CBR

In the early 1970s, the Comics Code relaxed its rules on horror-themed characters. 1 / 8

Marvel quickly released a bunch of horror-themed titles, like Ghost Rider. 2 / 8

One title, Tomb of Dracula, was notable because it was named after the BAD GUY 3 / 8

Stan Lee told Roy Thomas to launch a similar book, Mark of Satan, about the devil! 4 / 8

Thomas, though, thought that having a book starring Satan was a bit much for the time. 5 / 8

After all, how would Middle America feel about Marvel having a book literally starring SATAN? 6 / 8

So Thomas came up with, instead, the idea of a book starring the SON of Satan! 7 / 8

Lee just wanted the word "Satan" in the title, so he was fine with Thomas' idea. 8 / 8