Interesting that the word "Comedy" in Dante's Divine Comedy has nothing to do with humor. The term was applied to any story that involved a series of descriptive scenery back in Medieval times. It's more like what we would call a play nowadays.
Dr. Faustus (written by Goethe) was played out along similar lines to Dante's Inferno. He sold his soul to the devil (Mephistopholese) for various worldly goods and pleasures. Dr. Faustus eventually had the doors to hell opened up for him when the contract was enforced. Even Mephistopholese felt sorrow for Faustus.
Les
PS-I envision the real hell as an empty, lonely place...with few souls for company. It is a desolate place, and there is nothing there. I doubt many people go there.