You may have thought Jason Blood was a man possessed by Etrigan the Demon, but BLOOD OF THE DEMON — the new ongoing monthly series written by John Byrne and Will Pfeifer (AQUAMAN, H-E-R-O) with art by Byrne and Bud LaRosa — reveals a whole lot more about their "blood bond" than anyone ever realized! Etrigan is on a rampage in Gotham City, where a nameless villain needs him to open a portal to another dimension...and will torture Jason Blood endlessly to make Etrigan his slave! All the rules have changed! Expect pandemonium and mayhem as Etrigan, loyal to no one, takes on otherworldly foes in the first battle of an all-out war!
Camelot: Near the End- Merlin summons Etrigan to Camelot and bonds him with a spell to do his bidding. Merlin puts the words "Yarva Etrigan Daemonicus" on Etrigan's head and makes him attack Morgaine Le Fey's army outside of Camelot. But it is too late and Camelot is still destroyed, but instead of just letting Etrigan go free he transforms the demon in a man.
Gotham City: Now- Jason Blood is being tortured by a group of demons. They are looking for Etrigan, and their search lead to Jason. They know that Jason has some sort of connection to Etrigan but they have no clue that the two are one, until it's too late. The demons are tricked into taking down the containment spell that is keeping Etrigan away and when Jason starts to speak the words that will summon Etrigan one of the lackey demons stabs him with a spear, killing him instantly. The head demon disposes of Jason's lifeless body by throwing it from a high rise into a dumpster below.
G.C. Morgue: Later Sandra and another police officer are with the mortician examining Jason's lifeless body. It does seem to have a mark on it and it was ruled a suicide. As the mortician is about to cut into the body it springs to life and attacks the police officer. Sandra puts several rounds into him but he shrugs them off and runs out of the hospital and escapes across the roof tops. Not knowing where else to go and feeling strange Jason goes to see his old friend, Randu and his wife Anjeli. There it is revealed that Jason's face has changed, it is now much more demonic. They conclude that it is because Jason was killed changing into Etrigan but it does not explain why Jason came back from the dead. Suddenly for no apparent reason his face changes back to human and the three head to Jason's old apartment for a book and weapons.
Later Jason now armed tracks down the demons that tortured him. He stops them from preforming a sacrifice but in the process his sword is broken and he becomes surrounded. As a last ditch effort he tries transforms into Etrigan. But something goes wrong and he only able to half change. It is still enough to beat the demon lackey but when he goes face to face with the head demon it is revealed that the head demon is really working for one of the Elder Gods of Evil. Randu tries to help but some thing else goes wrong and Etrigan takes Jason's body over completely and Merlin's binding finally breaks for good.
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