Creation
Puzzlestick was created by writer and artist Peter Gross in The Books of Magic issue 66 in 1999.
Major Story Arcs
Puzzlestick is a demon who was swept from hell during a great magic storm that caused chaos in all the magical realms. He ended up in the Inn Between Worlds, run by Accasbel. Puzzlestick didn’t have money to pay for a room so he tried to hide in the chimney, but was found.
He tries to tell people stories for money, but keeps getting rejected.
He ends up getting some coins from dreams, which drop a coin when they disappear. He and Tim Hunter discuss the relationships between angels and the problem of Christians in hell.
In the end he passes out from drinking, but Tamlin (or a dream of him, anyway) makes sure that he gets a room after all.
Later on Puzzlestick returns to hell and runs into Barbatos, and tells him that he saw Tim at the Inn. However, Barbatos cheats Puzzlestick and doesn’t pay him for the information.
Forty years later, Puzzlestick is working for Hauptman, who has now become the Grand Duke of the Ninth Circle. Barbatos shows up, expecting to still be the Grand Duke himself, and is rudely surprised by the turn of events. Puzzlestick grabs Barbatos and throws him out of the castle.