FAUST

Real Name: Sebastian Faust

Class: Human magic-user

Occupation: Magician

Group Affiliation: Checkmate, formerly Outsiders, Sentinels of Magic

Known Relatives: Fauna Faust (sister, deceased), Felix Faust (father)

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Markova

First Appearance: Outsiders II #1 Alpha (November, 1993)

Powers: Faust was a powerful magician, able to steal the souls and abilities of others.

History: Sebastian was the son of power mad magician Felix Faust, who sold his baby's soul to Nebiros in exchange for power. Nebiros cheated him, taking Sebastian's soul, and giving him the power instead of Felix.

(Day of Judgment #1-5) - Faust was recruited by Zatanna to join the Sentinels of Magic, whose purpose was to battle Spectre / Asmodel, who'd unleashed Hell on Earth. The Sentinels separated Asmodel from most of the Spectre-Force, containing it in Madame Xanadu's orb. They knew it was only a temporary measure, so Faust and a small team of heroes went to Hell to reignite its' fires that Asmodel put out so the demon army on Earth would return home. They defeated Cerberus to gain entry to Hell, but once there they fell into the River Styx. Faust saved the other heroes, whose souls were being attacked by Styx, he was immune because he had no soul. The heroes were ready to reignite the hellfire pits when they were attack by Nebiros. Faust had obtained the bones of Blue Devil and resurrected the hero to battle Nebiros, but in the end it was Firestorm who destroyed Nebiros, returning Faust's soul to his body. Faust knew only a completely evil act could reignite the pits, so he sacrificed the Enchantress and tossed her into the pits to set them ablaze, once again losing his soul in the process. Faust and the others returned to Earth to confront Asmodel. The soul of Green Lantern Hal Jordan took over the Spectre-Force from Asmodel, who was taken to Heaven to be imprisoned for his crimes.

(Martian Manhunter II #28) - Faust and the Sentinels of Magic battled the Demon, who d been separated from Jason Blood and was tapping into the power of Stonehenge. At Phantom Strangers request Martian Manhunter joined the Sentinels in battle, and found Morgan Le Fay, who had Jason Blood trapped in a tesseract jewel. Manhunter shattered the jewel, freeing Blood, and ending the Demon s threat.

(JLA #58) - White Martians invaded Earth, and fearful of having fire, their one weakness, used against them, they altered the atmosphere so that combustion was impossible and breathing was difficult for humans. The JLA lured the White Martians to the Moon, and Faust and a number of other heroes with sorcerous abilities created an oxygenated atmosphere on the Moon so that the JLA could create fire there to use against the Martians.

(JLA #68) - Atlantis, ancient and in ruins, appeared on the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Faust and several mystics cast a spell on the JLA to send them to 1,000 B.C. and determine the fate of the Atlantis that Tempest had sent back in time during the Imperiex War.

Comments: Created by Mike Barr & Paul Pelletier.