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100 Bullets100 Bullets is an Eisner Award winning comic book title written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso. It is published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint. Plot The plot of 100 Bullets is built on a simple premise, questioning whether people would take the chance to get away with revenge. In each story arc, Agent Graves approaches someone who has been wronged in someway, and gives them the chance to set things right in the form of a nondescript attach case containing a handgun and 100 bullets. He informs the candidate that the bullets are completely untraceable, and even more, any police agency that receives these bullets as part of an investigation will, through some unexplained process, immediately drop that investigation and ignore any transgressions related to it. Though all of the murders enabled by Agent Graves are presented as justifiable, the candidates are neither rewarded nor punished for taking up the offer, and appear to receive nothing other than closure for their actions. Several people have received the offer, and decided not to take the offer up. It is revealed that Agent Graves was part of a group known as the "Minutemen" who once worked for a shadowy organization known as "The Trust". The Trust was originally formed by a group of 13 powerful European aristocrats who offer to leave Europe, where they have considerable influence, in exchange for complete autonomy in the still unclaimed portion of the new world. When this agreement is broken by the formation of the English colony Roanoke, the Minutemen are formed. The original Minutemen are seven vicious killers, who eradicate the colony and leave the message "Croatoa" as a warning. The Minutemen are charged with protecting the 13 families who make up the Trust, from outside threats and from each other. The Minutemen are eventually betrayed by the Trust, and some of them are brainwashed and live unremarkable, normal lives. Many of those who are offered the chance for vengeance by Graves are actually former Minutemen, or people who have been wronged by the Trust or its agents. So far he has reactivatived several of the Minutemen and recruited potential new members. Style Both the writing and artwork in 100 Bullets exemplifies the noir and pulp genres. It is extremely gritty, and presents the reader with several morally ambiguous cases. Characters - Agent Graves - A mysterious old man who presents offers to the candidates
- Dizzy Cordova - An ex-gangbanger who accepts the offer to get revenge for her brother's death, and then attempts to find more about the mysterious organization behind the offers
- Cole Burns - An ice cream man seeking vengeance for his grandmother's untimely death; he has large gaps in his memory
- Mr. Branch - An ex-journalist who rejected The Trust's offer, and is now living in Paris, France
Books There are currently seven trade paperbacks in publication for this series. | Title !! Collects issues !! ISBN !! Notes (Story arcs) | | First Shot, Last Call | align="center"| 1 - 5 | ISBN 1563896451 | "100 Bullets", "Shot, Water Back", "Silencer Night" | | Split Second Chance | align="center"| 6 - 14 | ISBN 1563897113 | "Short Con, Long Odds", "Day, Hour, Minute... Man", "The Right Ear, Left in the Cold", "Heartbreak Sunnyside Up", "Parlez Kung Vous" | | Hang up on the Hang Low | align="center"| 15-19 | ISBN 1563898551 | "Hang Up on the Hang Low", "Epilogue For a Road Dog" | | A Foregone Tomorrow | align="center"| 20-30 | ISBN 1563898276 | | | The Counterfifth Detective | align="center"| 31-36 | ISBN 1563899485 | | | Six Feet Under The Gun | align="center"| 37-42 | ISBN 1563899965 | | | Samurai | align="center"| 43-49 | ISBN 140120189X | | Other media External Links
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