Blaze and Satanus
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Blaze and Satanus are demonic supervillain siblings in the DC Comics Universe.
Blaze was introduced in Action Comics #655 (July 1990), although she had been working behind the scenes before this, being involved in the creation of Superman villains Silver Banshee and Skyhook. A red-skinned demoness, with horns, she disguised herself as Metropolis nightclub owner Angelica Blaze to steal souls. Superman followed her to Hell to fight for the souls of Jimmy Olsen and Perry White's son Jerry.
The Demon War storyline beginning in Adventures of Superman #493 (Aug 1992) introduced Blaze's brother Lord Satanus (possibly named after pre-Crisis magician/villain Lord Satanis). Lord Satanus also resembled a traditional demon, save that he wore a heavy Roman-style helmet, and either had black skin or the helmet buried his face in shadow.
They fought for possession of Blaze's domain, using Superman as a pawn. At the end of the story it was revealed that Satanus was disguised as Colin Thornton, the publisher of Newstime magazine, who first appeared in Nov 1989, and had previously hired Clark Kent as editor.
Blaze also featured in The Power of Shazam!, where she took a new mortal guise as the mob boss of Fawcett City. Her plans for the city (and the Rock of Eternity connected to it) were foiled by Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family. The story also revealed that she and Satanus were only half-demons, their father being the wizard Shazam, and that it was Blaze who corrupted Black Adam(this was later retconned).
Lord Satanus, meanwhile, had created DMN, a magical drug that transformed people into demons, which he arranged to be sent to areas of the world where people were in desperate straits. After the Fall of Metropolis, the city became one of these areas. Horrified by what had befallen his home, Satanus sent a disguised magical message to Zatanna, who used Perry White and Superman's knowledge of the city to restore it. Satanus would use the DMN addicts again, however, to distract Shazam from detecting his presence when the wizard visited Metropolis.
Following Brainiac-13's recreation of Metropolis, Satanus made an ambitious effort to capture the soul of the entire city. Superman offered his own soul in exchange, but eventually thwarted Satanus with the help of a young psychic and a mysterious shaman named Night Eagle who, it was implied, might be Blaze.
Satanus recently revealed to Superman that he was Colin Thornton when the Spectre arrived in Metropolis, as part of his mission to destroy all evil magic in the Day of Vengeance miniseries. Superman tried to convince the Spectre to leave Satanus be, but the Spectre would have none of it and vanished with Satanus. Whether Lord Satanus was destroyed or not was not revealed.
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