Jackie is a very cool character, even at an early age he was not really afraid of much, he was an orphan and joined the mob at an early age. As he got older he became the mobs number one hit man and was damn good at what he did, at the age of 21 like all blood members of the family he gained the powers of The Darkness.
The darkness is a gift and a curse, on one hand it allows you to do anything in the dark, the wielder can shape shift, create any type of weapon etc as long as it's in the dark. The downside is the wielder is no longer able to have sex, if the wielder does have sex they will die and The Darkness powers will be passed on to the next available blood line relative, mainly a male is chosen.
Despite his hard and violent life Jackie is not without a heart, he has morals and codes he follows even if the people he works with does not share his moral codes, in fact he actually killed Uncle Paulie the man who broomed Jackie as a little boy into the Mob and killed his entire Franchetti crew. His childhood friend Jenny was killed and Jackie lost apart of his soul, he said it felt like he died a second time.
Now remember how I said he is not able to have sex? Well believe it or not Jackie is a father, His daughter name is Hope Pezzini she was conceived by The Darkness and Sara Pezzini (bearer of The Witchblade another character I'll be talking about later on). The Darkness wished to create a new weapon with which to destroy its adversary, The Angelus. When the current Angelus host Celestine and her warriors attempt to take the unborn child by force, Jackie takes them to a mob safe house to hide from them. Patience (The Magdalena) also arrives, after Sara leaves her a message asking for help.
Sara goes into labour and Dani acts as midwife while Jackie and Patience fend off a new assault by The Angelus. Hope's birth nearly kills Sara, but Dani heals her using The Witchblade and it is split between them. Celestine manages to grab hold of Hope, but the baby creates an explosion that destroys all the Angelus warriors and Celestine leaves in defeat. If you want to know more about about this character check out his wiki page here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Darkness_(comics)
