- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Titan Books Ltd (14 Mar 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1852867876
- ISBN-13: 978-1852867874
- Product Dimensions: 25.2 x 16.6 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Garth Ennis, the writer of Preacher, brings his addictive story telling and twisted sense of humour to this new collection featuring an assassin with a difference. Tommy Monaghan is a hitman...but he only kills superpowered or supernatural beings, and then only truly deserving cases, AND he has superpowers of his own! Bitten by a space vampire (honest!), he can see through solid objects and read minds. But when it comes down to killing, that talent's all home grown!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hitman is,well, about a Hitman. When young Tommy finds himself being given superpowers (in a way so perverted that you'll have to read the thing to find out) he doesn't do anything stupid like wear his underpants on top of his jeans or don a cape. No, instead he uses his telepathy and x-ray vision to do what anyone of us would do - to make life easier, to cheat at cards and of course to see women naked. Oh yes, and to kill his victims easier. We all know that power corrupts, but what happens when the person is already corrupted? Tommy is a hitman. He kills people with his guns and isnt about to start a new career just because he has superpowers. It's as simple as that. Or at least it should. This is a Garth Ennis creation and nothing is simple in his world. Thus our new 'super-assassin' finds himself up against demons, freaks, gang bosses, ninjas and a certain superhero called 'Batman' (who ends up covered in Tommy's vomit.
Funny, clever and far too warped to be good for you, Hitman is one comic that everyone should read. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll realise how much of an idiot Batman truly is. A very cool comic.
Funny, clever and far too warped to be good for you, Hitman is one comic that everyone should read. You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll realise how much of an idiot Batman truly is. A very cool comic.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Collects the first few issues of Ennis and Mc Crea's bloody brilliant Hitman Series, easily one of the funniest, coolest and goddamn HEARTBREAKING comic books of all time.. When you finish that last issue you'll feel like you've just taken a bullet yourself.
Imagine STATE OF GRACE crossed with HARD-BOILED with the humor of EVIL DEAD and you're halfway there. As a certain perverted spanish superhero would say; "Bueno... EXCELLENTE!"
ANd D.C?
Put it all out in Trade already!
Imagine STATE OF GRACE crossed with HARD-BOILED with the humor of EVIL DEAD and you're halfway there. As a certain perverted spanish superhero would say; "Bueno... EXCELLENTE!"
ANd D.C?
Put it all out in Trade already!
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
People who are looking for a second Preacher, this is not it. This book (which collects Hitman #1-3, Demon annual #2 and Batman Chronicles #4) is the first collection of a far more uncomplicated title, but therefore not any less fun, and the writing-style of Ennis is very recognizable here (and that's a good thing). Uncomplicated humurous (great oneliners) action, that's the best way to describe it. Tommy Monaghan is a Hitman with a conscience (who works in Gotham) who is blessed with powers like X-ray vision, telepathy and a incredibly high skill-level. Powers he likes to "abuse" in his interaction with other people, which makes for some hilarious scenes (btw, don't be fooled by him having powers because this is definately NOT a superhero title). He is different from your regular Hitman in the fact that he only takes on contracts to assassinate meta-humans, no 'regular Joe's'. AND he must see a reason for the killing, he won't kill people who he doesn't see as 'the bad guys.' A group of demons from Hell who call themselves the 'Arkanonne' want to recruit him to be their representative on earth and send out an agent to go get him. Then Tommy gets hired to kill the Joker and he can make a million bucks with it, but he'd have to go into Arkham Asylum to do so. Meanwhile Batman is keeping an eye on the case (because he is naturally interested in everything that involves the Joker) which turns out to be something a little different from what Tommy had first expected it to be.
Like I said, this book is not as complicated as Preacher was. It doesn't really have a continuity where you have to know everything that has gone before to know what's it's about. It is an action-packed, lighthearted read about a group of Hitmen who are close friends (well some more than other) and it's filled with typical Ennis humor and oneliners (which work very well). The artwork of McCrea also needs to be given some credit because after reading it I can't think of anyone I would have liked to see in his place. The scenes follow up fluently and his facial expressions are really good, a very important factor in the book. So for people who want a deep, complicated story where you need to notice everything to see what's going on, this is not the best choice for you. For people who like Ennis' sense of bizar humor, oneliners and a lot of blood-and-guts packed action this would be more than welcome. One of MY favorite series at least.
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My personal favourite series of all time!
In 30 years of reading comic books Ive come accross alot of great stuff however Garth Ennis 60-issue (plus annuals/specials etc) run on DC's 'Hitman' sits at the top of my list of... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Chief.
Rip-off
Despite a new cover and title, this is identical to the original "Hitman" published by Titan books in 1997! A bit of a con!
Published on 20 Aug 2009 by Ian Mckinley
Must read for fans of Preacher and Bizarre violent books
HITMAN, i often heard about the title, but never really felt the need to pick it up. But after Preacher finished it's GREAT run, i felt empty. Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2000
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