Madam Satan (comics)

Madam Satan is a name given to several characters that have appeared primarily in Archie Comics under its various imprints.

MLJ Comics

The first Madam Satan was a woman named Tyra, who was engaged to a man whose parents did not approve of the impending marriage. When she found out about their disapproval she murdered them. However, as they were dying they were able to tell their son that his fiancee was the murderer.

The son executed his revenge killing Tyra who ended up in hell working under Satan. Her job was to seduce men into giving their souls to Satan. This worked pretty well since her powers included hypnotic control over all men as well as the ability to kill men with a single kiss.

The character appeared in issues #16–21 of Pep Comics before being cancelled to make room for a humor strip in issue #22 featuring Archie Andrews.

Dark Circle Comics

Madam Satan appeared in the first issue of The Fox (October 2013) retaining her Golden Age appearance though this version has tentacles for arms and her skin is pale green. She makes a second appearance in The Fox (vol. 2) #3 (June 2015) attempting to kill the Fox for a cash reward. It is shown that her powers include being able to transform her tentacles into young women so that they could seduce men. This version is killed when the Fox ties off her tentacles under a railroad track and she is hit by a speeding train.^[1]

Archie Horror

A new Madam Satan first appeared in the last pages of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #1 (October 2014). This version is named Iola, who was the former girlfriend of Edward Spellman before he broke up with her for Diana. Heartbroken that he chose a mortal over her she committed suicide by throwing herself into the zoo's lion pen where they devoured her alive. However, she found herself in the pits of Gehenna, a place reserved in the circle of Hell for suicides where she remained there faceless until she was accidentally released by two witches from Riverdale.

Upon returning to Earth she sets about gaining a new face before going to visit her former flame Edward who has since been trapped in a tree. Instead of freeing him as was her original plan she instead sets the tree on fire killing him. Afterwards she goes and finds Edward's wife, Diana, and clears her mind of its insanity out of revenge, however she makes sure she can never leave the mental asylum she was put in. After hearing that Edward and Diana gave birth to a daughter, Sabrina, she makes her way to Greendale where she settles under the alias of Evangeline Porter, a teacher at Baxter Senior High School to be able to monitor Sabrina so that she can ruin her life and finally get revenge on the Spellman family.^[2]

See also

• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

References