"Mafia hitman Jackie Estacado was both blessed and cursed on his 21st birthday. He became the bearer of The Darkness, with access to an otherworldly dimension and the demons who dwell there to do his bidding. When mob kingpin Frankie Franchetti killed Jenny, the only woman Jackie ever loved, Jackie turned against his Mafia family, killing both Frankie and himself. But The Darkness brought Jackie back to life, to do its own mysterious bidding" - back cover.
