BEELZEBOUL
Real Name: Beelzeboul
Identity/Class: Demon
Occupation: Ruler of his own Hell dimension
Group Membership: Hell-Lords
Affiliations: Roger Barbatos; His demon servants
Enemies: Cassandra Drakonmegas; Hellfire; Terror
Known Relatives: Cassandra Drakonmegas (ex-wife); Hellfire (son);
possibly Satana (daughter?); possibly Daimon Hellstrom (son?)
Aliases: "Satan"; possibly Marduk Kurios
Base of Operations: His own little Hell dimension
First Appearance: Terror INC#1 (July, 1992)
Powers/Abilities: Beelzeboul is a demon and is not necessarily vulnerable to aging, disease and other generally human weaknesses. He was able to open portals to the normal world, though this seemed to be based around the sacrifice of one of his servants. His strength is enhanced to an undefined range, and he can probably alter hit height and appearance. While on Earth, he took a human form to seduce Cassandra Drakonmegas, but whether he had to take over the body of a human or whether he could simply take the form wasn't explored. Like many of the demons claiming to be Satan, Beelzeboul owned his own Hell dimension, and had a large group of creatures that lived there.
Like any good demon, Beelzeboul enjoys his items of evil power. His wife would often burn such objects when she found them, but he still seemed to be creating some. One of the more prominent items was the Hellfire Gun. This gun was only usable when either he or his son willed it to be so. Originally he gave it to his officer, Neith, but Terror and Hellfire stole it, and it is currently in Hellfire's possession.
History:
(Terror INC#5 (fb) - BTS) - Beelzeboul sought to create a son via a human woman,
intending that this son would serve as a living battery drawing in the black
energy (sin) of mankind, storing it up as a charge of pure evil. This would give
the Hell-Lords the power to break through the walls of reality in force and lead
to an unstoppable assault on man.
(Terror INC#3 (fb) ) - The demon Beelzeboul, in human form, came to Earth, married, and impregnated the human Cassandra Drakonmegas.
(Terror INC#5 (fb) ) - Upon finding proof of her husband's demonic nature, Cassandra stabs him with a knife provided by Rekrab, a man very much in the know of the occult world. Being dragged back to his Hell, Beelzeboul hit Cassandra, snapping her neck in the process. As he disappeared, he at least gained some satisfaction in knowing that even if he can't have his son, neither can his wife. Despite her condition, Cassandra fights on to live at least a bit longer, until medics arrive and induce labor on her. Mikal Drakonmegas was born. The use of the mystic dagger, etc. prevented Mikal from gaining the darksoul that would have accomplished the demons' plot.
(Terror INC#1 (fb) ) - The international arms dealer, Roger Barbatos, gains an audience with Beelzeboul, who gives him total protection from his enemies in exchange for his soul.
(Terror INC#3 - BTS) - Beelzeboul sends several of his agents to a lighthouse on Earth, where he and his wife lived, to bring him his son, Hellfire.
(Terror INC#4) - In his Hell, he awaited the arrival of his son, after his servants defeat...
(Terror INC#5) - Coming upon Hellfire and Terror, he watched as Terror bit back into his son with the Hellfire Serpent's fangs, draining his Darksoul from him. In exchange for this dead, Beelzeboul hands Terror his contract with Barbatos, and the mercenary departs. Beelzeboul lifts the powerless Mikal Drakonmegas up, and prepares to kill him, when Terror swoops back to save him. Once more, Beelzeboul is stabbed with the knife, this time by his son. The wound opens a portal to Earth, and Terror and Hellfire rush into it, escaping the grasps of (a) devil.
Comments: Created by DG Chichester and Jorge Zaffino.
Historically, Beelzeboul has been a synonym for Beelzebub, a fallen angel from the Bible.
It is highly unlikely Beelzeboul is really
Daimon Hellstrom's father, though it is possible that Beelzeboul
is just another alias of Marduk Kurios. I personally believe that
Rekrab was just mixing his myths up, and Beelzeboul is just the
ruler of a (much) smaller Hell dimension who also claims to be
Satan (it's all the rage with demon types), thus leading to
confusion (Hellstrom = the Son Of Satan, after all)
See also the comments on the entry on Marduk Kurios for
discussion (ad nauseum) on this issue--Snood.
Another good idea is that Satan is actual a conglomeration of
demons who merge and split off from each other at different
intervals, taking on aspects like Mephisto, Satannish, Thog,
Marduk Kurios, Beelzeboul, etc. Thus there could be SOME
relationship b/t Hellstorm and Hellfire.
One thing I found interesting about the Terror INC series is that there seems to be a lot of similar characters to those already in the Marvel universe, but not quite. With Barbatos you have a bulky crime boss similar to the Kingpin, with Hellfire you have a less experienced Daimon Hellstrom, and with Beelzeboul, you have a dollar store Mephisto.
Profile by: Zerostar
CLARIFICATIONS:
The Imps have no known connection to:
Neith has no known connection to:
Vulkanus has no known connection to:
Cassandra Drakonmegas
The mother of Mikael Drakonmegas, Hellfire, and former bride of
Beelzeboul. In her teenage years, she became pregnant from a boy
in her high school. After a horrible abortion experience, it was
believed she could no longer bear a child. But after her marriage
to Beelzeboul, she found she was indeed pregnant once more.
Throughout their marriage, Cassandra found many items which
suggested that her husband was more than a man, and whenever she
found these items, she would toss them in the fireplace, hoping
to burn them out of existence.
Somehow, she got into contact with the librarian of the occult, Rekrab, who sent her a knife which could dispatch of her demonic husband. Confronting him, she slashed at him with the knife, cutting him open. Before the knife could have it's desired effect, the demon disguised as a man hit her, snapping her neck. But as he was sent back to his Hell dimension, she fought to hold on to her life, for the sake of her child. When the doctors arrived, there was nothing they could do for her, her spine destroyed from the blow, but they were able to induce labour, and with her death, Mikal Drakonmegas was born.
--Terror INC#3,5
Ghasta
Spikes protrude from Ghasta's shoulders, and his hands are in
fact sharpened claws. During the battle in the lighthouse, he
attacks Hellfire, who sends him back to Beelzeboul's Hell with
his own claws. @Terror INC#3,4
Imps
A group of Imps lived in Beelzeboul's Hell. Physically, they were
much like Strigae, so he may have been among their numbers. Two
of them were used as a set of makeshift wings by Vulkanus, but
they likely shared his fate, plummeting into a large pit of lava.
nother was sent to escort Terror out of Hell, when he had turned
his back on Hellfire. But after Terror changed his mind, he
ripped the wings off the demon and used them to fly back to
Hellfire's side.@Terror INC#5
Neith
Seemingly Beelzeboul's favourite, she was even given personal
audience with the demon. Physically, horns protruded from her
forehead and her feet were replaced with hooves. Acting as the
leader during Beelzeboul's servants attack on Terror and Hellfire
in the lighthouse, she directed the others (quite awfully) She
was given Beelzeboul's gun, which Terror steals from her and
hands to Hellfire, who uses it to send her and Vulkanus back to
Beelzeboul's Hell. When she arrived, she spoke directly to
Beelzeboul, and promised that they would regroup and deal with
Terror and Hellfire, but Beelzeboul dismissed her. @Terror INC#3,4
Se'irim
A large, extremely muscular orange creature with an enlarged head
and jaw. During the battle in the lighthouse, it grabs Terror in
a bearhug, but Terror nearly breaks him in half, using the legs
of a world class bodybuilder. It seems as though that wasn't
enough to kill the monster, but after Terror and Hellfire go to
Beelzeboul's Hell, Dr. Strange destroys him. @Terror INC#3,4
Strigae
Almost bat-like in appearance, Strigae is the one who steals
Cassandra Drakonmegas' eye and ear from Terror and passes them
off to Vulkanus. During the scuffle in the lighthouse, Terror
grabs Strigae and throws him through a window, sending them both
crashing to the ground. On their landing, Terror interegates the
creature, before destroying him. @Terror INC#3,4
Unnamed Demon
This demon was also orange in complexion, had 3 arms, 2 on his
left side, and a prehensile tail, which had a large spikey end.
During the attack on Terror and Hellfire in the lighthouse, he
tries to sneak attack Hellfire, after he had dispatched of Ghasta.
Slashing him across the back with his tail, but Hellfire grabs
onto it and throws him through a window. Terror and Hellfire
return to his body, and despite his begging, kill him to open a
portal to Beelzeboul's Hell. @Terror INC#3,4
Vulkanus
An extremely obese creature, Vulkanus was never one to turn down
an opportunity to boast about things he may or may not have
actually done. During the battle in the lighthouse, he is the one
who caught Cassandra Drakonmegas' eye and ear, which Strigae had
stolen from Terror. Returning to Beelzeboul's Hell, he holds a
large group of demons in awe, as he tells the heroic tale of how
he defeated Terror.
He is shocked to find that Terror is in the audience, and the two engage in battle. Terror eventually outsmarts Vulkanus and jabs his facial spikes into the glutonous monster's eyes, stealing the eye and ear back. As Terror and Hellfire escape over a pit of lava, Vulkanus convinces some imps to sink their talons into his back and he followed, using them as wings. But Hellfire shot at some stalagtites on the ceiling, sending a gigantic one through Vulkanus' gut, sending him plummeting into the lava. @Terror INC#3,4,5
Appearances:
Terror INC#1 (July, 1992) - D.G. Chichester (writer), Jorge Zaffino (artist), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Terror INC#3-5 (September-November, 1992) - D.G. Chichester (writer), Jorge Zaffino (artist), Marc McLaurin (editor)
Last updated: 05/23/05
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