Unfortunately, the catch involved serving Malebolgia as a mystical soldier of Hell. However, the identity of the person who originally killed Simmons has evolved over the years. The live-action movie had a woman named Jessica Priest pulling the trigger, but in the comics and animated series, Al was killed by another early Image Comics hero.

Though the circumstances around Al’s death are not entirely clear, it is known that his boss Jason Wynn had him killed. Al’s decline at work had not gone unnoticed. He frequently fought with Wynn and argued his orders, and to Wynn this was unacceptable. Wynn sent Simmons on a mission to Botswana where he had another operative murder him (1).