Welcome to the Halloween 2022 Yancy Street Special! Who is Marvel's Satana? How has she evolved over the years? Why do I blame Chris Claremont for her bastardization? These answers and so much more, coming your way! This podcast proudly contains far more information on Satana than any single one of her wiki or fan pages, so I'm pleased and excited to share it with the world. On that note: some CW for sexual assault, violence against women, topics of heaven and hell, extreme personal loss, murder, attempted fratricide, sacrifice, satanic panic, classic horror tropes, general violence and lewdness, etc. The special starts with a little necessary Background, including Horrosploitation, Dr. Fredric Wertham's 1954 Seduction of the Innocent, and the implementation of the Comics Code Authority. We then continue the timeline into the eventual relaxation of the code in 1971, and the ensuing horror trends of the 1960's-80's. With that context in mind, we can begin talking Satana, starting with her (admittedly few) Key Comics: 0:16:44 Her various Aliases and names she's been called through the years, plus when it happened: 0:19:45 The Hellstrom Extended Family, which spread across multiple species and still holds a fair amount of mystery: 0:20:47 Satana's complete Teams and Teammates: 0:27:17 Her Allies, specifically those who are not teammates: 0:31:12 Love Interests, of course, which is surprisingly minor: 32:27 And then her Enemies, I'm sure fewer than you might expect: 0:33:21 Satana's Outfits/Physical Appearance, which has vastly changed through the years, and my breakdown of those changes: 0:37:34 Her half-demon Succubus Powers: 0:40:50 Alternate Reality/Format Versions of Satana: 0:42:38 And finally, her whole life and comic History: 0:45:22, including but not limited to the following categories: Early life; Turn for the Better, Turn for the Worst; the Basilisk; Death for Doctor Strange; Resurrection; Occultist for Hire, Thunderbolts/Dark Avengers; Between Time; All-New, All-Different Hell (and more Vegas, Baby!); and finally, her most recent appearances in Captain Marvel. I wrap up this special with a finale I worked to put all of what I've learned and discovered into account, which I'm calling, simply, Satana's Duality: 1:08:20. It is my desire that listeners who get this far might be inspired to also care about the character of Satana, and we can see more of her in the comics, properly, again. The Yancy Street Discord! https://discord.gg/kNq4VvA7 -Yancy Street Specials: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/full-archive/category/yancy-st-specials -Beginner's Guide to Comics: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/beginners-guide-to-comic-books.html !!Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/id1550410718 !!Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/45qGcYnP147aZBVIHC09lI?si=cb8b8c1a4f8c4ac7 !!Pandora https://www.pandora.com/podcast/sensational-she-geek-live-from-yancy-street/PC:74557 Find me on Instagram: @annawiththecomics https://www.instagram.com/annawiththecomics/ Podcast Updates on Twitter: @savageshegeek https://twitter.com/savageshegeek YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-KoazT-HEFbqCALjxRLjFQ Website/Blog: https://sensationalshegeek.weebly.com/ Donation and All Other Links https://linktr.ee/sensationalshegeek This podcast proudly contains far more information on Satana than any single one of her wiki or fan pages, so I'm pleased and excited to share it with the world.
On that note: CW for sexual assault, violence against women, topics of heaven and hell, extreme personal loss, murder, attempted fratricide, sacrifice, satanic panic, classic horror tropes, general violence and lewdness, etc. Background to understand Satana, context IS necessary, as it always is, and here we have a focus on the horror trends that founded her; an era known for "Horrorsploitation" To really understand how we got to that point creatively, we must first take a look back at the history of morality in comic book in America, starting with the founding of the Comics Code Authority, which happened in large part due to Seduction of the Innocent.
KEYS: 16:44 First Appearance
Family: 20:47
Teams and Teammates: 27:17
Early Life
Haunt of Horror #2
second story: Satana: Doorway to dark Destiny by Chris Clairmont and Pat Broderick
Nine months go by. the Basilisk Satana returns to confront her brother after something like 20 years in the Son of Satan's Marvel Spotlight Vol 1 #22 and #24. She'd previously split allegiances from their father, and has since been stuck on Earth. This is where we first encounter her intertwinement with the Basilisk, later found to be an archdemon of Hell, bound to Satana as both servant and prisoner. the Devil's mark on her throat (sometimes, lol) marks her as the keeper of the basilisk, and therefore Armageddon. The basilisk is many times stronger than her, but under her total control, waiting to be called upon. But whenever it is put to use, it takes it little bit of Satana's soul with it, and one day, it will fully consume her, leaving only the Basilisk alive. Her encounter with her brother leaves them still at arms, if with a touch more understanding of one another, and not long later, Satana finds herself trapped once again, this time in an identity spell cast by a group of demonic sorcerers called the Camarilla. Under their spell, she believes herself to be Judith Chambers, wife and mother. Judith is brutally put through the mental wringer, until she is forced to discover her own true identity, and that of the demon that lives inside her- the Basilisk. She returns to her true self with it's violent assitnce, stopping the plan of the evil N'Grai. But who are they, anyway? the whole villain side of the story was completely unexplained, unless you read the follow-up Claremont essay, where he basically tries to
The next time we see Satana, it is for her permanent (at the time) death. Again, I blame Claremont 100%. Death in Doctor Strange Marvel Team-Up #80-81 February 20, 1979
Resurrection Hellstorm: Prince of Lies #10, #12, #20-21 (series start: 1993, 24 years later)
Marvel's Witches Witches #1-4
Jason Silence Legion of Monsters: Satana #1
Occultist for Hire:
Thunderbolts Thunderbolts #155 (-158; #161-163)
Traveling to the Past Thunderbolts #163.1-174
Between Things X-Factor #249-253, #255-256
All-New, All-Different Hell Doctor Strange v.4 #13-14
Masters of Evil West Coast Avengers (2018) #4-7
More Vegas Hell, Baby Strikeforce #1-2
Most Recent Appearances Captain Marvel (2019) #38-42
Satana's Duality: 1:08:20
Marvel, I've done the work for you. the ball is in your court. SOURCES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority#1960s%E2%80%931970s https://horrorfilmhistory.com/wp/1970s-horror/ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/MarvelComicsDemons https://dailymarvelcharacter.tumblr.com/post/167094591366 https://cmro.travis-starnes.com/character_details.php?page=2&list_type=1&limit=30&order_listing=1&character=642 https://culturalgutter.com/2021/02/11/get-behind-me-satana/ http://slaymonstrobot.blogspot.com/2017/06/satanic-romance-comics.html https://marvel.fandom.com/f/p/3033019086285047488/r/3033093102169491120 https://comicvine.gamespot.com/satana/4005-13783/
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