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''Hitman'' is a [[Cult Classic]] comic book series written by popular and controversial writer [[Garth Ennis]] of ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' and ''[[Punisher]]'' fame and drawn by frequent Ennis collaborator John McCrea. It had its origins in the [[The Nineties|1990s]] [[Dark Age]]-tastic Bloodlines ''[[Crisis Crossover]]'', where aliens invaded Earth to murder human beings and drain their spinal fluids. Which somehow gave the few survivors superpowers in the process. It was easily forgettable, and the cast of [[Nineties Anti -Hero]] equally so. Bloodlines was meant to profit off the Dark Age phenomenon by creating a new batch of "heroes" for the era, because, after all, [[Darker and Edgier]] sells, doesn't it?

** The leader of the vampire coven in the "Dead Man's Land" arc also appeared in Ennis's run on ''[[Hellblazer (Comic Book)|Hellblazer]]''.

* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]] : Zombie Night At The Gotham Aquarium. It's about zombies. In Gotham. At the aquarium.

* [[Good Powers, Bad People]] / [[Lethal Harmless Powers]]: Supervillain Scarlet Rose has the ability to make roses grow. Which she uses to hideously kill people by making them grow inside their bodies.

* [[Grievous Harm Withwith a Body]]: Early on in the series, [[Etrigan]], a [[Crazy Awesome]] rhyming demon, gets into a fight with an obese alien parasite. In the ensuing battle(which happens to take place at the funeral of a mob boss that the alien parasite had killed earlier), Etrigan uses ''the corpse's body'' to beat down the alien into submission. Yes, you read that correctly

* [[Nineties Anti -Hero]]: Parodied with Nightfist. A touch hypocritical, since Tommy himself can be seen as a less pretentious and more self-aware example of the breed. Still, Nightfist steals drugs from pushers and Tommy murders people for a living, is the point.

{{quote| '''Hacken:''' "KILL THE CHICKENS! AN' KILL THE CHICKENS! AN' KILL THE CHICKENS! AN' KILL THE CHICKENS! AN' KILL THE CHICKENS!}}

* [[Shout -Out]]: Many. To [[Sergio Leone]]'s [[Dollars Trilogy]], Blade Runner, many.

* [[Take That]]: You can copy and paste the examples from [[Preacher (Comic Book)]] and place them here.

* [[Touched Byby Vorlons]]: Tommy gets his powers by surviving an attack by an alien that sucked out his spinal fluid.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: Hitman had been around a bit before getting his own series, and for the bulk of that time, his appearances were played as [[Black Comedy]]. Then came the story's second arc, which looks to be playing [[Tonight Someone Dies]] and [[Black Dude Dies First]] for all they're worth, with Tommy's best friend he's never mentioned before showing up just in time for a new killer to target Tommy. For three issues, it's played for laughs still, right down to a gratuitous attack of ninja. Then Nat goes to the bathroom... {{spoiler|and finds Tommy's best friend, Pat, in the tub, mutilated and bleeding out. It's implied that while Tommy and Nat were engaged in [[Bloody Hilarious]] fun these past few issues, the [[Big Bad]] was working over Pat the whole time. Tommy tearfully gives a [[Mercy Kill]].}} The series still has funny moments, but this sets up that [[Anyone Can Die]].

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