Bullseye: The Colombian Connection

Bullseye #1-5

by Ed Brisson (Writer), Guillermo Sanna (Artist)

He's a ruthless hitman who never misses, a deadly foe who can turn any object into a lethal weapon! But why is the Marvel Universe's most dangerous assassin heading to Colombia to take aim at a drug cartel? Find out as Bullseye takes charge!

Collecting: Bullseye 1-5

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Comic book writer.

Credits include: COMEBACK, SHELTERED, THE FIELD (Image Comics), SECRET AVENGERS (Marvel), ROBOCOP, SONS OF ANARCHY, HELLRAISER (BOOM!) and X-FILES/TMNT: CONSPIRACY (IDW). Plus, you know, a bunch of stuff I can’t talk about yet.

Reviews

[Gianfranco Mancini]

Storyline was just an excuse for random ultra-violence, tarantism and mayhem, but it was exactly what I was expecting from a Bullseye comic-book and I think Brisson totally nailed Poindexter Lester's character here.



And it was nice to read a short story from Marv Wolfman about the psychotic murderer he created so many years ago.



Not bad.

[Chad]

Bullseye is hired to save a druglord's son from a Columbian cartel. Meanwhile an FBI agent is trying to hunt Bullseye down for murdering her husband. This was full of cliche after cliche and lots of senseless graphic violence. It read like a bad Stephen Seagal movie from the 90's. The art looked very unfinished with little detail.

[Frédéric]

2,5*

Senseless violence and very dynamic pencils make up for an otherwise average Tarantino-like plot: Bullsy goes against a cartel drug lord to get a NY mobster's son back. Since he's just in for the thrill he makes a total show of it.
Which gets old after a while.

Bullseye is in total charismatic outré mode, showing off big time, killing carloads and surviving everything. A bit boring on the side yet somehow fun and at the very least full of energy; enhanced by artist Guillermo Sanna who oddly makes me think of Duncan Fegredo at times.

Totally dispensable but readable as a guilty pleasure for a total action-packed-no-brainer moment.

[Amanja]

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Bullseye: The Colombian Connection is part of a series of standalones called Running With the Devil. It features a few of Daredevil's main baddies in their own miniseries. I previously wrote about Kingpin: Born Against, it was impressive. This Bullseye one, not so much.

The biggest sin that any comic book or action movie can commit is that of being boring. This book is boring. You can tell because in my notes I summarized the plot of the whole book in one sentence, "Bullseye wants a big job, takes one in Colombia." That's basically it.

What is that job? Doesn't really matter. Who's it with? Couldn't tell you. It's all pretty uneventful and forgettable.

Then the only other two notes I took were: "lame undetailed art" and "not half as interesting as Kingpin."

That's about as good as it gets for this one. I don't always mind minimalism. Hawkeye's most successful run is a showcase for it. But this just made an already boring book even more boring.

It also made telling characters apart pretty difficult. Something else that is a huge sin in comic books. Why do you think anime and manga characters have such wild hair? So we know who's who! Draw people differently!

Essentially nothing happens in this book. Especially nothing that would further enlighten us about the character of Bullseye. He goes to Colombia and he shoots some people and some people try to shoot him but they're unsuccessful. The end.

That's all Bullseye always is! Give me more! He's so sadistic and has a habit of killing the women his enemies love. Explore that! Way more interesting than killing some drug dealers or arms dealers or whatever these guys were. I wasn't even interested enough to write it down or commit it to memory!

I love explorations of villains. Most people do, that's why people love true crime shows. The minds of villains tick differently than our own minds. At least we always hope so. But highlighting those differences and similarities and diving deep into the psyche of a bad guy or gal and finding their motivations are what we want. Not a generic shoot-em-up with someone we barely know anything about.

I'm hoping that the Elektra mini is more in line with the Kingpin one. I adore Elektra and get personally offended every time someone messes her books up. Sigh, it happens too much.

But as for Bullseye: The Colombian Collection, it really missed its target.

[James]

3.5 stars. This was pretty dope. Bullseye takes a job to go rescue a drug dealers son from the cartel down in Columbia. Meanwhile this FBI agent who had her husband killed by Bullseye is pissed that he got away. She decides to head to Columbia after him off the books. While down there she enlists the help of two Mercs, Bullet and Shotgun. Of course all hell breaks loose when everyone crosses paths. The artwork is solid and the book and action packed and violent. What I would expect for a bullseye comic.

[Michael J.]

Bullseye, the psychopathic assassin-for-hire, takes a contract to rescue a crime lord's son from a Columbian cartel. Over the top action like the best of the B-movies. A fun story that doesn't have any deep meaning or character reveals, just good entertainment. Very cinematic. I could see Jason Statham in the Bullseye role -- he'd be a natural for the job.

[Seb]

Bullseye gets bored and violently kills the cartel while woman hunts Bullseye. That’s the plot.

Awesome.

[Quentin Wallace]

3.5 Stars

Interesting Bullseye story guest starring Shotgun and Bullet. Bullseye goes to Colombia to save a gangster's son from a drug lord, and things get messy.

Nice art and a decent story, I'd like to have seen more from this series.

[Nelson]

Meh. Not a bad book, but I don't understand why this exists at all. It's just one big shootout, with absolutely no delving into Bullseye's character. Or delving into... anything. It's just a very simple plot with little payoff, and the art left something to be desired. 6/10

[Lack Of Oxygen]

Not my first time seeing Bullseye, but I wish it was. This really does a lot of things right.

The plot was great, but not for the reasons you'd rank high any other suspence-inducing, blood-splashing, drama-breathing story. Here, Bullseye doesn't only do the cliché 'always in control', he OWNS the narrative. I think the story is infinitely more exciting when you use this pov (not that it's bad in the normal sense). This is also indirectly addressed when Joy has Bullseye by gunpoint and criticizes him for all the lives he may have ruined, but in reality, he knows full well and is all for it.

The awareness is obvious by the end of the last issue, when Bullseye is fully aware Fabian is too young, too arrogant and too stupid to acomplish his dream of running the cartel, and he's sure Fabian won't make it after the first night, so he finishes his plans for him. Bullseye has a surreal amount of knowledge in regarts to his own power over people, but his motivations are simpler:

Bullseye is a breath of fresh air for me. I'm a long time small collection reader of Deadpool, and he truly expands in numerous ways to the mercenary archetype. In the Duggan/Posehn run (Also his best run, fight me), Deadpool slowly changes his lifestyle to become a better person overall. Bullseye doesn't bother with a lot of character arcs: he's a sadist that doesn't give much flass about money -- he just enjoys his work, and that's perfectly fine.

Ever wonder why people complain about everyone in the MCU being quirky and funny while they praise the comic book characters, where it's basically the same thing? The answer is complicated, but the important part for this review is that comedy is done different by character (which isn't the case for MCU). Punisher has a dark humor that shows only when he's in the process of beating or being beaten by thugs. Deadpool CONSTANTLY makes jokes, even when he doesn't want to -- it is effectively reactionary. But Bullseye, he specializes in mockery and mockery only. He sees everyone's flaws in their thinking and motivations, tackling them head on with a touch of irony.

A parallel you could draw would be with The Comedian from 'Watchmen'. They both understand the world and its cogs to a deeper level, but find satisfaction in being criminals that don't need to contemplate their actions. The Comedian is more of a parody of America's soft masochism (strong word, but it's not far), while Bullseye simply is a degenerate that enjoys the fight while it lasts.

[Juan]

This was pretty solid. Senseless violence coming from a sociopath going on random killing sprees. This is the type of mayhem I would want to see and expect from a Carnage series, now that we have had one within the last few years. There isnt a connection to the current Daredevil story line despite having the banner of "Running with the Devil". I event, this is a good stand alone story arc and considerably better than the Elektra story arc we were given.

[Sean]

If you're to have a villain led book you must provide some new insight into their psyche or why they are more than their villainous motives. Ed Brisson definitely didn't do that here. Nothing new at all is learned of Bullseye. We get a contract that he wants to fulfill due to boredom and he does. The side characters are made far more interesting. I liked Guillermo Sanna's art far more than the mostly lame story. Overall, a completely unremarkable Bullseye tale.

[Villain E]

Bullseye is a relentless killing machine in this one, like a horror movie monster. He kills everything in his path, and takes a beating too, but keeps on coming. Also, there was a plot, I think. The art starts off well, but is pretty weak at the end. I checked, and it's all the same artist. Must have suffered from time constraints.

[Cagne]

I enjoyed the randomness and chaos.

[Daniel Butcher]

Interesting look into the mind of this monster.

[Joey]

The artwork is overtly crude and/or rough throughout most of the book, but they do a good job of conveying Bullseye as a badass.

[Andy Green]

Had a 100 Bullets feel.

[David Suñé]

Mu bueni

[Nikki 🎯]

I usually don't review comics on this platform but had to review this because I saw how low the reviews were.

I LOVE this book. It is so much fun and it is a perfect example of who Bullseye is. The rest of the Running with the Devil series was cool and a little bit of a dive into who the characters are because they were thinly veiled intro series for people who wanted to get into the world of DD before or after the TV show. Bullseye's one-shot stands out as exceptionally shallow which is absolutely the point. Bullseye stands out as a marvel villain because of his complete lack of reason. If you aren't super versed on him; He is like Deadpool except remove any past (every comic gives him a new one and a new name as a little comedic bit) and make him more witty jab humor and less cringe culture humor.

Anyway this story has Shelden Penderglass, Ben Poindexter, Leonard, Lester take a random big job to get out of Hell's Kitchen because he has yet again become bored of his day-to-day nonsense. This takes him south to fight with a cartel. It is completely mindless and silly in a way that Bullseye always is when he is written at his best.

If anyone asks me for a good "Intro to Bullseye" comic I would absolutely recommend this one. Brisson knocked it out of the park.

(Plus the art is very fun and fits the tone of the story fantastically.)

[Owen]

A fun read, albeit generic.
I love Bullseye, particularly his gimmick that he can turn literally anything into a lethal weapon. This was well implemented here - the funniest moments and coolest action sequences revolved around it.
Beyond this, Bullseye was void of any unique personality. The assassin who makes constant quips archetype has been done to death and leaves little room for development. If you told me this was a Deadpool or Taskmaster comic I would’ve believed you - there’s literally nothing else here that makes Bullseye Bullseye, rather he’s just your default create a character assassin.
As for the story, it was okay. As soon as you hear Bullseye is fighting the Columbian cartel you know it’s going to be mid but to give it credit it was better and more enjoyable than I thought. Again though, having this archetype for your story definitely limits how good it can be. I will give it props though for Teodor (the antagonist) reminding me of South from Tokyo Revengers.
All in all it’s the benchmark of a low 3. I definitely don’t feel like I’ve wasted my time as there’s fun to be had here, but I won’t be in a rush to read it again.