Sudanese boy

The Sudanese boy is a fictional victim of possession featured in comic books published by DC Comics. He is associated with the Constantine line of comic titles and first appeared in Hellblazer #1 in January, 1988.

Biography
This unnamed child hailed from the Sudan in North Africa. He fell victim to a hunger spirit known as Mnemoth, whose presence had infected the nearby village. A Dinkan Shaman conducted a ritual upon the boy, and tattooed patterns upon his face to bind the demon inside of him so it could not harm anyone else. His tongue was cut out so the demon could not pronounce a curse upon anyone. The shaman failed to follow up on this incident and the boy was kidnapped by slavers.

The slavers relocated him to Tangier in Morocco and put him to work in a sweat shop. An English tourist named Gary Lester saw the boy as he was being thrown into the street one night and recognized the signs of possession. Something about this called to him and Lester decided to use his own meager occult skills to help him.

Gary Lester brought the Sudanese boy back to the room he had been staying at and began performing an exorcism, unaware that the act of doing so, would only cause greater calamity. He succeeded in drawing Mnemoth out of the boy, but the spirit literally ripped itself free from the boy's body, completely flaying him. Gary managed to trap the demon inside of a bottle, but the boy was dead.

Abilities

 * The did not appear to possess any skills or abilities of note.

Notes & Trivia



 * Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Earth-One era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985-86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis continuity, and should be considered apocryphal.

Appearances

 * Hellblazer #1