[2][3] According to Thomas, Lee approved of the idea, and Gary Friedrich and Herb Trimpe were assigned the task of designing the character.

However, Trimpe denies this, claiming Friedrich alone designed Daimon Hellstrom and only brought him in as artist after the character was fully realized.

Nonetheless, sales were strong, prompting Marvel to launch the character into his own series, The Son of Satan, written by John Warner.

One of the later writers on Defenders, J. M. DeMatteis, featured a number of subplots focused on Daimon Hellstrom, commenting that he "was absolutely my favorite character.

As suggested by the title, his surname was spelled "Hellstorm" during this series, the character explicitly choosing to change it from "Hellstrom" in issues #1 and 2.

[9][10] In 2019, the character joined a team consisting of Blade the Vampire Slayer, Angela, the Winter Soldier, Spider-Woman, Wiccan and Monica Rambeau in Strikeforce.

[12] Daimon and his younger sister, Satana, were trained by their father in the art of magic, tapping into the power granted them by their dark heritage.

He then set himself up as an occult investigator and defender of humanity, battling dark arcane forces — primarily those of his father — under the name of the "Son of Satan", as a demonologist and exorcist.

[21] After Steve Gerber ceased writing the book, Hellstrom began working at the University of the District of Columbia Parapsychology Department, where he had a friendship with Seripha Thames, a female professor who was a Wiccan.

Daimon kept her away from prying eyes in his estate at Fire Lake, where she spent most days either asleep or babbling seemingly randomly.

She would remain there until one day she regained enough sanity to weep for having brought back such evil into the world, and committed suicide with the aid of a being known as Deathurge.

Daimon discovered his father's secret true name – Marduk Kurios – and used the power of this knowledge to finally kill him.

Hellstorm used this claim to assume control over Satannish's realm and inherit Dormammu's right to rule as designated by the powerful "Flames of Faltine".

[37] He was sought out by Doctor Strange as a potential claimant of the title of Sorcerer Supreme; however, he was attacked by the Hood first, who was attacking potential magic users who could also claim the title and, helped by him and Brother Voodoo (now going by Doctor Voodoo as the new Sorcerer Supreme), they managed to banish Dormammu, leaving the Hood powerless for a while.

[38] Sometime around the Dark Reign, Hellstrom, after being informed by a Satanist priest of the existence of the Antichrist, vowed to slay the boy and, joining once more with his former girlfriend Jaine Cutter, rescued the Ghost Rider from the renegade angel Zadkiel's forces, and eventually the united Ghost Riders from all of history were able to reclaim Heaven, overthrow Zadkiel, and triumph over the forces Satan had unleashed against them.

[40] Hellstrom joined forces with the God Squad and pitted his demonic powers against those of the enslaved Zeus, Hera and Ares, to little avail, and later journeyed with them in a last desperate attempt to seal Mikaboshi in Yomi.

[41] In the pages of Avengers Undercover, Daimon Hellstrom appeared as a member of the Shadow Council's ninth incarnation of the Masters of Evil.

[43] Daimon Hellstrom was with Baron Zemo, Madame Masque, and the Constrictor when they watched the teenage heroes confront Arcade at Massacrer Casino.

detention center, Daimon Hellstrom teleported the entire building back to Bagalia, where Baron Zemo offered the group a chance to join the Masters of Evil.

As Hellstorm, thanks to his demonic heritage, Daimon Hellstrom could sense the presence of the supernatural and could cast spells to transport himself and others into mystical dimensions and back to Earth.

Hellstorm could project mystic energy in the form of "soulfire" (also called "hellfire") from his trident, causing excruciating pain within living beings through direct contact of a person's life force.

As the Son of Satan, Hellstrom possessed supernatural powers derived from his "Darksoul", a demonic counterpart to his human soul, which physically manifested itself in the pentagram-shaped birthmark on his chest.

He was able to magically change into his demonic costume at will by extending the middle three fingers of each hand in the shape of a trident, concentrating, and letting his soulfire engulf his body.

[50] Science fiction writer Alexander Irvine wrote the five-issue miniseries Hellstorm: Son of Satan, starring Hellstrom as a hero in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans for the MAX imprint, Marvel's mature readers line.

[53][54][55] In the What If comic book series, an alternate version of Hellstrom is seen in the first part of the three-part issue "What If Ghost Rider, Spider-Woman and Captain Marvel Had Remained Villains?

", in which Johnny Blaze made a pact with Satan to cure his foster father Crash Simpson of terminal cancer.

In this reality, the bargain would not be interrupted by Crash's daughter Roxanne Simpson allowing Satan to fully take control of Johnny.