Satannish

Satannish is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Satannish
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
First appearance	Doctor Strange #174 (November 1968)
Created by	Roy Thomas Gene Colan
In-story information
Species	Demon
Team affiliations	Masters of Evil
Notable aliases	Nick Cloot
Abilities	Vast supernatural powers

Publication history

Satannish first appeared in Doctor Strange #174 and was created by writer Roy Thomas artist and Gene Colan.

Fictional character biography

Satannish is a powerful extra-dimensional demon who is known for granting mortals mystical power in exchange for their souls. He has been referred to as a creation and agent of Dormammu, and the father of Daimon Hellstrom.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

He has granted power to his cult, the Sons of Satannish, and struck a pact with the human sorcerer Lord Nekron, first encountering Doctor Strange during this affair.^[6] Satannish made a bargain with the human sorcerer Asmodeus, and then encountered the Defenders.^[7] Satannish also bargained with Baron Mordo during the "Faust Gambit" incident. He battled Mephisto in New York City and briefly fused with him as a result of Doctor Strange's spell, revealing that they were formed from the same demonic energy.^[8] Satannish later hides in the shadow of Mephista, Mephisto's daughter, to enter Mephisto's domain. There, he battles Mephisto, Mephista, and Doctor Strange, and was killed when Strange mystically connects Mephisto's and Satannish's life forces.^[9][10][11]

In Avengers Undercover, Satannish appears as a member of the Shadow Council's Masters of Evil.^[12] He is shown to have taken up residence in Bagalia's Hell Town district.^[13]

Powers and abilities

Satannish is a demonic being of pure mystical energy, an embodiment of evil. The guise he most often employs around human sorcerers is that of a green horned being with a second face in his stomach.^[14] Satannish is more akin to a supernatural force of nature than a being; as such he possesses "virtually unlimited" mystic power which can be used for a variety of effects,^{[15][2][5][14]} including inter-dimensional teleportation, manipulation of time, space, and matter, size transformations, casting bolts of mystic energy as destructive force, demonic possession, and physical strength and durability. The character's extent of power has been shown as equal to that of Mephisto.^[8] Satannish's ability to manifest in the dimension of Earth is, in some unknown way, limited by mystic factors and he frequently makes use of pawns native to Earth for his purposes. He also proved to be powerful enough to easily kill all the invading Skrulls who attempted to take Avalon's magic, which no other magical being in Avalon was able to do.^[16]

In other media

Satannish makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Morrigan Aensland's ending in Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds.