The fifth volume of 100 Bullets consolidates the best strengths of previous installments while delivering a consistent narrative that is not completely dependent on the larger mythology of the series. This chapter, entitled "The Counterfifth Detective", is fully derivative of noir fiction clichés, but this time Brian Azzarello manages to generate some really interesting riffs on those familiar ideas, all without losing sight of what is truly original and interesting about his own oeuvre. And Eduardo Risso once again finds a way to outshine himself, delivering some of the best artwork yet seen in this series. Overall, the best volume of the collected 100 Bullets to date. ( )

This is maybe stretching the the title joke a little far, but we have your classic down and out private eye here, that knows more, and is involved more than anyone can think. Of course, there is a deceitful, stunning, femme fatale in the picture, as well.

Much pain and bandaging ensues for him, and others.

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