| The Damned | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Oni Press |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | Crime, horror |
| Publication date | October 2006 – February 2007 |
| Number of issues | 5 + #0 |
| Main character(s) | Eddie Alphonse Aligheri |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt |
| Artist(s) | Brian Hurtt |
| Letterer(s) | Brian Hurtt |
| Creator(s) | Cullen Bunn Brian Hurtt |
| Editor(s) | Randal Jarrell |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1: Three Days Dead | ISBN 1932664637 |
The Damned is a horror-noir five-issue limited series American comic book created by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, and published by Oni Press.
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The first series ran from October 2006 to February 2007, with a #0 issue also published in October 2006.
A three-issue sequel series called The Damned: Prodigal Son was published in 2008.[1]
The story revolves around a cursed man named Eddie, and his demonic curse of returning from the dead over and over again. The curse is always at the expense of whoever happens to be the next person to touch him. The injury that killed Eddie vanishes, and whoever touched Eddie while he was dead, appears on them, and in turn, they die.
The story is set in a prohibition era era and involves demonic gang bosses who command their own family/gang of demons. They do have a supernatural dimension to their gangs, but are most commonly showed committing crimes such as: trafficking souls, running speak easys, drive by shootings and brawls.
Two warring gangs are coming to a "mutually beneficial" agreement. When a moderating demon is called in to make arrangements for the truce, someone kidnaps him. Eddie is hired by the gang boss Alphonse Aligheri to find out what happened to the missing arbiter.
The first series has been collected into a trade paperback:
Both series have been released in French:
DreamWorks optioned The Damned for a film in 2008, to be written by David DiGilio.[2]
It was announced in August 2011 that Showtime had bought the rights to adapt the comic book into a television series, with David Hayter being brought in to write it.[3]