ETRIGAN	BIOGRAPHY
Created by Jack Kirby

Etrigan

PERSONAL DATA

Occupation: Deposed king of Hell
Race: Demon
Marital Status: Single
Known Relatives: Arch-duke Belial of Hell (father); Raan Va Dath of the Pit (mother); Merlin the Magician (half-brother); Golgotha (son, deceased)
Base of Operation: Gotham City; Hell
Group Affiliation(s): Degenerates Anonymous; Rhyming Demons Local 101; Conclave II; Triumvirate of Hell
Gender: Male
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 352 lbs.
Eyes: Red
Hair: None
First Appearance: Demon Vol. 1 #1 (August-September 1972): "Unleash The One Who Waits"
Creators: Jack Kirby

Change, change, the form of man! Free the prince forever damned! Release the might from fleshy mire! Boil the blood in heart of fire! Gone, gone, the form of man! Arise the Demon – Etrigan! - Jason Blood Quote taken from Demon Vol. 3 #0 (October 1994)

HISTORY

In the 6th century, the legendary mage Merlin (or Myrddin), himself the son of the demon Belial, made a pact with his half-brother, the rhyming demon Etrigan, to help him with various affairs concerning Camelot. At the time of Camelot's fall, Merlin bound Etrigan to the soul of a man named Jason Blood, making both of them immortal, but depending on each other, exchanging places on Earth and in Hell when the need arose. The double-life of Blood and Etrigan has endured to this day, and they were only recently separated. Because of Blood's human influence on him, Etrigan has been known as "the good guy from Hell". Though that epithet may not fully apply to him, Etrigan has often been more good-natured toward humanity than the rest of his demonkind – as long as it hasn't interfered with his own affairs. Just as often, he has shown himself to be a threat to mankind.

CHRONOLOGY

For a definitive list of appearances of Etrigan in chronological order click here

PROFILE REFERENCES

Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #6 (August 1985)

Who's Who in the DC Universe #7 (February 1991)