John Doom was no angel but dying in a hideous way, murdered by his old friends from the underworld, earned him a one-way ticket to Hell. However, a man's desire for vengeance can sometimes push him to break free from the most terrible of chains and even escape purgatory. So, with his past erased from his memory, all that remains in John Doom's mind is the faces of his killers, and he's determined to get even by becoming the bogeyman of Clint City's villains and murderers... He's the collector of lost souls and has brought the fire of Hell along with him.