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KI-6: Killers
Everybody dies…
Five deadly assassins are recruited into a game of cat and mouse by their former sensei, the mysterious Jonin. Trained to channel their "ki" to perform superhuman feats in the shadow wars between the secret agencies of the world, these agents of death will team up to compete for the ultimate prize…life itself. Brought together to find the secret of immortality, these lethal weapons will have to face a murderous gauntlet and each other in order to win what they desire most.
From thrilling writer B. Clay Moore (SAVAGE) and energetic artist Fernando Dagnino (Suicide Squad) comes a nonstop thrill ride as the deadliest superspies on the planet compete to claim the ultimate prize.
Collecting the complete five-issue KILLERS limited series
Five deadly assassins are recruited into a game of cat and mouse by their former sensei, the mysterious Jonin. Trained to channel their "ki" to perform superhuman feats in the shadow wars between the secret agencies of the world, these agents of death will team up to compete for the ultimate prize…life itself. Brought together to find the secret of immortality, these lethal weapons will have to face a murderous gauntlet and each other in order to win what they desire most.
From thrilling writer B. Clay Moore (SAVAGE) and energetic artist Fernando Dagnino (Suicide Squad) comes a nonstop thrill ride as the deadliest superspies on the planet compete to claim the ultimate prize.
Collecting the complete five-issue KILLERS limited series
128 pages, Paperback
Published January 21, 2020
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About the author
B. Clay Moore
166 books32 followersB. Clay Moore has written comic books for virtually every major publisher, including Image Comics, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, WildStorm, Oni Press, Valiant Comics, Aftershock Comics, DSTLRY and Ignition Press.
Upcoming projects including LAST FLIGHT OUT OF WICHITA, from DSTLRY Media in 2025, in collaboration with Mack Chater. This is the first of two books from Moore and Chater, who combine to work under the Dead Echo Press imprint. Following that will be BLOODLAND.
Hollywood has spent a lot of money optioning Moore's work.
He lives in suburban Kansas City.
Upcoming projects including LAST FLIGHT OUT OF WICHITA, from DSTLRY Media in 2025, in collaboration with Mack Chater. This is the first of two books from Moore and Chater, who combine to work under the Dead Echo Press imprint. Following that will be BLOODLAND.
Hollywood has spent a lot of money optioning Moore's work.
He lives in suburban Kansas City.
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February 1, 2020
This spins out of Ninja-K, where we found out Ninjak was actually the eleventh ninja (or Ninja K) to work for MI-6. Assassins have been sent out after the previous ninjas in the MI-6 program. Shortly thereafter they are all contacted by their former master to go after an artifact that can give immortal life. This starts off very strong but the later issues feel a bit rushed to pack everything in 5 issues. the whole thing appears to be a lead in to a new team in the Valiant universe, KI-6.
Received a review copy from Valiant and NetGalley. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
Received a review copy from Valiant and NetGalley. All thoughts are my own and in no way influenced by the aforementioned.
January 15, 2020
I received an ARC copy of this book from NetGalley
I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy this title but I was hoping for something a bit more ridiculous I guess. I think this tried to take itself too seriously and it just ended up being boring for me instead and I ended up skimming the second half. For a similar title that takes it up a few notches I would recommend Kyle Starks' Assassination Nation.
I'm sure a lot of people will enjoy this title but I was hoping for something a bit more ridiculous I guess. I think this tried to take itself too seriously and it just ended up being boring for me instead and I ended up skimming the second half. For a similar title that takes it up a few notches I would recommend Kyle Starks' Assassination Nation.
October 20, 2021
I didn’t feel an attachment to the characters or the plot, and I found the action parts too chaotic to enjoy. Additionally, action is boring when I don’t care much about the drama surrounding it.
There were four or five inspired panels in this entire 5 issue tpb. All of them involved someone getting shot or stabbed in the head.
I also thought the dialogue was messy. Too many words in the bubbles without many compelling things actually being said.
I didn’t hate it, but I’ll never read it again and I’m happy it’s over.
There were four or five inspired panels in this entire 5 issue tpb. All of them involved someone getting shot or stabbed in the head.
I also thought the dialogue was messy. Too many words in the bubbles without many compelling things actually being said.
I didn’t hate it, but I’ll never read it again and I’m happy it’s over.
July 19, 2021
The story revolves around five former agents of British MI-6, all operatives of the bureau's Ninja Programme. These five were identified by letters corresponding to the order in which they worked for Mi-6. The current operative is designated Ninja-K.
The five are recruited by Jonin, their former trainer and sensei and tasked with retrieving the mystical "tears" from the mountainous enclave of The Burning Monk. The "tears" will help restore Jonin and extend his longevity further. Naturally, there is resistance, sabotage, counter-efforts, and plenty of dramatically illustrated fights.
The five agents are distinctive and interesting, definitely worthy of further participation in the Valiant comic universe. That appeared to be the original idea, as the ending alludes to a team-up as part of Valiant's new titles for 2020. Unfortunately, a pandemic ground things to a halt in early 2020 and delayed or cancelled many of Valiant's intended releases. Here's hoping KI-6 returns.
Desdomona Rush was the first female inducted into MI-6's Ninja Programme as Ninja-G a.k.a. Blindside (martial arts, peripheral invisibility). Roger Thorpe (martial arts, marksmanship, regenerative healing and temporary invincibility) a.k.a. Carapace served as Ninja-J. Ninja-I Brenda Li (not the singer) a.k.a. Snapdragon (martial arts, psychic projection via a dragon body tattoo) now runs a criminal enterprise in Indonesia. Raleigh Brewster, nicknamed The Undisciple (martial arts, meditative focus, ki-activated telepathic abilities) and designated Ninja-F is a vagabond of sorts. Less is known of the always-masked unnamed operative Nina-E a.k.a. Sights (martial arts, marksmanship, telekinetic abilities).
I read this story in the original monthly issues, as released in 2019.
The five are recruited by Jonin, their former trainer and sensei and tasked with retrieving the mystical "tears" from the mountainous enclave of The Burning Monk. The "tears" will help restore Jonin and extend his longevity further. Naturally, there is resistance, sabotage, counter-efforts, and plenty of dramatically illustrated fights.
The five agents are distinctive and interesting, definitely worthy of further participation in the Valiant comic universe. That appeared to be the original idea, as the ending alludes to a team-up as part of Valiant's new titles for 2020. Unfortunately, a pandemic ground things to a halt in early 2020 and delayed or cancelled many of Valiant's intended releases. Here's hoping KI-6 returns.
Desdomona Rush was the first female inducted into MI-6's Ninja Programme as Ninja-G a.k.a. Blindside (martial arts, peripheral invisibility). Roger Thorpe (martial arts, marksmanship, regenerative healing and temporary invincibility) a.k.a. Carapace served as Ninja-J. Ninja-I Brenda Li (not the singer) a.k.a. Snapdragon (martial arts, psychic projection via a dragon body tattoo) now runs a criminal enterprise in Indonesia. Raleigh Brewster, nicknamed The Undisciple (martial arts, meditative focus, ki-activated telepathic abilities) and designated Ninja-F is a vagabond of sorts. Less is known of the always-masked unnamed operative Nina-E a.k.a. Sights (martial arts, marksmanship, telekinetic abilities).
I read this story in the original monthly issues, as released in 2019.
March 10, 2020
When the Jonin calls on five of the previous candidates for the Ninja program, a high-speed chase across the world to win back their heart's desires ensues. But when the dust settles, will all six of them still be standing?
The Ninja program from Ninja-K has so much variety and untapped stories that it makes a huge amount of sense to bring some of the rejects together. This is an eclectic mix of characters with a variety of skill sets, but they do bring up a bit of a plot hole - since they all have their own super power, how come Ninjak doesn't?
Anyway, the story's fairly straight forward - we don't even get all of our main characters until midway through the third issue of five, but they're, if not endearing, interesting to watch together. The friendships break and reform in different ways across the five issues, and you'd never expect the ending that we reach ultimately - I can't wait to see what Valiant do with these characters next.
The artwork is all by Fernando Dagnino, who is...fine. He adapts well to the situations that write B. Clay Moore throws his way, but it feels a little pedestrian at points, which would be fine if this was just a straight up spy story, but it's not.
KI-6 is another great concept from Valiant - fingers crossed they show up somewhere meaningful next time, and not just to be cannon fodder for a big event (coughGenerationZerocough)
The Ninja program from Ninja-K has so much variety and untapped stories that it makes a huge amount of sense to bring some of the rejects together. This is an eclectic mix of characters with a variety of skill sets, but they do bring up a bit of a plot hole - since they all have their own super power, how come Ninjak doesn't?
Anyway, the story's fairly straight forward - we don't even get all of our main characters until midway through the third issue of five, but they're, if not endearing, interesting to watch together. The friendships break and reform in different ways across the five issues, and you'd never expect the ending that we reach ultimately - I can't wait to see what Valiant do with these characters next.
The artwork is all by Fernando Dagnino, who is...fine. He adapts well to the situations that write B. Clay Moore throws his way, but it feels a little pedestrian at points, which would be fine if this was just a straight up spy story, but it's not.
KI-6 is another great concept from Valiant - fingers crossed they show up somewhere meaningful next time, and not just to be cannon fodder for a big event (coughGenerationZerocough)
July 29, 2025
NinjaG's partner is killed by a mysterious party. She reaches out to MI6 who mention that NinjaJ was also targetted, but survived. After a bit of fighting and banter, like good assassins, NinjaG and NinjaJ agree to work together. That is, until J pushes G out the window.
Meanwhile, the daughter of the Jonin who trained most of the Ninjas makes G an offer: acquire an artifact called the Tears of the Burning Monk, which is tied to Jonin's extended lifespan, in exchange for her deepest desire. She repeats the offer to other Ninjas, turning this into a race between the Ninjas.
Meanwhile, the daughter of the Jonin who trained most of the Ninjas makes G an offer: acquire an artifact called the Tears of the Burning Monk, which is tied to Jonin's extended lifespan, in exchange for her deepest desire. She repeats the offer to other Ninjas, turning this into a race between the Ninjas.
May 9, 2020
Several generations of the MI6 Ninja agents are summoned by their former instructor Jonin for a task of retrieving the mysterious artifact for an ultimate reward.
Being competitive and untrustworthy to anyone else these agents will consider all others to be threat and competition and try to put them out of the game for good. But of course other forces will meddle in and result will be unexpected (although maybe completely planned by Jonin).
Art is very good, especially the cover art. Agents themselves are varied enough and there are some buddy and comic moments here.
In general this is what you might call action fest - almost superhuman agents fight it off and show off their mysterious powers. And this is where story element ends and "6 Underground" frantic action scene after action scene begins. We do not get much in terms of shedding light on our heroes but we witness their prowess in battle.
If you like this type of stories (GI Joe comes to mind for this type of stories) then you will enjoy it. I liked it but was expecting something more in terms of plot and hence three stars.
Being competitive and untrustworthy to anyone else these agents will consider all others to be threat and competition and try to put them out of the game for good. But of course other forces will meddle in and result will be unexpected (although maybe completely planned by Jonin).
Art is very good, especially the cover art. Agents themselves are varied enough and there are some buddy and comic moments here.
In general this is what you might call action fest - almost superhuman agents fight it off and show off their mysterious powers. And this is where story element ends and "6 Underground" frantic action scene after action scene begins. We do not get much in terms of shedding light on our heroes but we witness their prowess in battle.
If you like this type of stories (GI Joe comes to mind for this type of stories) then you will enjoy it. I liked it but was expecting something more in terms of plot and hence three stars.
December 9, 2019
I've been following some of B. Clay Moore's work for a while starting with Hawaiian Dick. He's not the greatest writer but he is growing with Valiant in his works like Savage. Killers meanwhile is his idea of getting into the meat of the Valiant universe. The actions, powers, and the quest leading up to the finale are all great but it has a few flaws. The problem with most action series is that the battles and thrill rides take away most of the story. Gunshots and explosions are more like distractions than anything else.
The reader sees the motivations of most of the characters but their final decision near the end feels kind of last minute. Practically none of them including Mona have any time to develop or recheck their motives. The mercenaries attacking the ninjas don't just waste people's time, they waste good story telling moments. This is a very rushed series that hopefully gets a bigger and more satisfying followup.
The reader sees the motivations of most of the characters but their final decision near the end feels kind of last minute. Practically none of them including Mona have any time to develop or recheck their motives. The mercenaries attacking the ninjas don't just waste people's time, they waste good story telling moments. This is a very rushed series that hopefully gets a bigger and more satisfying followup.
February 9, 2020
'KI-6:Killers' by B. Clay Moore with art by Fernando Dagnino is a graphic novel about a bunch of former MI-6 agents with unusual powers.
5 assasins with unique powers and different designations, like Ninja-I, etc. are being targeted by assassins. This leads them to their master who sends them out individually on a mission to retrieve an unusual artifact. They eventually team up and are offered an opportunity to continue working together.
I thought it was an interesting concept, and it kept me reading. The end felt a bit like a letdown, but maybe future stories will improve. The art was really what kept me involved in this.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Valiant, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
5 assasins with unique powers and different designations, like Ninja-I, etc. are being targeted by assassins. This leads them to their master who sends them out individually on a mission to retrieve an unusual artifact. They eventually team up and are offered an opportunity to continue working together.
I thought it was an interesting concept, and it kept me reading. The end felt a bit like a letdown, but maybe future stories will improve. The art was really what kept me involved in this.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Valiant, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
December 15, 2019
Very poor selection of boring characters (one of whom speaks such a stupid type of gibberish you'd happily put a bullet through his head) all tasked with the same underground bit of work, meaning they're either with each other, or against each other. And seeing as this is just weak fight scene after weakly written argument, you can guess which the authors tended to choose. After finding the last few titles of Valiant generally getting to a really decent standard, this lame duff-em-up is right back at the bottom of the quality charts. One and a half stars.
February 3, 2020
A group of former MI-6 trained operatives come together after an offer by their Sensei to restore something that they had lost. All they had to do was survive the bands of assassins following them and gather the tears of the Burning Monk. So will they cooperate, or will they kill each other in order to be the only victor?
January 22, 2020
This was a DNF. I just could not get into it. It was so bloody right off the bat. That would have been okay if the words were matching the gore, but they weren’t. It was confusing. I just was not interested and gave up after 20 pages.
February 20, 2020
This books comes out of the last Ninja-K series and deals with some past Ninjas G-J and a mission their old trainer sends them on. Once they accomplish it they decide to stick together and as I gather it become a super villain team. Hopefully Ninjak will reappear to stop them.
March 2, 2020
KI-6: Killers by B. Clay Moore is a cool retro assassin spy story that is sure entertain.
Summary
Five deadly assassins are recruited by their former sensei, each with a unique power and fighting in shadow wars for covert agencies across the worlds. Agencies that now want them dead. Their sensei, the mysterious and mystical Jonin, is calling them back to hunt for the greatest prize. The secret to immortality. But the assassins have a world of government and criminals to fight through and maybe, even one another.
Review
KI-6: Killers is retro cool. The persona, the artwork, the dialogue all reminds me of an ultra cool late '70s movie. It is full of action and personality and the end result is one of the more satisfying adventure comics to come about in some time. I loved it and look forward to a continue of the comic series!
Summary
Five deadly assassins are recruited by their former sensei, each with a unique power and fighting in shadow wars for covert agencies across the worlds. Agencies that now want them dead. Their sensei, the mysterious and mystical Jonin, is calling them back to hunt for the greatest prize. The secret to immortality. But the assassins have a world of government and criminals to fight through and maybe, even one another.
Review
KI-6: Killers is retro cool. The persona, the artwork, the dialogue all reminds me of an ultra cool late '70s movie. It is full of action and personality and the end result is one of the more satisfying adventure comics to come about in some time. I loved it and look forward to a continue of the comic series!
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