigan met with Reverend Tartuffe, head of the Church of the Televangelical Voice, and got him to give the demon a baptism live on air and his endorsement in exchange for future favors once he was in office. Lois Lane told Clark Kent the news of Etrigan receiving the church’s backing, and he changed into Superman, deciding his articles hadn’t been enough to bring the demon down. Etrigan had a daydream about making America into a military power that would conquer the world, and then storming Hell and nuking Heaven. Superman gave a highly publicized speech, denying he had any affiliation with Etrigan, denouncing his warlike ambitions, and telling the American people that he could save them from supervillains, but only they could save themselves from Etrigan. Dingle and his think tank met with Etrigan to discuss his prospects, since he no longer had a chance at the Presidential nomination. Dingle rejected his team’s ideas of running as an independant or throwing in with the Democrats. Dingle had connections to the White House, and Bush was offering to dump Dan Quayle and offer Etrigan the vice-presidency if he threw his support behind Bush at the Republican Convention. Etrigan approved, making a veiled threat that he’d end up being President anyway after Bush died. Etrigan overheard Glenda, Randu and Harry making a plan to turn him back into Jason and keeping him from turning back until the National Convention was over, so he gagged and tied them up. At the convention a riot broke out between Etrigan and Bush’s supporters, and Etrigan met with Patty Nonage, telling her that if she stuck by him the rewards for her would be great. She asked Etrigan about his plans for the Presidency, and he said he’d always spoke the truth about burning the country to the ground, convincing Nonage to speak the spell that turned him back into Blood. Dingle nearly had a stroke when Nonage conceded the nominations Etrigan had gotten to Bush. Bush / Quayle won the Republican nomination, and weeks later Etrigan met with Nonage, telling her he admired her for her backstabbing ways. Later Etrigan visited Superman, telling him he intended to run again in four years.

(Lobo’s Back #2) - Demon was assigned to escort Lobo to Hell after the bounty hunter was cut down in action by Loo. Lobo got in a brawl with Etrigan and was having too much fun in Hell, so he was reassigned to be reincarnated.

(Demon III #30) - Jason sent Harry and Randu to a Gotham vs. Detroit ballgame, and revealed to Glenda that he didn’t want to get Harry’s hopes up, but he’d found a way to possibly get his soul back. Glenda and Jason pored over grimores, and were soon exhausted. Glenda kissed Jason, and he admitted he felt awkward because he’d hidden his feeling for her for so long. They allowed themselves to enjoy what they currently had, and slept together. At the ballgame Harry complained nonstop about how expensive things were in comparison to the ‘70s, and after getting into a heated argument with a Detroit fan he and Randu were kicked out. Randu said he’d never live it down if the U.N. heard about the incident. They returned home early, but immediately left when they saw they were interrupting something. Etrigan was happy to let Jason have a momentary joy, but to shake things up he pricked a hole in the condom Jason used.

(Demon III #31-33) - Jason and Glenda spent two days making love, and when they remembered to attend to Harry he complained that he was out of booze and cigars. Jason told him he was working on getting his soul back, but he’d need help from outside Earth. Jason created a small magical dragon, and sent it into space with a note intended for Lobo, challenging him to fight Etrigan. Jason drove Glenda to her apartment, and she said she was worried about Harry drowning himself in drink, and Jason warned that the longer Harry was without a soul the more dissolute he’d become. Jason turned into Etrigan, and went to retrieve the Eternity Book from Beckermann’s Rare Books, now Beckermann Inc. Since Abner Beckermann had experienced unprecedented personal and financial success after his deal with Etrigan. Abner was not pleased with seeing Etrigan, and said his deal was with his brother Aldo, but Etrigan retorted that with his brother’s death the duty of fulfilling the agreement fell on him. Abner said he never had any use for the Eternity Book, and threw it in the trash. Etrigan threatened to roast his entrails, and he remembered that Adrian Grout, a janitor that worked for him for 20 years, disappeared after he threw out the book, and suggested that Grout might have it. Etrigan left him, and undid the magic that made him so successful, so within minutes Beckermann’s family was in a serious accident and he lost all his wealth. Etrigan went to visit Adrian’s apartment, and learned that he’d made good use of the eternity Book, turning his apartment into a palace, and creating magic duplicates of Wonder Woman to serve him. Grout was unwilling to part with the Eternity Book, having tasted power after years of servitute as a custodian he never wanted to go back to the way life was. He sicced his Wonder Women on Jason, who turned into Etrigan and dispatched them. Grout turned his magic mop on a slop bucket, creating an excrement golem, who attacked Etrigan. Etrigan clawed at the golem and blasted it with hellfire, but it kept reforming. Etrigan finally succeeded in incinerating the golem and went straight for Grout, telling him his time as king and his life were both at an end. Etrigan filled Grout with eldritch energy, causing him to explode. Asteroth, who was starting a criminal empire in Gotham, was drawn to the fight, and spotted the Eternity Book. He grabbed it, and, taking advantage of Etrigan’s weakened state, blasted him with magic bolts and spilled corrosive chemicals from a nearby tanker truck on him. Lobo arrived on Earth, looking to fight the demon, and attacked Asteroth, not wanting anyone to take his kill away from him. They fought fiercely until Etrigan recovered and ignited the tanker truck’s chemicals, causing a huge explosion. Asteroth limped away and Etrigan retrieved the Eternity Book. Etrigan reluctantly thanked Lobo, who said he wanted the pleasure of killing the demon himself. Etrigan tried to explain that he’d lured Lobo to Earth because he needed his help, but Lobo refused to listen and attacked. They fought into the Gotham subway system, and after being shocked on the third rail and run over by a subway car they were both momentarily stunned. Lobo admitted he always got a kick out of fighting Etrigan, and let him explain his offer to accompany him into Hell to save Harry Matthews soul. Etrigan promised battles aplenty and the chance to help kill Etrigan’s father Belial. The idea of patricide sealed the deal for Lobo, and he told the demon he was in. Etrigan introduced Lobo to Harry, Randu and Glenda. Lobo insulted them and forcibly grabbed Glenda, prompting Harry to promise that after he got his soul back he was going to kick Etrigan’s butt. Glenda asked Etrigan if she could say goodbye to Jason Blood before he left for Hell, and Etrigan refused, instead forcing a kiss on her. Etrigan took Lobo and Harry on a ride in his hellish hotrod, and opened a gate to Hell, driving through.

(Demon III #34, 35) - Etrigan and company arrived in Hell at Castle Cuur , the new residence of Morax, who asked Etrigan if he was back to rule Hell. Etrigan said ruling wasn’t what interested him anymore, and told Morax about his quest to save Harry’s soul. Etrigan commented that things seemed different in Hell, and Morax related how Lucifer abdicated, leaving Hell, and demons everywhere started bloody wars in an effort to grab power. Belial, vastly weakened without his heart, confined himself to his most secret sanctum. Morax offered to join them, though he was suspicious that Etrigan didn’t have other motives for returning to Hell, and took Lurgo aside, telling him to have Morax’s Torment Squads shadow them. They needed to cross the River Styx, and Charon objected to transporting their hotrod. Etrigan threatened him, but Charon was unimpressed, saying that he was immune to the Hell-Born, and none could keep him from his allotted task. Lobo started hitting him with his hook chain, to which Charon was not immune, and he agreed to take them and their transport across Styx. When Charon let them off he cursed them, telling them to never come back, and Lobo, not appreciating his attitude, tossed a frag grenade at him. They were beset by the demon Hyperaktiv and his cannibal brothers, but Lobo, Morax and Etrigan slaughtered them with relish, while Harry cheered from the sidelines, getting a vicarious thrill from the combat. Etrigan’s hotrod ran low on fuel, so the group stopped at a reststop, where Etrigan grabbed the attendant and shoved him in the fuel tank, saying that his car ran on souls. They arrived at Belial’s secret sanctum and demanded to be let in. Etrigan wanted to know why his father was so down in the dumps, and Belial reminded his son that he’d ripped his heart out. Belial hardly even had an appetite for evil anymore. Ran va Daath had the heart, but it was stolen and being kept in the Impenetrable Fortress of Flynn. Belial introduced Etrigan’s group to MacAwfully Cutekin, who he claimed was his nephew, a proto-demon who’d been the one to locate his heart. Cutekin was actually Merlin in disguise, having previously made a deal with Belial so he could destroy his half-brother. Etrigan asked for Harry’s soul back, and Belial led them to his soul room, where the billions of souls he’d collected over the eons were watched over by Ca’rrion, keeper of souls. Belial uncorked Harry’s soul, allowing Harry to see it was safe and sound before putting it back in the bottle. Belial said he’d give them Harry’s soul if they retrieved his heart, and Etrigan agreed. While they talked Lobo and Morax ganged up on MacAwfully Cutekin, pulling him aside and dismembering him with hook and mallet because they despised his cloying cuteness. Belial asked Etrigan why he was helping a mortal, and his son said he was trying to be the good guy of Hell. Belial was disgusted with the thought, and said he hoped it was just a phase. Belial sent Etrigan and his crew off, and told them he’d look after Harry, introducing him to Katarina de la Kush, another soul he’d turned into a pillow. After they left Belial, not trusting Etrigan one bit, sent his Skull Squad to shadow his son. Belial discovered Cutekin’s remains and used his magic to reassemble him. Merlin dropped his disguise and, enraged at the abuse he’d suffered, vowed to kill Etrigan and all his friends. As a fun diversion Etrigan drove his hotrod through the River Styx Races, killing most of the racers. Etrigan, Lobo and Morax were now being followed by the surviving racers, the Skull Squad, Morax’s Torment Squads, and the Nomads of the Wasteland, who were plundering in the wake of Etrigan’s destruction.

(Demon III #36, 37) - Etrigan found the Fortress, a giant floating, spiked stone surrounded by legions of the dead who’d tried to penetrate it. Etrigan leapt towards it heedlessly, and was hit with a spell of deterrence that sent him into a lake of lava. A lava dragon swallowed Etrigan, who fried it from the inside out with hellfire. Etrigan spotted a catapult, and after testing it using some hapless nearby demons, he tied a rope around Lobo and launched him at the Fortress, reasoning that its’ spells of protection would only target the hell-born. Lobo found himself impaled on one of the Fortress’ spikes, and small hatches opened releasing demonic scorpions that stung him. Etrigan and Morax quickly climbed the rope, blasted the scorpions, and pulled Lobo, who’d passed out, from the spike. Etrigan took some of Lobo’s frag grenades, using them to blast open the Fortress’ hatches. Inside they were confronted by giant magically animated suits of armor, but easily dispatched them, their magical enchantments having weakened over the years. Etrigan followed the smell of his father’s heart into a series of cavers covered in spiderwebs. Flynn and his army were nothing but skeletons, having long ago perished because their Impenetrable Fortress was also inescapable. They found a throne room, and on the throne was the Thing-That-Cannot-Die. He explained to Etrigan that after he’d fled the Beyond Region his escape caused a disturbance that made the Region unstable. The Thing got past the Golden Knight and escaped, but was shunted into Hell. He was the one who’d stolen Belial’s heart from Ran va Daath, and called himself wicked but said he couldn’t exist. After getting trapped in the Fortress he got so hungry he ended up eating the heart. Etrigan was incredulous, but decided to search Merlin’s Eternity Book for a spell that could restore Belial’s heart. While Etrigan scanned the tome Morax decided to see if the Thing-That-Cannot-Die lived up to his name, and pounded him into a bloody heap with his mallet. Etrigan found the spell he was looking for, and the Thing told the frustrated Morax he could take a break. The angels Remiel and Duma, surveying their new domain, found the Impenetrable Fortress, and Remiel told Etrigan that whatever he was up to he had to stop immediately. Etrigan rejected their sovereignty of Hell, and attacked them. Morax joined the assault, and although Remiel did his best to assert his authority and make them relent they would not. The angels used their Heavenly light to strike down the demons, but the revived Lobo then attacked. Etrigan kept trying to bring out Remiel’s rage, and he succeeded in making the angel lose his cool. Remiel was prepared to kill Etrigan, but Duma staid his hand. Remiel felt sullied by the whole encounter and said he was taking his leave with Duma. The Thing pleaded his case that he’d been punished for ages by being exiled and tortured in the Region Beyond, and he was never meant to be in Hell, asking the angels to save him, but Remiel said he didn’t care about the Thing’s problems. The Thing shed a tear, bemoaning the fact that he was living a life he never wanted, a stranger in a strange land. Lobo got his crack at seeking if he could kill the Thing, and although he enjoyed the punishment the Thing could absorb he soon got angry that the Thing was indeed unkillable. Etrigan told his companions that the spell he’d found required the sacrifice of a thousand men to use their hearts to turn into a new demon heart. Etrigan was well aware of the different factions shadowing him, and told Morax and Lobo they were going to slaughter them all and harvest their hearts. Morax admitted that Lurgo and his men were among those following them, but Etrigan insisted they were expendable. Morax also pointed out how outnumbered they were, but both Lobo and Etrigan agreed that losing in battle was not even a consideration for them, and they leapt headlong into a surprise attack.

(Demon III #38, 39) - Etrigan and company mowed down their opposition in a killing frenzy. Morax even killed his own men, but when he spotted Lurgo he told his loyal henchman to flee. Etrigan ripped the hearts from his dead enemies and completed the ritual to make Belial’s new heart. Etrigan and his men, now with Lurgo and the Thing in tow, jumped in his hotrod and sped back towards Belial’s sanctum. Morax worried that Belial would double-cross them, and Etrigan said he was prepared for that. He briefly exited the car to burn eldritch symbols into a boulder before resuming their trip. Etrigan presented his father with his new heart, and although Belial grumbled about the loss of his old one, he said it was serviceable enough. Belial reunited Harry with his soul, but Harry remained a seat cushion, and Belial admitted he lied when he said having his soul back would revert Harry to normal. Harry fumed while Belial, Etrigan, Lobo and Morax all laughed at him. Etrigan revealed the real reason he’d agreed to save Harry’s soul. He’d found a spell in the Eternity Book that would let a prince of Hell rule as overlord for one day a year if he  returned a human soul without asking for a reward. Etrigan completed the spell over Belial’s objections, but the magic was booby trapped, and once the spell was finished Etrigan found himself on fire, and was soon burned down to his bones. Merlin revealed himself and bragged that he’d put that spell in the Eternity Book  as a trap for his hated half-brother. Merlin and Belial gloated about Etrigan’s death, infuriating the Thing because he liked Jason Blood. He scorched off Merlin’s beard with his flame breathe and engaged him in a brief magical duel before being stepped on by Belial. Morax and Lobo decided to finish what the Thing started and attacked. They were winning the battle when Etrigan appeared, revealing that the eldritch spell he cast earlier created a magical duplicate, having a suspicion that the Eternity Book spell was cursed. Merlin looked around for his Eternity Book, but the Thing had devoured it. After brutalizing Belial and Merlin Etrigan ripped Belial’s heart out again, and placed Merlin inside his chest cavity. He then sealed the wound with hellfire and buried Belial in a deep grave. Etrigan took Harry and his new female pillow  friend Katarina de la Kush and told Morax he was leaving Hell with Lobo. They rode to one of the gates exiting Hell, and Etrigan told Lobo he’d have to fight the gatekeeper, an enormous dog demon. Lobo was having a difficult time, so the Thing, having stowed away in Etrigan’s trunk, said he’d help finish the guardian if Etrigan took him out of Hell. Etrigan agreed, and because the Thing was cautious about trusting him, he cut his own hand and shook on a blood oath. The Thing helped Lobo, true to his word, but Etrigan broke his and left him behind. The Thing sobbed, being once again alone. Etrigan and Lobo unwound from their quest by downing beers at a Gotham City bar.