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Hitman, Vol. 5: Who Dares Wins
HITMAN: WHO DARES WINS is a tale of honor, revenge, camaraderie and conscience as played out in the alleys of Gotham City. When both a group of S.A.S. British commandos and an avenging troop of mafia soldiers target hit man Tommy Monaghan and his best friend and partner, Natt, the two odd couple assassins stand side by side in a fight they know they can not win. With their deaths imminent, the two friends who have made a living through death examine their existence and the lives they've led.
Collected from HITMAN #23-28.
Collected from HITMAN #23-28.
144 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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About the author
Garth Ennis
2,627 books3,177 followersEnnis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar.
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years.
Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics's horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis's run.
Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation.
While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire.
Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics.
After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint.
In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd.
Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press.
In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle.
In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name).
Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Ennis
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February 10, 2020
So the friendly fire incident mentioned earlier in the series finally comes back to haunt Tommy and Natt when the SAS hunts them down for mistakenly killing some of their comrades in arms. Then crime boss men's room Louie gets involved and it turns into a three way firefight with Hitman caught in the middle as usual.
Good volume, and some deep characterization here as well. I like the art more with each issue I read,too.
Good volume, and some deep characterization here as well. I like the art more with each issue I read,too.
July 2, 2021
Satisfying.
July 28, 2017
Tragic and brutal, a little overly dark but stuffed with so much heart it's impossible not to love. Hitman #34, tho. Deservedly considered on of the best all time superman stories. I mean damn. The arc with his family was fucked up but somehow still good. Tom and the Tynanda story were also good, as tommy and our heroes became more and more human. Loved it
October 7, 2012
I just love this comic. It's kind of the much-less-incredibly rude version of "The Boyz." Tommy Monaghan and Nat the Hat are good characters. In this volume, they meet some really tough guys – some former SAS soldiers. It's an eye-opening experience for our heroes!
September 1, 2011
Goddamn the characters in this edition of Hitman are hard core!
Tragic and hugely enjoyable.
But why DC has not put out more Hitman collections is beyond me.
Tragic and hugely enjoyable.
But why DC has not put out more Hitman collections is beyond me.
October 4, 2014
Asi můj nejoblíbenější díl Hitmana
April 25, 2017
I binge read this book over a couple days.
And it is a lot to take in.
I had read part of the original
series in single issue form in the before time.
But I had never read the entire run.
I have to say Ennis was very restrained.
He is usually way beyond the norm
on decency.
But, here he was very PG-13.
This is the story of Tommy Monaghan
a freelance hitman from
the Cauldron of Gotham.
Which is reflective of a lot of Irish neighborhoods
throughout America.
He grew up in a tough neighborhood
as a tough man.
Years go by and his friend from the Marines Nat The Hat
another tough kid from a tough neighborhood, this time Detroit,
shows up and then things get weird.
Starting with a fight with ninjas
and ending with a standoff with the deadliest
hitman in the world.
and that's just the first story arc.
This series about heartless killers
leaving countless bodies behind them
is ultimately about family.
Not the one you are born to but the
one you find.
The Adventures of Tommy, Nat and their band of lovable
murderers blazes across 60 issues of mayhem,
insanity, magic, and mad science.
By the end of the run it resembles the last reel
of the Dirty Dozen no one gets out alive.
It's a little sad when our hero's give their
lives for each other, but what else did you really expect from
a series called HITMAN?
Bunnies and snuggles?
Exciting and funny this book remains one of my favorites.
But it probably should be consumed in smaller
quantities than I did.
And it is a lot to take in.
I had read part of the original
series in single issue form in the before time.
But I had never read the entire run.
I have to say Ennis was very restrained.
He is usually way beyond the norm
on decency.
But, here he was very PG-13.
This is the story of Tommy Monaghan
a freelance hitman from
the Cauldron of Gotham.
Which is reflective of a lot of Irish neighborhoods
throughout America.
He grew up in a tough neighborhood
as a tough man.
Years go by and his friend from the Marines Nat The Hat
another tough kid from a tough neighborhood, this time Detroit,
shows up and then things get weird.
Starting with a fight with ninjas
and ending with a standoff with the deadliest
hitman in the world.
and that's just the first story arc.
This series about heartless killers
leaving countless bodies behind them
is ultimately about family.
Not the one you are born to but the
one you find.
The Adventures of Tommy, Nat and their band of lovable
murderers blazes across 60 issues of mayhem,
insanity, magic, and mad science.
By the end of the run it resembles the last reel
of the Dirty Dozen no one gets out alive.
It's a little sad when our hero's give their
lives for each other, but what else did you really expect from
a series called HITMAN?
Bunnies and snuggles?
Exciting and funny this book remains one of my favorites.
But it probably should be consumed in smaller
quantities than I did.
Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews