33 Facts About Sebastian Faust

Sebastian Faust is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, created by Mike Barr and Paul Pelletier.

Sebastian Faust was introduced in the 1993 Outsiders comic book series and is loosely based on the protagonist of the German legend who sold his soul to the Devil.

Sebastian Faust would be trained in the mystic arts by his father but later runs away due to his abusive ways.

S's mystic branch, Sebastian Faust later betrays the organization in order to save his terminally ill wife, putting him in conflict with Amanda Waller and her mystic derivative team, the Suicide Squad Black.

Sebastian Faust would have a supporting role in other crossovers, including the Brightest Day crossover, appearing in the Justice League of America and Justice Society of America series though seemingly no longer a member of Checkmate.

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In return, Sebastian Faust was given the power to natural ability to initiate magical and could use soul-magic.

In Mystik U, the alternative universe's incarnation of Sebastian Faust follows some of the original comic's cue of; while lacking the ability to not process emotions, Faust's powers are demonic in nature and is difficult to control.

Sebastian Faust is unable to initiate any sort of intimate contact with individuals nor look directly at others without his aviators in fear of sucking their soul or draining them of their magic.

Sebastian Faust's turn from hero to villainy and eco-terrorism symbolizes the desperation he faced wanting to save both his unborn child and wife.

Sebastian Faust first formulated a romantic relationship with fellow Outsider member, Halo, whom Sebastian Faust initially was portrayed as having feelings for and Halo skeptical and rejecting of his advances due to the mistrust the Outsiders team had for him initially.

Sebastian Faust was flirtatious with teammate Looker before his relationship with Halo solidified, both characters expressing finding one another attractive on several occasions.

When Sebastian Faust was old enough, Felix told his son he intended to give him an initiation into the mystic rites.

Sebastian Faust ran away shortly after, causing Felix to attempt the same of his sister and for it to similarly fail and run away too.

Sebastian Faust's origin was later revised, his soul instead having been sold as an infant by the demon, Nebiros, enemy of Swamp Thing and Blue Devil, and granted him soul-magic as a baby and giving him the power to initiate magic naturally though came with the drawback of an uncontrollable power of negative emotional projection, causing others to become more angry or tense the longer they are around Sebastian Faust, making finding meaningful connections with others more difficult.

Sebastian Faust manages to rescue Enchantress first; since he has no soul, he is not tormented by the river's waters.

Sebastian Faust realizes what must be done and murders Enchantress, losing his soul, restarting the fires, and saving the Earth all at once.

Sebastian Faust comes to realize his newfound friend, Blue Devil, is only staying with him because of the magical nature of his revival.

Sebastian Faust was first mentioned in the 2006 Checkmate series as a consultant brought in by the intelligence organization to program magical capacities and defenses into their technological creation, Gideon-II.

Sebastian Faust is called upon to help neutralize a medical facility occupied by the Kobra Cult cultivating mutant, snake-like infants through the use of blood magic to be future soldiers of Kobra.

Sebastian Faust would make an appearance in the aftermath of the Brightest Day as he helps the Justice League of America and Justice Society of America contain the chaos created from the revival of the Starheart, which causes metahumans of magical origin around the world to go wild.

Sebastian Faust helps the superhero Jade come to terms with her resurrection and newfound heighten levels of power resulting from her coming back from the dead.

Some conditions had changed compared to the previous continuity: Sebastian Faust's soul was sold by Felix in an effort to gain immortality instead of magical powers, the newer version of Sebastian Faust having natural abilities in performing magic but was granted soul magic from the attempted bargain much like before.

Sebastian Faust planned to use multiple powerful mystic artifacts and assemble a weapon known as the Quellzorn, a mystic behemoth capable of feeding all magic to remove magic all together, having become disillusioned with its existence after both his experiences in seeing its capability to make others suffer and its personal effect on him due to having accidentally infected his dryad wife, pregnant with his unborn son, with a fatal mystic illness from a spell he caught in his work.

Sebastian Faust is later taken in by the Justice League to be rehabilitated.

Sebastian Faust would make a brief appearance in the Other History of the DC Universe within Katana's recount taking place during the Outsiders series.

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Sebastian Faust recounted Violet's soul asserting herself over Gabriella Doe, the being whom would take Violet's body.

Sebastian Faust was considered among the most dangerous threats to the superhero community and one of the most dangerous magical practitioners on Earth, conisdered a peer to other dark magic users such as Enchantress and the Wizard.

Later stories portray Sebastian Faust as specializing in soul magic like his father, a form of magic that allows controls over souls and affords a plethora of abilities such as being able to mimic other's special abilities through tapping into their souls, manipulating souls, and seeing other's aura.

Sebastian Faust is skilled in covering his tracks, duplicity, espionage, hand-to-hand combat, and leadership.

Sebastian Faust is highly resistant to mystical corruption and will eroding due to lacking a soul and having a strong will.

Sebastian Faust possesses a number of magical talismans, most notable his belt and magical pouches: a simple medium-sized cloth bag and leather belt outfitted with four canvas pouches hand-made out of conventional materials, high-grade steel.

College aged, alternate reality version of Sebastian Faust appears as one of the main characters in the DC limited series Mystik U written by Alisa Kwitney and illustrated by Mike Norton.

Sebastian Faust believed that while he and Constantine shared a history of demonic encounters and dilemmas and considered them a bad boy archetype, Faust's past is relatively unexplored compared to Constantine and Zatanna shared a parallel with their relationship to their respective fathers, Zatanna loving her famous father and Faust despising his infamous own.