S. Quentin Quale

Biography
Quentin Quail, better known as Doctor Satan, was a part of urban folklore in the towns of Ruggsville and Deadwood. As legend has it, he was an intern the Willows County Mental Hospital, but unlike the traditional surgical intern, Quentin Quail specialized in murder and torture as well as surgery. The hospital earned itself the unflattering nickname "Weeping Willows" because of the never-ending cries of pain that came from the operating rooms. Quail believed that he could create a master super-race bred from stock of the mentally ill. When his actions were discovered, Quail was hung from a nearby tree. The following day however, his body was missing, leaving behind no trace of Quail's existence. A gravestone was erected for him in a local cemetery, but no body was ever buried.

Known as Doctor Satan, Quail lived on, and continued his practice inside an underground warren. Attending him was an assistant named Earl Firefly, who was better known simply as the Professor. Firefly's family members knew the truth about Doctor Satan, and routinely fed him fresh victims for him to experiment upon.

In 1977, the Firefly family members captured two youths named Denise Willis and Jerry Goldsmith and condemned them to die in the mine shaft that led to Doctor Satan's underground operating room. Jerry was captured by the bizarre subterranean denizens that comprised Doctor Satan's staff, and brought to his chamber, where he performed experimental brain surgery on the boy, ultimately leading to his death. Denise Willis had a chance encounter with Doctor Satan, but was able to escape from his clutches as well as that of the Professor. Denise's freedom was short-lived however as Otis Firefly and a local man named Captain Spaulding re-captured her and brought her back to Quail's laboratory where she was presumably killed.

Notes & Trivia

 * Doctor Satan was one of four main exhibits featured on the "Murder Ride" at Captain Spaulding's Museum of Monsters and Madmen.


 * The name "Dr. Satan" was inspired by a character from Weird Tales magazine.


 * Doctor Satan is also the name of the antagonist from the 1940s film serial The Mysterious Doctor Satan, played by Edward Ciannelli.


 * Another version of Doctor Satan appeared in the 2009 animated film The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, directed by Rob Zombie. This version of Dr. Satan however, was a former high-school nerd turned evil genius named Steve Wachowski.


 * Doctor Satan's appearance varies from scene to scene. In the telling of his legend, he is presented wearing surgical scrubs and a hood that completely covers his face. When he encounters Denise Willis and Jerry Goldsmith, he is seen wearing a strange rebreather and is wearing a metallic rib-cage harness attacked to cables that lead up into the ceiling of his operating room.