Belial (Demon) (Earth-616)

Belial
Name	Belial
Aliases	Benny Demon of Lies Ancient Serpent Satan Father and Master of Lies Blasphemous Dragon
Affiliation and Relationships
Affiliation	Hell Lords Belial's Cavalry (presumed leader)
Relatives	Spouses: Hedy Wolfe (ex-wife)
Marital Status	Divorced
Physical Characteristics
Gender	Male
Height	Variable
Eyes	Eyeballs: Red Variable Irises: No Visible
Hair	Variable
Skin	Red
Unusual Features	Two forehead horns
Origin and Living Status
Origin	Demon, fallen angel
Living Status	Alive
Reality	Earth-616
Personal Information
Identity	No Dual
Citizenship	Hell
Occupation	Trickster, demon, ruler of Gehenna
Base of Operations	Gehenna
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Bill Mantlo, Archie Goodwin
First	Tower of Shadows #4 (March, 1970) (Mentioned) Zombie #1 (March, 1973) (energy) Monsters Unleashed #11 (February, 1975) (possessing a body) Son of Satan #8 (November, 1976) (full appearance)
First	Tower of Shadows #4 (March, 1970) (Mentioned) Zombie #1 (March, 1973) (energy) Monsters Unleashed #11 (February, 1975) (possessing a body) Son of Satan #8 (November, 1976) (full appearance)

 Fear me, humans of Earth! I am Belial, ruler of Gehenna, he who watches over the great lakes of fire, and I have come to claim Patsy Walker as my own. 

—Belial

History

Belial was an angel living in Heaven until being cast out, presumably for being part of the rebels in the War in Heaven. He became a demon of lies and was once the servant of Satan.

With Hedy Wolfe

Belial later appeared as a demon lord of Gehenna, a Hell dimension. When Hedy Wolfe convinced Mad-Dog and Hellstrom that Patsy Walker was out to get them, the pair teamed up and sent Patsy to Belial's domain. Belial tempted Patsy with promises of power, but Patsy resisted him and escaped his realm through trickery. Upset about being used, Hellstrom sought out Hedy and sent her to Belial's domain as punishment. Instead, Hedy and Belial became romantically involved. They eventually married, but Hedy left Belial on their honeymoon after he ate a child.

Attributes

Powers

As the ruler of Gehenna, Belial is a Demon with powers including:

• Illusions: Belial can create illusions to disguise himself as others or to create visions and mirages.
• Netherworld Dimensional Power Tap: As the master of Gehenna, Belial can manipulate and conjure anything within his realm. Additionally, his powers appear to be drawn from his home dimension though his powers are not strictly limited to his dimension.
• Hellfire Generation and Manipulation: Belial can create and control Hellfire.
• Power Bestowal: Belial offered to make Hellcat into demon and give her additional powers.
• Interdimensional Teleportation: Belial can travel instantly between dimensions such as Earth and Gehenna.

Notes

• Belial's Cavalry were described as a super-powerful hellspawn who could bond to mortal hosts, and Daniel mentioned them as being possibly the entity making of Johnny Blaze the Ghost Rider.
• Belial is a Hell-Lord and ruler of his own pocket dimension resembling Christian Hell. Most Hell-Lords of this type are Class Two Demons, but Belial has not specifically been confirmed as such.

Trivia

"Belial"

• Shortly after her resurrection, Tarot created a psionic construct of Belial (also called Crooked Serpent, Beelzebub, the Father of Lies, the Angel of the Bottomless Pit, the Enslaver of Men) to fight the New Mutants and recover Cypher.

See Also

• 8 appearance(s) of Belial (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Belial (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 6 mention(s) of Belial (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 2 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Belial (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 4 invocation(s) of Belial (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 5 image(s) of Belial (Demon) (Earth-616)
• 1 quotation(s) by or about Belial (Demon) (Earth-616)

Links and References

• Belial (Demon) on Wikipedia.org