Comic Title: Demon #2
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1990
On Sale Date: June 19, 1990 Shipping Date June 19, 1990
Source: Previews, #16

Shipping Date June 19, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #180

Shipping Date June 21, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #18

Direct Market Date June 21, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #153

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Dan Raspler

Title: "Into the Abyss"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Demon (Post-Crisis)

Writer: Alan Grant
Penciller: Val Semeiks
Inker: Denis Rodier
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Robbie Busch

Feature Character(s)

• Demon (last appearance in Demon #1; next appearance in Demon #3)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jason Blood (last appearance in Demon #1; next appearance in Demon #3)
• Glenda Mark (last appearance in Demon #1; next appearance in Demon #3)
• Randu Singh (last appearance in Demon #1; next appearance in Demon #3)
• Merlin (in flashback; last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #641; next appearance in Demon #1)

Villain(s)

• Asterorth (last appearance in Demon #1; no further appearances)
• Lurgo (last appearance in Demon #1; next appearance in Demon #7)
• Morax the Bull-Beast (last appearance in Demon #1; next appearance in Demon #3)
• Raan Va Dath (Etrigan's mother; name not revealed in this story; first appearance; next appearance in Demon #3)
• Lady Crone (a demon in Hell; next appearance in Demon #3)
• Jtzyl (a servant of Lady Crone; next appearance in Demon #3)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Commissioner Gordon (last appearance in Batman #451; next appearance in Demon #3)
• Lt. Kitch (last appearance in Demon #1; next appearance in Demon #3)

Other Character(s)

• Dick Jaynes (a district attorney; first name not revealed in this story; first appearance; next appearance in Demon #3)
• A group of damned souls (next appearance in Demon #3)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• Jason Blood (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #641; next appearance in Demon #1)
• Demon (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #641; next appearance in Demon #1)
• Glenda Mark (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #641; next appearance in Demon #1)
• Randu Singh (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #641; next appearance in Demon #1)
• Asterorth (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #641; next appearance in Demon #1)
• Lurgo (last appearance in Action Comics Weekly #641; next appearance in Demon #1)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Lucifer (in Glenda's description of Hell)
• Beelzebub (in Glenda's description of Hell)
• Belial (in Glenda's description of Hell and in flashback to Etrigan's birth)
• Morgan Le Fay (in flashback to the fall of Camelot)

Comments:
The origin of Etrigan is briefly recapped in this story.

A flashback fills in missing story details which take place between Action Comics Weekly #641 and Demon #1.

This story is continued from Demon #1 and continues in Demon #3.

Synopsis:
Jason Blood finds himself trapped in Hell with the damned. When he briefly falls asleep, Etrigan is set free. The Demon then enters the abyss of Hell where he tracks down his mother.

Meanwhile in Gotham City, Glenda and Randu are questioned by Lt. Kitch. The pair tell Kitch the origin of Etrigan, and the story of their own recent trip to Hell. Asteroth had lured the pair along with Jason Blood and Etrigan to Hell to complete a power transfer which would have made him ruler of Hell. Instead Merlin used a fragment of the philosopher's stone to imbue Etrigan with the power to overcome Asteroth. Etrigan then escaped with Jason to accomplish his own ends, which also include making himself Hell's ruler. Merlin then transported Glenda and Randu back to Gotham. Randu tells Kitch that Batman can corroborate the story, so Commissioner Gordon summons him.