Jackie Estacado is the current human host of the Darkness, which awakened within him on the night of his 21st birthday. Jackie is an Italian-American ex-contract killer of the Franchetti crime family

After killing both Paulie and Eddie Shrote in revenge for the murder of his girlfriend, Jenny Romano, Jackie became the don of the Franchetti family

Jackie Estacado is a mobster originally from an orphanage, able to kill with little, if any, remorse

Jackie is shown to be a calm and collected as he sees you