This book is set in Prohibition times in America . Where crime organizations are controlling most of the alcohol coming in . There are rivalries and wars going on between all of them . But what people don't know there is a more sinister power is controlling the crime organizations . With greed and gluttony running rampant . Poor Eddie enters the world the only man who has lost his soul to the devil a long time ago. The only thing that is keeping him alive is his special talent .This is a dark noir book that will keep you reading .
This book is dark and so well written . You really start to care for Eddie . He is one poor tortured soul that is caught between two rival crime families . He is basically a fixer and his gift is that he can't die or can't stay dead for long . You really start to feel for him . You want to take him in your arms and hug him . You will either like him or hate him its your choice . There are also femme fatale which really isn't as fatale as you think . There are also the hangers on who really just want to be there . You will like some of them . The right hand men of the demon bosses . There are characters that you will really like and those you will hate and those that will bend your mind
The story is dark and the illustrations match the story line so well . I have seen the novel in black and white and I love it in the colour. The colour adds to the story . The story is well written and you just can't put it down . There are demons and people and they take you on a eerie rollercoaster ride . Where you will feel the pain of the humans involved and you have a love hate relationship with the demons and Eddie . So if you love eerie graphic novels with a great story line and great illustrations this is the book for you . Check it out .

The crime boss is a demon. He’s red and has horns, which makes him stand out from other gangsters. He even stands out from other demon gangsters. Demon gangs are busy trading in souls while regular gangsters are selling bootleg whisky and doing whatever gangsters did back in the day.

The boss demon raises a human gangster from the dead to go searching for another demon who disappeared. The demon who vanished was finalizing the merger of two crime families and his disappearance jeopardizes the deal.

The human who has been restored to life is named Eddie. He has the misfortune to be killed quite often. More than most of us, anyway. Sometimes he prefers being dead. Particularly when humans or demons are pounding their fists into his face. But you have to be careful if you kill Eddie, because if you touch his body after he dies, he’ll absorb your life and you’ll absorb his death. Or something like that.

Eddie does his share of killing, although he only kills people who are trying to (or did) kill him. So Eddie isn’t a bad guy, really. He just has the misfortune to be working for a gangster demon. And face it, we’ve all had jobs like that.

He also has the misfortune to fall for the wrong girl. Well, we’ve all done that too.

Eventually we have an all-out demon war, and the art does a pretty good job of bringing it to life. Or to death. On the whole, I like the art, and if the noir story is familiar (this isn’t the only gangster demon concept in the history of graphic storytelling), it is nevertheless fun. Because what’s not fun about demons? And a certain amount of thought went into the demons and the mystery of Eddie’s deaths, which surprised and pleased me.

Within the dark underworld of prohibition era gangsters there exists an even darker other worldly force at work. The premise of this book is that several factions of demons are actually in control of the separate gangster "families". Always in conflict with each other the demon families have reached a tentative peace agreement... an agreement that is about to blow up in their faces because of the disappearance of the main architect of the peace accord.

Enter Eddie: Gun for hire, fixer extraordinaire, cursed soul who can not die. It's his job to figure out what's going on without stepping on too many toes. Operating with slightly more self-control than a raging bull loose in a china shop Eddie may have some trouble with the part about not stepping on any toes.

This book is something of a mash-up between classic noir and supernatural suspense stories. A hard-boiled demon noir.

The art and story line are less scary than they are strange. In other words the reader is more likely to be intrigued than shocked or frightened.

I have only recently returned to reading graphic novels after many, many years of completely ignoring them (to me they will always be, with absolutely no disrespect intended, comic books) so I am far from the pulse of what is trendy, edgy or groundbreaking. The Damned Vol. 1 is just okay in my book.

The art is neither bad nor outstanding, the story neither dull nor breathtaking. The Damned Vol. 1 is just basic storytelling. It's a pleasant way to waste a little time, would probably be great for reading on a trip or in a waiting room. Sort of the reading equivilant of a fast food snack to get you through the day.

***Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me the opportunity to read and review this title.

Thanks again to Netgalley for allowing me the chance to read a volume. If I had been paying attention I would have realized it was technically all one volume broken into two so most of my other review works here too. This was an iffy one for me. I’m not overly fond of mobster stories but I do like paranormal stories. Mobsters with demon overlords sounded interesting. I was hoping for something along the lines of Hellblazer but this wasn’t quite that.I was a bit iffy on the art for this. It’s a bit angular and not really a style I like. However, it fits the crime noir feel of the graphic novel.

Eddie is interesting. He’s been more or less brought back from the dead by the mob because they need him to help forge a truce with a rival gang. Eddie himself is interesting but I’m not sure I liked many of the other characters (which is more to do with my personal tastes and maybe shouldn’t have been reading a story about mobsters) than a failing on Bunn’s part in creating interesting characters. You do feel a little sorry for Eddie because of his unique condition.

It was an interesting storyline so far but maybe I'm not quite the right audience.

A vividly imagined
version of the gangster era.
Instead of your average Mob Boss
all the families were headed up by demons.
Actual Demons from Hell.
Aside from the Demons
the spells and curses
this a standard gangster noir story.
It is the superb storytelling of Bunn
and the art of Hurt which captured
that long past era so wonderfully.
The story starts with the usual
beat up low level gangster being killed.
But he doesn't stay that way.
Once our hero is dead if any one touches him
he steals their life and returns.
Making the ultimate flunkie for the Demons who
run the town.
the same Demons who are facing a gang war if
our sort of immortal hero
can't fix things
pronto.
Wonderfully atmospheric
in both tone and style
this is an amazing book.

Can you really go wrong crossing noiWhat if the mobs during Prohibition were actually controlled by demons? Well then, we'd have The Dammed. Eddie is a cursed man working for Big Al. The demon brokering a peace between two rival gangs has gone missing and there will be war is Eddie can't find him. Can you really go wrong crossing noir with the supernatural?r with the supernatural?

I enjoyed this book a lot. It was beautifully written an wonderfully drawn. The story was fantastic and deep and keep me entertained. I would love to read more by this author.

'The Damned, Vol. 1: Three Days Dead' by Cullen Bunn with art by Brian Hurtt is kind of a weird alternate world where prohibition era gangsters are ruled by
demonic overlords.

One crime family is run by Big Al, a red and horned demon. In order to find a missing bookkeeper, he brings a guy named Eddie back from the dead. Eddie can't die, but that doesn't mean he can't be killed. Every time he is, he spends some time in a weird shadowy world where things make even less sense than in his world. He finds the bookkeeper, along with a missing ledger. Unfortunately, that discovery could lead to a gang war, and when you're dealing with demons, that may not be something you want to stick around for.

I'm familiar with this creative team from the series The Sixth Gun. I wasn't familiar with this earlier book, but I'm happy to have gotten the chance to read this reprint. The story feels fairly standard underneath all the weird demonic trappings, but I liked it. The art works really well for this story and I loved it.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Oni Press, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

I loved almost everything about this graphic novel. The humor, the characters, the grit, the art. Fantastic! This is a new favorite of mine and I will continue to read these as they come out.

Disclaimer: I received a free ecopy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I love the concept behind this book. It is set in an alternate reality where demons exist and are actively involved in the world. The story is placed during Prohibition, so there are lots of gangsters too. And then there is Eddie, the protagonist, who just won't stay dead. It has a bit of that off the cuff vibe that can come with hard-boiled detective/noir stories. That's a perfect fit for Eddie.
The art is pretty good too. Particularly the depictions of the demons. There is a lot of variety to make them seem distinct.

However, things didn't pick up for me until near the end of this volume. I feel like I kept asking myself "so what?" about characters and events as they came up. Most of it is addressed eventually, but it left me sort of blasé about the whole thing. There wasn't enough information to get me invested in the character early. I might feel differently about it if I went back and reread it though.

My review is on the first half of this volume, which was split into two files.

Interesting story and eye-catching illustrations that draw you in! An instant favourite with Outcast and Lucifer lovers!

My opinions on the entirety of this work are connected to Volume 1.

A prohibition era gangster tale with a demonic twist, this was an enjoyable read with some striking artwork. The character of Eddie was a great POV perspective and the imagery of hell was disturbing without being graphic.