I’ve watched every episode of preacher… but I’ve read more Hitman! It’s very good, gritty, feels kinda like a henchman that went anti hero. I love seeing more grounded, action characters within the DC universe. I mean yeah, Tommy has the powers, but he feels like he can exist in real life and just has to deal with the nuances of being in Gotham.

@Jonnydragon88 Tommy is actually my favorite character ever. He’s really just an amazing anti-hero!

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I'll admit I haven't read the others but Hitman is one of my all-time favorite books. I like the feeling of family that Tommy and his pals build over the course of the book. This is one of those books that just continues to improve as it goes along with both Ennis and McCrea honing their craft and growing more comfortable with each other's strengths as the book progresses.

@Kyletheobald it really is just a remarkable series!

Hitman is somewhat unique as it is an ongoing series in mainstream continuity that has a definitive start and end. Not many comics get closure, and certainly not as impactful as this one.

It is also a series that keeps the reader off balance with its rollercoaster tone. One arc they’re fighting displaced dinosaurs and another confronting childhood trauma. Best of all, Tommy is just an imperfect man who makes the right decisions when it matters.

Obviously I love The Demon as well, which spawned the Hitman character. Ennis brings the best of dark humour, moral hypocrisy and dignified barbarism to the title. Paired with McCrea’s gaunt, sinewy depiction of Etrigan making him seem more sinister and deviant, the series distinctly stands out from others as unique. I’ve read it at least three times.

I’ve wanted to read the Vertigo Hellblazer for a long time. But the only financially viable way to do so is digitally. The thought of reading 300 comics on a screen is off putting for me.

I almost bought the collected trades of Preacher a while back. It seems like the kind of title and subject matter I would get into, but have yet to.

None of them. I could barf up a better story than Garth Ennis in his prime.

Hellblazer and preacher

^^Would love to sample some of your barf sometime to compare. From experience on here, people who don’t like Ennis tend to dislike his attitudes towards religion.

I dislike Garth Ennis because he writes like a 14 year old boy. The boys, for example, the worst comic book ever written. I am not religious at all, and I thought hellblazer was okay at best and boring drivel at worst.