Who Is Etrigan? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Etrigan is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Jason Blood/Etrigan, with over 1,059 comic issue appearances. A past foe of Merlin, now trapped in a man. / Gets out by a chant whenever he can. / Demon by kind; hero by bind. / Etrigan battles darkness while speaking in rhyme!

Who is Etrigan?

Current Events After he and his teammates on the Demon Knights successfully defend the town of Little Spring from the forces of the Questing Queen , the team moves on while Madame Xanadu explains the relationship between herself and Etrigan and Jason Blood. Origin Merlin & Etrigan the Demon There are two different origins for how Etrigan and Jason Blood became bound to each other. The original telling, which appeared in the Demon's first issue, showed that Jason and Etrigan were the same creature. Jason Blood was simply created by Merlin to act as a living prison for Etrigan and had no knowledge of his demonic half. The second origin had Jason Blood and Etrigan as two separate creatures living during the time of Arthur and his knights, the same time period as the original. Etrigan's role was the same as in his first appearance, a servant of Merlin's summoned to help defend Camelot, and Jason was depicted as a Druid. Merlin gave him a torn part of the fabled Eternity Book for keeping it. It is to be part of his destiny on Earth.

Key facts

Etrigan is of god/eternal origin and first appeared in "The Origin of the Demon". The character is published by DC Comics. With 1,059 recorded issue appearances, Etrigan ranks among the most featured characters in comics.