
Simmons slowly realizes that five years have passed. Malebolgia returns Al Simmons, now a Hellspawn, to the world, but with little memory, a badly disfigured body, limited yet seemingly boundless magical powers, and a monitor, the Clown, AKA Violator. After arranging a deal with the being known as Malebolgia, Simmons agrees to become a Hellspawn in exchange for being allowed to see his wife Wanda Blake one last time. Simmons was sent to Hell because of his life as an assassin. Simmons was murdered during a mission in Botswana for the USSG's Operation Knightstrike by fellow mercenary Bruce Stinson, aka Chapel, (later retcon to be fellow mercenary Jessica Priesl) at the order of Director Wynn. Security Group, an elite task force with jurisdiction in all domestic and foreign situations.ĭirector Wynn and Simmons began to butt heads more often and Simmons planned to resign. In the CIA, Simmons was recruited by Director Jason Wynn into a special top-secret covert ops division known as the U.S. He later joined the United States Secret Service, which led to his transfer to the Central Intelligence Agency. Simmons was a very gifted officer of the United States Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Al was born in Detroit, Michigan as the second of three brothers (Marc, Al and Richard) to Esther and Bernard Simmons.
