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Hitman is a violent, darkly humorous and occasionally romantic comic book from DC Comics, written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by John McCrea. The series stars Tommy Monaghan, a hitman from Gotham City who only takes out contract killings on "bad guys". In Monaghan's first appearance in The Demon Annual #2, he is bitten by an alien, inexplicably awakening superhuman abilities within him. Now possessing the powers of X-ray vision and the ability to read minds with telepathy, he sets himself up as "Hitman", an assassin who specializes in killing superhumans.

Despite the convoluted setup, Hitman rarely pays attention to it, often going out of its way to prevent Tommy from using his abilities; in more than one story arc, he suffers a blow to the head that gives him a headache which is just strong enough to prevent him from reading minds. The series alternates between down-to-earth antagonists and story arcs and over-the top ones: an arc involving the Mafia and the British SAS follows an issue featuring a homicidal, radioactive Santa ClausFor places in the United States with this name, please see Santa Claus (disambiguation). Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas Saint Nicholas or Saint Nick is the American, Latin American, and British variant of the European folk myth of Saint Nicho. Even at its most gloriously ridiculous, the characters are realistically portrayed, if not necessarily sympathetic.

Despite its bizarre and often iconoclastic nature, the series is firmly entrenched in the DC UniverseThe DC Universe DCU is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. The Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman are well-known fictional superheroes from this universe. The concept of a shared universe in comic: BatmanFor other uses see Batman (disambiguation Batman more properly known as The Batman and occasionally as The Bat-Man is a fictional character, a comic book superhero, first appearing in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Most accounts suggest that he was co-crea, The JokerThe Joker also referred to as The Clown Prince of Crime and The Harlequin of Hate, is a fictional comic book supervillain, modeled after the lead character played by Conrad Veidt from the 1928 film, The Man Who Laughs''. The Joker is an insane criminal wi, CatwomanThis article is about the fictional character. For the movie, see Catwoman (movie . Catwoman (Selina Kyle) is a fictional character in the DC Comics superhero universe, a female cat burglar who dresses in a cat-like catsuit while on her capers. The charac, Green LanternGreen Lantern is a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe. The name "Green Lantern" has been applied to multiple fictional characters. Common among all incarnations is that they are armed with a special ring which allows the wearer to do nearly an and SupermanMetropolis, his home, with the Daily Planet building in the background. Superman is a fictional character and superhero, created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, who first appeared in comic books in 1938, and eventually became the most popular comic book all guest star at various points. The character has also been featured in a number of guest appearances in titles like Sovereign 7 , Resurrection Man and (improbably enough) JLAThe Justice League is a team of comic book superheroes in the DC Comics universe. The roster includes some of the most famous superheroes in pop culture. The team has also gone by the names Justice League of America Justice League America JLA and Justice.

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