Al Simmons, the previous HellSpawn, committed suicide - the only way to remove an infernal offspring - in order to escape all those who wanted to manipulate it, both from Heaven and Hell... The HellSpawn's energy has not dissipated, but has reincarnated itself into Jim Downing's body. With supernatural powers that he does not understand, he is confronted with an unexpected wave of media fervour, after having "resuscised" a person in front of the cameras. But, the Violator, in the shadow, also tries to manipulate this new Spawn that he thinks defenceless...