Written by Jack Kirby

Merlin summons Etrigan his guardian demon and destroys Camelot as Morgaine Le Fey attacks trying to gain the Eternity Book. Merlin gives Etrigan a torn part of the book telling him it will be his "destiny --- on earth!!"

Jason Blood, demonologist, visits the sorcerer Warly to show him a piece of torn parchment bearing the words Yarva Etrigan Daemonicus.

Blood is led to Merlin’s tomb in Castle Branek. As it turns out, Warly is working for Morgaine (who is dying and seeking the Eternity Book so she can attain eternal youth) and follow him there. Blood finds inscriptions on a stone "Change! Change, O’ Form of Man! Release the Might from Fleshy Mire! Boil the Blood in Hear of Fire! Gone! Gone! --- The Form of Man -! Rise, the Demon Etrigan!!"

Appearances:

Merlin

Morgaine Le Fey

Warly (a sorcerer)

Randu Singh (U.N. Delegate) with Gomali at party

Harry Matthews (advertising executive) with Mona at party

Glenda Mark (introduced to Jason at party by Randu)

Inspector Stavic (only has one arm)

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Miscellaneous Quotes:

Gomali: "UGH! LET’S NOT GO INTO DEMONOLOGY! WHERE’S THAT FUNNY MAN, HARRY?"

Harry: "LET’S GET OFF THE WEIRDIE JIVE, GANG! LET’S ROCK IT! SOCK IT! --- AND SEND IT FIRST CLASS MAIL!!"

Jason: "...YOU, MY SILENT FRIEND, ARE ONE OF THE UNLIVING! --- THE INANIMATE, ENDOWED WITH ANIMATION!!"

Demon #2 Oct. 1972 Bath of Fire

Written by Jack Kirby

Etrigan continues to battle Morgaine’s forces. As he gets close to Morgaine she changes him back into his human form.

Back in Gotham City, Glenda, Harry and Randu start to worry. Randu uses the mystic art called "Eye of Kharma" to seek out Jason.

As Jason finds out the tomb of Merlin is also another form of the Eternity Book, Merlin’s ghost appears telling him that Morgaine Le Fey has taken a powerful spell from his breached tomb.

Jason and Inspector Stavic seek out Morgaine in the witches forest Walpurgis Woods. Randu uses his strange ESP to transform Jason into the Demon to fight off an attacker, but Morgaine uses her spell and vanishes.

Appearances:

Merlin’s ghost

Morgaine Le Fey

Warly

Randu

Harry

Glenda

Inspector Stavic

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Miscellaneous Quotes:

Harry about Jason: "HE DOES RESEARCH IN PLACES THAT WOULD SCARE DRACULA!"

Written by Jack Kirby

The "Master-Eye" Cult are assassinating members of the United Nations who are conducting investigations on them and therefore attempt to kill Randu.

Etrigan haunts Jason's dreams.  Harry is reincarnated into a pirate to attack Jason.

The cult tries to take over the world by transmitting the power of the Master-Eye over the television airwaves.  Etrigan defeats them all.

Special Note:  Etrigan does some rhyming, but only in the form of spells.

Appearances:

Randu 

Harry

Pistol (reincarnated Harry)

Master-Eye Cult

Haakud

O' High One

Mord, Executioner

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Miscellaneous Quotes:

Jason: "HARRY!  WHAT IN BLAZES ARE YOU DOING?!"

Pistol (reincarnated Harry): "SILENCIN' YER TONGUE, BY KRIKEY! YER THROUGH, MATE!"

Written by Jack Kirby

The Kamara (Fear Monster) is loose in Gotham.

Iron Duke is seeking Merlin and Etrigan with the help of Ugly Meg. 

Randu cannot use his ESP to change Jason into Etrigan but Merlin appears.

Appearances:

Randu

Harry

Ugly Meg

The Iron Duke of Trollsac

Kamara the Fear Monster also appears as a White Monkey

Merlin

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Miscellaneous Quotes:

Jason: "HE'S TRUMPED MY ACES FELLAS!  IF YOU'VE GOT ANY IDEAS, HAUL THEM OUT!"

Demon #5 Jan. 1973 The Creature from the Beyond Part 2

Written by Jack Kirby

Merlin and Etrigan battle Ugly Meg and the Iron Duke.

As a mind exchange between Merlin and the Iron Duke is to take place, Meg reveals her secret agenda to take Merlin's power.

Blood is being brought to his death but is helped by a secret force, the Dream-beast Somnambula.  Meg is destroyed by her former master. 

Appearances:

Randu

Harry

Merlin

Ugly Meg

The Iron Duke

Somnambula the Dream-beast

Pegasus (a black winged horse)

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Demon #6 Feb. 1973 The Howler

Written by Jack Kirby

Still in the "remote region of Europe", Jason comes to the realization that it must be "the spawning ground for every danger unleashed by occult experiments!"

Jason uses the chant to transform himself to fight off the Howler. 

In human form, Eric Shiller the Howler seeks out Jason to help rid himof his problem by performing an exorcism.  During the exorcism, the Howler returns and falls out of a window in Jason's apartment.  Eric Shiller is found dead, but has the Howler found a new host? "OWOOOOOO".

Special Note:  In the letters column, the original demon sketch is described, and how Kirby decided on the style now used in The Demon. 

Appearances:

Merlin

The Howler / Eric Shiller (anthropologist)

Glenda

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Miscellaneous Quotes:

Jason: "THAT'S THE DARNDEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD!"

Demon #7 Mar. 1973 Witchboy

Written by Jack Kirby

Judge and Draaga attack Etrigan.  Draaga infects Etrigan with poison.  As Etrigan is dying Judge transforms into his true identity Klarion and Draaga into his cat Teekl.  

Back in Jason's apartment, Jason is dying from the poisoning.  Klarion refers to Jason as Uncle and Harry as Cousin.  Teekl waits for death to come, then saves Jason from dying.  Klarion is seeking refuge from his elders who have come to find him. 

At a party Jason is transformed to Etrigan, and a Harpy attacks.  

Klarion's elders capture him, as well as Randu and Harry, but Etrigan saves them and sends Klarion and Teekl to "a safe and distant place where Klarion can do no harm!"

Appearances:

Judge

Draaga (a warlock's companion)

Klarion the Witchboy

Teekl (Klarion's cat)

Harry

Randu

Glenda

Sid Courtney (stock market whiz)

A Harpy

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Miscellaneous Quotes:

Harry: "IF YOU DON'T CALL THIS CAT, I'LL KICK IT OUT OF THE WINDOW!"

Demon #8 Apr. 1973 Phantom of the Sewers Part 1

Written by Jack Kirby

The Phantom of the Sewers has stolen the Sword of Merlin from Jason's collection, Etrigan retrieves it and the Phantom disappears into his lair where he talks to Galatea (a mannikin) about how he wishes he could turn her to life, then he plays the organ.

Appearances:

The Phantom of the Sewers

Galatea (as mannikin)

Harry

Randu

Glenda

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Demon #9 June 1973 (No May issue) Phantom of the Sewers Part 2 Whatever Happened to Farley Fairfax?!!

Written by Jack Kirby

Backflash: First a story of Etrigan saving a city from a sorcerer many years after Camelot.

 The police, Harry Randu and Jason hit the sewers to find Glenda.

The Phantom brings Glenda to a deserted stage in an old theatre and reveals he is Farley Fairfax and that Galatea had stolen his soul.

Jason almost Dies from high voltage in the sewers then realizes he has the Philosopher's Stone and it saved his life and thinks it can bring back Etrigan.  The Demon returns but only partially, he is now half Etrigan and half Jason!  He rests and completely transforms and finds Farley and Glenda.

Appearances:

The Phantom of the Sewers / Farley Fairfax

Galatea (as mannikin)

Harry

Randu

Glenda

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Demon #10 July 1973 Phantom of the Sewers Part 3 The Thing that Screams

Written by Jack Kirby

Etrigan learns the past of what happened to Farley Fairfax.  Galatea summoned the Soul Snatcher on stage during a performance.  As the present returns, Etrigan makes himself known and vows to help Farley.  He uses The Sign of Kabaal to hsummon Asmodon who if he beats will be his slave and tell the whereabouts of the real Galatea.

Galatea appears and summons the Soul Snatcher and disappears.  Demon destroys it, Glenda is saved and Farley gets his face back.  Farley starts to age rapidly and he dies from shock.

Randu finally tries using his ESP and finds The Phantom's hidden lair.  Galatea is in the mannikin, she destroys the lair and herself, but Harry and Randu escape.

Appearances:

The Phantom of the Sewers / Farley Fairfax

Galatea

Soul Snatcher

Asmodon Satan's steward

Harry

Randu

Glenda

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Demon #11 Aug. 1973 Baron Von Evilstein

Written by Jack Kirby

Baron Von Rakenstein captures the Demon.  He plans to transplant the mind of Jason and Etrigan into his large monster.

Special Note:  This storyline is based on Frankenstein.

Appearances:

Igor

Baron Von Rakenstein

a large monster created by the Baron

Professor Alan Hunter

Miss Carver ESP student

Harry

Randu

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Miscellaneous Quotes:

Harry: "QUIET? QUIET? I'VE BEEN QUIET FOR TWO HOURS NOW.  AND THAT'S A RECORD FOR HARRY MATTHEWS!"

Demon #12 Sept. 1973 Baron Von Evilstein Part 2 Rebirth of Evil

Written by Jack Kirby

The transplant continues but Jason has the Philosopher's Stone and changes to Etrigan.  The giant monster crashes out into the city.

Special Note:  The character Janie Welles seems to be the same as Miss Carver from last issue.

Appearances:

Igor

Baron Von Rakenstein

a large monster created by the Baron

Professor Alan Hunter

Janie Welles ESP student

Harry

Randu

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Demon #13 Oct. 1973 Baron Von Evilstein Part 3 The Monster

Written by Jack Kirby

Etrigan battles Von Rakenstein as his Monster is loose in the city.  Rakenstein and Igor flee and return in the city to destroy the Monster and Etrigan.  But Etrigan has the Philosopher's Stone.  A blast is seen and as it settles Jason is found with a shiny stone and 2 vultures soaring into the night.

Appearances:

Igor

Baron Von Rakenstein

a large monster created by the Baron

Professor Alan Hunter

Janie Welles ESP student

Harry

Randu

Jason Blood

Etrigan

The Brave and the Bold #109 Oct.-Nov. 1973

Written by Bob Haney

Merlin contacts Jason and summons him to Tintagel (the ruins of King Arthur's birth place), but before he can go Jason meets up with the Man-beast.

Etrigan saves Batman from the Man-beast.  The Man-beast was created in the sea, he was formerly a murderer named Jack Dobbs.

Merlin almost fouls things up by punishing the Demon for not showing up to Tintagel, but Randu uses his ESP to contact him.

Appearances:

Merlin

Jack Dobbs / Man-beast creature

Batman

Commisioner Gordon

Harry

Randu

Glenda

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Demon #14 Nov. 1973 Witchboy Returns Part 1

Written by Jack Kirby

Klarion returns and creates a doppleganger of Jason/Etrigan who will serve him.  

As the real Etrigan fades out of existence he rushes to save Jason's friends and battle the doppleganger.

Appearances:

Gargora

A Shambler

Klarion

Teekl

Doppleganger Jason Blood / Etrigan

Harry

Randu

Glenda

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Demon #15 Dec. 1973 Witchboy Returns Part 2

Written by Jack Kirby

Klarion and Teekl celebrate their victory.

Glenda finds the Philosopher's Stone and prays for Jason to come back.  Etrigan reforms from his invisibleness and battles his doppleganger, Klarion and Teekl, and sends them to the "Beyond Region".

Appearances:

Klarion

Teekl as cat and were-cat (half person / half cat)

Doppleganger Jason Blood / Etrigan

Glenda

Jason Blood

Etrigan

Demon #16 Jan. 1974 Immortal Enemy

Written by Jack Kirby

Klarion and Teekl celebrate their victory.

"THIS ENDS THE ADVENTURES OF THE DEMON."

Appearances:

Kafir

Morgaine Le Fey

Warly

Glenda

Jason Blood

Etrigan