Thamuz
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Thamuz is a fictional character and the master of tortures in Hell who has taken it upon himself to discover the secrets that Al Simmons
Spawn (comics)
Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...

 has hidden within his soul. After his defeat by The Disciple
The Disciple (comics)
The Disciple is a fictional character from Todd McFarlane's Spawn. Heaven's first and greatest soldier in their war against the forces of Hell. His origins are unknown but his power is great. He appears to be the archetype for the The Redeemer, and is definitely a formidable enemy for Hellspawn. ...

, Simmons found himself a prisoner of Thamuz in Hell. When he couldn't discern Spawn's
Spawn (comics)
Spawn is a fictional comic book superhero who appears in a monthly comic book of the same name published by Image Comics. Created by writer/artist Todd McFarlane, Spawn first appeared in Spawn #1...

 secrets, the demon threatened to rip his soul apart to get them. But Spawn returned to Gazer and managed to escape the Grand Inquisitor's clutches...for now. Al Simmons is the only subject he has failed to break. For this failure, Mammon
Mammon (comics)
Mammon is a fictional character from the comic book Spawn. He is Spawn's former ally and is currently the primary antagonist, having replaced Violator in that role.-Background:...

 took it upon himself to torture the Master of Tortures.

Upon Satan
Satan (Image Comics)
Satan is a fictional character from the Spawn universe and the absolute ruler of Hell.For many years readers were led to believe that Malebolgia was the Devil in the Spawn universe, then after his defeat Mammon was thought to be the devil, but the "real" Satan made his debut in Spawn...

's return to Hell, he was saved by his master from Mammon's grasp and Thamuz was primed to unleash his wrath upon Mammon. Mammon's quick decision to use the San Andreas fault to bolster Satan's forces bought him a reprieve.

Thamuz appears to have the power to tap into the greatest fears of his victims and use his magic to place a glamour spell over other beings. He did this to Spawn by making low-level demons appear to him as though they were his entire Rogues gallery
Rogues gallery
A rogues gallery is a police collection of pictures or photographs of criminals and suspects kept for identification purposes...

. Being a high-level demon he would seemingly have significant strength and defensive capabilities.

During Armageddon, Spawn punched Thamuz's face off. It is unclear whether this resulted in his death.

Side notes

The Thamuz figure from Spawn Series 29 features wings which have been burnt off, leaving only stubs. This leads to speculation that Thamuz might be one of the Fallen.

Interesting fact: Thamuz is known in demonology as the Demonic Ambassador to Spain (Mammon is the Ambassador to England) and the Patron of the Inquisition.
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