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Godfather of Hell Vol. 1
By Cavan Scott
Colorist Raul Angulo / Edited by Adrian F. Wassel and Der-shing Helmer / Illustrated by Pius Bak / Letterer Andworld Design
Published by Vault Comics
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Table of Contents
About The Book
The Sopranos meets Lucifer in the supernatural horror crime drama, Godfather of Hell, where friends are close, enemies are closer, and revenge is a dish best served cold – or hot as Hell.
He gives new meaning to underworld...
Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccolò Mechini. He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk.
Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering… unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity. The Devil is in the details, and Dario’s dealing a dangerous hand when it comes to gambling with the biggest guy in the down below: Satan himself. It’s a high-stakes game that he can’t afford to lose. Lose the play, lose your soul. Can this sinner become a winner?
Just remember: It’s not personal – it’s strictly business. Mostly.
Godfather of Hell: where gangster noir and exorcist terror collide!
Neo-noir hellfire from New York Times Bestseller Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Shadow Service, Dead Seas) and Bram Stoker Award-winning artist Pius Bak (Eat the Rich, The Magicians, Stranger Things).
For fans of: the comic book/graphic novel series: Kill or be Killed (Ed Brubaker & Sean Philips), Fatale (Ed Brubaker & Sean Philips), Demons, The Damned (Cullen Bunn & Bryan Hurtt), John Constantine/Hellblazer, Damn Them All (Si Spurrier & Charlie Adlard), Spawn, Outcast (Robert Kirkman & Paul Azaceta), The Darkness (David Wohl, Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis), Moonshine (Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso), Underheist (David Lapham & Maria Lapham), and Lucifer (comic series & television show); Laird Barron’s Isaiah Coleridge novels, Laird Barron’s short story, Hand of Glory (in the short story collection: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All), Laird Barron’s short story Man With No Name, Richard Kadrey’s The Sandman Slim Series, Fantasma (Thomas F. Monteleone),The Lucifer Messiah (Frank Cavallo),Zero Saints (Gabino Iglesias),Headstone City (Tom Piccirilli), The City Trilogy (Procession of the Dead, Hell's Horizon, City of the Snakes) by Darren Shan, Mike Carey’s Felix Castor series: The Devil You Know, Vicious Circle, Dead Man’s Boots, Thicker Than Water, The Naming of the Beasts), John Connolly’s Charlie Parker series, Falling Angel (William Hjortsberg), Stephen Blackmoore’s Eric Carter novels, Simon Green’s Nightside series,and Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden/The Dresden Files, as well as The Godfather, The Sopranos, The Boondock Saints, Goodfellas, Scarface Kill List (British film), The Gangster, The Cop, and the Devil (Korean film), Angel Heart (Robert De Niro, Mickey Rourke), and The Devil’s Advocate (Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves).
More Vault graphic novels from NYT bestseller Cavan Scott:
Shadow Service Vol. 1: Dark Arts
Shadow Service Vol. 2: Mission Infernal
Shadow Service Vol. 3: Death to Spies
He gives new meaning to underworld...
Dario Santini has lived a charmed life as an enforcer and debt collector for mob boss Niccolò Mechini. He’s had it all: respect, power, even the love of a good woman. But everything changes when he crosses a line and is shot dead on the sidewalk.
Waking up in Hell, Dario faces a future of pain and suffering… unless he can turn eternal damnation into a business opportunity. The Devil is in the details, and Dario’s dealing a dangerous hand when it comes to gambling with the biggest guy in the down below: Satan himself. It’s a high-stakes game that he can’t afford to lose. Lose the play, lose your soul. Can this sinner become a winner?
Just remember: It’s not personal – it’s strictly business. Mostly.
Godfather of Hell: where gangster noir and exorcist terror collide!
Neo-noir hellfire from New York Times Bestseller Cavan Scott (Star Wars: The High Republic, Shadow Service, Dead Seas) and Bram Stoker Award-winning artist Pius Bak (Eat the Rich, The Magicians, Stranger Things).
For fans of: the comic book/graphic novel series: Kill or be Killed (Ed Brubaker & Sean Philips), Fatale (Ed Brubaker & Sean Philips), Demons, The Damned (Cullen Bunn & Bryan Hurtt), John Constantine/Hellblazer, Damn Them All (Si Spurrier & Charlie Adlard), Spawn, Outcast (Robert Kirkman & Paul Azaceta), The Darkness (David Wohl, Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis), Moonshine (Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso), Underheist (David Lapham & Maria Lapham), and Lucifer (comic series & television show); Laird Barron’s Isaiah Coleridge novels, Laird Barron’s short story, Hand of Glory (in the short story collection: The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All), Laird Barron’s short story Man With No Name, Richard Kadrey’s The Sandman Slim Series, Fantasma (Thomas F. Monteleone),The Lucifer Messiah (Frank Cavallo),Zero Saints (Gabino Iglesias),Headstone City (Tom Piccirilli), The City Trilogy (Procession of the Dead, Hell's Horizon, City of the Snakes) by Darren Shan, Mike Carey’s Felix Castor series: The Devil You Know, Vicious Circle, Dead Man’s Boots, Thicker Than Water, The Naming of the Beasts), John Connolly’s Charlie Parker series, Falling Angel (William Hjortsberg), Stephen Blackmoore’s Eric Carter novels, Simon Green’s Nightside series,and Jim Butcher’s Harry Dresden/The Dresden Files, as well as The Godfather, The Sopranos, The Boondock Saints, Goodfellas, Scarface Kill List (British film), The Gangster, The Cop, and the Devil (Korean film), Angel Heart (Robert De Niro, Mickey Rourke), and The Devil’s Advocate (Al Pacino, Keanu Reeves).
More Vault graphic novels from NYT bestseller Cavan Scott:
Shadow Service Vol. 1: Dark Arts
Shadow Service Vol. 2: Mission Infernal
Shadow Service Vol. 3: Death to Spies
About The Author
The creator of Godfather of Hell, Night of the Slashers, Shadow Service, The Ward, Dead Seas and Sleep Terrors, New York Times Bestseller Cavan Scott is the author of Star Wars: The High Republic – The Rising Storm, Star Wars: Dooku – Jedi Lost and The Patchwork Devil.
A lead story architect for Lucasfilm’s bestselling multimedia initiative, Star Wars: The High Republic, Cavan has written comics for Marvel, DC Comics, Dark Horse, IDW, Legendary, 2000AD and more. A writer on Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures and Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge, he is currently developing several new properties for television and film and is creative director of Strange Matter, the production company he founded with fellow Star Wars writer George Mann in 2019.
A former magazine editor, Cavan lives in the United Kingdom with his wife and daughters. His lifelong passions include folklore, audio drama, the music of David Bowie and scary movies. He owns far too much LEGO.
About The Illustrator
Pius Bak is an illustrator and comic book artist from Lithuania. He has worked with comic book publishers such as Vault, Dark Horse, BOOM! Studios, IDW on various titles including Godfather of Hell (with writer Cavan Scott), Eat the Rich, Stranger Things, Firefly, Adventure Time, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth and co-created comic series Slightly Exaggerated. In between working on comics he also enjoys creating fiction book covers as well as music album covers.
Product Details
- Publisher: Vault Comics (August 19, 2025)
- Length: 176 pages
- ISBN13: 9781638492726
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