By Marvel announced today that Daimon Hellstrom will return in a MAX imprinted series called Hellstorm: Son of Satan. According to the interviews I've read, with the editor (Axel Alonso) and with the writer (Alexander Irvine), it keeps a few of the past elements subtly intact so that both new and old readers can enjoy it. 
Irvine remarked on one event:
"...As I explored the character, one moment from the existing history struck me: when Satan tells Daimon to seek the holy in the world and then erases his memory of having been told that. What a crisis that must be, to have this longing to do exactly the opposite of what you think your father would want, and to not know why you feel it so strongly."
Satana or Hellcat won't make any appearances, but from the plot synopsis we are inferring that Daimon is no longer the ruler of Hell. If that's the case, it's a welcome development. Apparently the storyline deals with demons infiltrating post-Katrina New Orleans. The plot synopsis to Irvine's novel The Narrows sounds great (an alternate WW2 era Detroit where the main character works on the Ford Golem production line) and gives me hope that this will be a good revival. Nuff said until October.
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