My name is Al Simmons. I was an assassin for a covert branch in the Department of Defense. In 1987 I was killed by one of my colleagues Jess Chapel, who later became part of the government program Youngblood. My employer Jason Wynn gave Chapel the orders to kill me. I awoke shortly after in an alleyway in New York dressed in some kind of superhero uniform with no solid recollection of who I was or any of these things. With my memory in pieces, I resorted to violence and what was familiar to me in my past life. Slowly as I put the pieces back together I realized who I was and why I came back to the living. I made a deal with Malebolgia, the lord of the 8th circle of Hell. I wanted to see my beloved wife Wanda again and made a deal to come back to Earth to see her again. The only catch was I arrived with no memory, it was 1992, my face was burnt beyond recognition, I wasn't even human anymore, and Wanda had started a family...had a daughter and married my friend Terry Fitzgerald...maybe it was more than just one catch. I am now a Hellspawn, a ranking official in the devil's army sent to Earth to harness my capabilities so that one day I will lead the hordes of Hell to the gates of Heaven and subsequently burn them to the ground. If everything wasn't hard enough, this thing who calls himself Clown or the Violator...whichever he really is, has become my arch nemesis. Violator is a true native of hell who despises all Hellspawns for taking the highest position in the devil's army. I simply wanted to see Wanda again, and now I'm in for much more than I bargained for...
