 This article is about content that is either unreleased or only out recently that may be seen as a spoiler. This means that there is no spoiler rule in effect. Read the Spoiler Policy. |
Satan (also known as The Devil and Old Scratch) [1] [2] is a demon best known as the ruler of Hell.
History
Primary Canon History
In 1975, Werner Gischman, a calendar publisher, bought seventeen crates of old stock photographs from an auction. He discovered a twenty-year collection of ravishing pin-ups of Parade Queens from New York Thanksgiving Parade. Gischman decided to take advantage of the nostalgic pin-up craze that was sweeping the nation at the time and rushed to print the collection as a sixteen-month calendar. What Gischman didn't know was that the photos, when arranged in a certain order, deciphered a code that points toward the true origin of the Devil (an origin that, as it turns out, is far less impressive than most people think).
Foresworn to protect this secret for untold generations, dark cultist sect, The Vigilant Legion of the Black Pit, realized the calendar had reached store shelves too late to stop it. In a last-ditch effort to keep the code secure, the Vigilant Legion cast a spell over all the crates of calendars, so that the pages would flip and switch constantly. As it turned out, nobody was really interested in Parade Queens from the 50's and 60's, and the calendar sold less than a dozen copies. The Vigilant Legion bought up most of them, and Gischman gave the rest to friends and family at Christmas. Embarrassed by their alacrity, the Vigilant Legion of the Black Pit murdered them all anyway, just to be thorough. [3]
Secondary Canon History
The Real Ghostbusters Marvel UK Comics
The Devil once played a poker game with Peter Venkman and his cohorts the See-Through Kid and Death to determine the fate of the souls of the Ghostbusters. After Peter Venkman learned that the three sly spirits were cheating, Satan and his two partners were then captured.
IDW Comics
Stingy Jack was so much of a scoundrel that the Devil came to claim him. The Devil was tricked not once but twice. The Devil agreed to pay his tab and turned into a silver coin but Jack threw him into pocket with a crucifix. The Devil tried once more then agreed to get Jack an apple before taking him to Hell. As the Devil scaled an apple tree, Jack lined it with crucifixes. Jack made the Devil agree to never claim him. Much to his delight, the Devil was visited by Jack upon his death. He gleefully reminded Jack he had to keep his promise. Jack was barred passage. Gloating in denying Jack an eternal rest, the Devil threw Jack an ember from the Pit to light his way as he wondered the world forever.
In present times, Stingy Jack attempted to exploit a loophole and get trapped by the Ghostbusters. The Devil refused to let him win and intervened. He summoned powerful flames to block Proton Streams and bar the Ghostbusters from chasing Jack. Jack jumped onto Winston Zeddemore's Proton Pack. The Devil could not touch Winston on account he wore a crucifix and/or he was the truest of true believers. After Jack allowed himself to be trapped, the Devil reached up and took back the turnip he gave him so long ago.
Trivia
- According to Icelandic lore, the Rauoskinna is said to contain spells capable of controlling the Devil.
Appearances
- The Real Ghostbusters Marvel UK Comics
- The Real Ghostbusters NOW Comics
- Volume 2
- Issue #1 (Reprint)
- Volume 2
- IDW Comics
- Ongoing Series
- Volume 2
- Volume 3
- Ghostbusters International #5
- Mentioned by Egon on page 5 [4]
- Ghostbusters International #7
- Mentioned on page 19 by Loftur Þorsteinsson. [5]
- Ghostbusters International #9
- On page 2, Janine mentions the Devil. [6]
- Ghostbusters International #10
- Ghostbusters International #5
- Ongoing Series
References
- ↑ Stingy Jack (2013). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #9" (2013) (Comic p.1). Stingy Jack says: "Eventually, the Devil himself came to claim me."
- ↑ Stingy Jack (2013). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #9" (2013) (Comic p.1). Stingy Jack says: "... so I found a way out of it. And tricked Old Scratch into agreeing that he himself would never claim me."
- ↑ Pin-Up Calendar of Doom!
- ↑ Egon Spengler (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #5" (2016) (Comic p.5). Egon Spengler says: "The Rauoskinna is a grimoire of immense power... the spells it contains have been said to be capable of controlling the Devil."
- ↑ Loftur Þorsteinsson (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #7" (2016) (Comic p.19). Loftur Þorsteinsson says: "We'll find the book and own the Devil."
- ↑ Janine Melnitz (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #9" (2016) (Comic p.2). Janine Melnitz says: "That Swedish guy who contracted us a few weeks back wanted to get hold of a book that'd let him control the Devil, or something."
- ↑ What Came Before! Page (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #10" (2016) (Comic What Came Before! page). Narrator says: "The Ghostbusters - with the aid from an alternate dimension Egon Spengler, as well as the Chicago branch - have tracked down the map to and the key of the hidden tomb of Icelandic Bishop Gottskalk Nikulausson, a man who wrote a spellbook rumored capable of controlling the devil."
- ↑ Narrator (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #10" (2016) (Comic p.1). Narrator says: "Once upon a time, in Iceland, the Bishop of Holar put together a book of spells - called the Raouskinna - that was powerful enough to control the Devil."
- ↑ Winston Zeddemore (2016). IDW Comics- "Ghostbusters International #10" (2016) (Comic p.14). Winston Zeddemore says: "They're down there looking through that book, talkin' about how it can control the Devil...I just needed a little air."
