Faust
Faust is the first character to give his soul to the devil.
Name:
Faust
Publisher:
Real name:
Johann Faust
Aliases:
- Doctor Faustus
- Dr. Faustus
- John Faustus
- D. Johann Fausten
- Johann Georg Faust
Birth date:
None
Gender:
Male
Powers:
- Immortal
- Intellect
- Invisibility
- Magic
First issue:
Cisco Kid Comics (1944) #1
Character History
Faust is the first literary character to actually sell his own soul to the devil for worldly gains. Originally a character in German folklore he was first written about in Historia von Johann Fausten in 1587.
The story was rewritten several times by later authors, including Christopher Marlowes The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus and Goethes Faust.
