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2. Hitman
(DC Comics)
One of the best DC Comics of all time.
And it’s literally in the DC Universe. Like, Superman, Batman, and Green Lantern all show up at one point or another. The story spun out of the forgettably bad DC crossover Bloodlines, which created tons of new characters. One of those characters – created by Ennis himself in an issue of The Demon – was Tommy Monaghan, a Gotham City Hitman who gained x-ray vision and limited telepathy.
In the series, he decided to not use his new powers. Instead, he just shot people in the face a lot. The series took place mostly in The Cauldron, a neighborhood in Gotham that was so bad, it’s said that not even Batman goes in there. Tommy and his hired hitmen buddies dealt with tons of wacky shenanigans in the first half of the series, and went down a dark path of tragedy and blood in the second.
The series draws you in with laughs and then punches you in the gut once it’s made you care. The end of Hitman #60 still makes me cry to this day.
