- Paperback: 191 pages
- Publisher: DC Comics (Jun 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1563895099
- ISBN-13: 978-1563895098
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 16 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,798,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
"This is sick, man. We just smoked Flipper.",
By Zagnorch (Terra, Sol System) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hitman Local Heroes (Paperback)
I've always enjoyed readin' Garth Ennis' four-color adventures; his knack for getting me to laugh at the sickest and most wrong things ever put to the Bristol board always keeps me comin' back to the local comic shop for more. And there are fewer things that are more wrong than some of the stuff depicted in the pages of this volume of the Hitman series. Helping things out with most of this collection is the artwork of John McCrea, who gives the book's more over-the-top moments (AKA the aforementioned sick & wrong things) just the right look for maximum "Oh-my-God-I-can't-believe-I'm-laughing-at-this-stuff" effect. The best example of the pox this dynamic writer-artist duo has unleashed upon the world of comics is the "Zombie Night at the Gotham Aquarium" story arc. The titular anti-hero Monaghan and a few of his fellows are hired to pop a mad scientist who turns the aquarium's sea creatures into undead zombies. When a red-eyed army of seals, penguins, octopi, and other assorted marine fauna corners the protagonists, they're forced to fight their way out-- with guns, clubs, and chainsaws. The ensuing carnage of cartoonish ultraviolence most likely put Ennis and McCrea on Greenpeace's $#!+ list, and is one of the funniest freakin' things I've ever experienced in all my years of comic-book geekdom. Also included in this TPB is Monaghan's "team-up" with an overly verbose Green Lantern against a corrupt Gotham City police force & some shady government types, as well as a modern-day tribute to spaghetti westerns. While both yarns have more than their fair share of the kinda dark humor and over-the-top mayhem that have become Ennis' bread and butter, the zombie aquarium adventure steals the show for me. Just make sure you don't start on it 'til your tree-hugging hippie friends have all gone home... 'Late
5.0 out of 5 stars
Probably the coolest funniest Hitman storyline,
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This review is from: Hitman Local Heroes (Paperback)
first there's the ultra-cool multiparter with Hitman facing off against Green Lantern, which results in a hilarious confrontation. then there's the two parter about the zoo animals turning into zombies, really really hilarious. you can't go wrong!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Probably the coolest funniest Hitman storyline,
By Derek Beebe - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hitman Local Heroes (Paperback)
first there's the ultra-cool multiparter with Hitman facing off against Green Lantern, which results in a hilarious confrontation. then there's the two parter about the zoo animals turning into zombies, really really hilarious. you can't go wrong!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Underrated Gem,
By O. Ruiz - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hitman Local Heroes (Paperback)
Ennis is known for The Punisher, Preacher, Hellblazer, etc.
Hitman is a hidden gem that came out of the Bloodlines Crossover from DC. This comic book series reads like a "guy's movie" with equal parts action, comedy and drama. Excellent alternative to contrived superhero stories.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Graphic SF Reader,
By Blue Tyson "- Research Finished" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Hitman Local Heroes (Paperback)
There are some amusing moments here. Who would want to team up with Hitman? Well, not Kyle Rayner, but the Green Lantern here has little choice as he goes up against some dodgy types with a definitely dodgy partner.
The other small part in this is an encounter with some zombie sea life, if you can imagine that. |
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