100 Bullets Vol. 5: The Counterfifth Detective (edition 2003)

by Brian Azzarello

Series: 100 Bullets (31-36)

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Reprinting issues #31-36 of the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning VERTIGO series, 100 BULLETS- THE COUNTERFIFTH DETECTIVE brings to light another chapter in the story of Agent Graves and the remnants of his old outfit the Minutemen. In this fifth suggested for mature readers trade paperback collection by acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello (HELLBLAZER, BATMAN/DEATHBLOW- AFTER THE FIRE), featuring art by Eduardo Risso (BATMAN- GOTHAM KNIGHTS) and a new cover by Dave Johnson, Agent Graves presents his trademark attache case containing a gun and 100 untraceable bullets to Milo Garret - a small-time private dick who's just gotten out of the hospital after losing an argument with his car's windshield. With his face covered in bandages, Milo has become an invisible man in more ways than one. As his latest case draws him into the shadowy world of the Trust, he's forced to confront the blank space that is his past and figure out what it has to do with the attache case he's holding in the present... and do it before what he doesn't know ends up finishing the job that the windshield started.… (more)

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Title:	100 Bullets Vol. 5: The Counterfifth Detective
Authors:	Brian Azzarello
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This time around, we're treated to a single, long-running storyline. But, as has been the case with the previous four installments, it's uniformly excellent, and I truly believe that Eduardo Risso is only getting better and better with not just the art, but panel layout and sheer storytelling ability. And Azzarello's writing is, as usual, top notch.

There's going to be a point, I'm sure, where I'm just going to be tempted to write one of these reviews as...

Blah blah blah amazing art blah blah blah amazing story blah blah blah amazing series.

Because, quite frankly, this is a series that has me running out of superlatives to describe it. (

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TobinElliott | Jan 29, 2024 |

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JEJanke | Feb 15, 2021 |

Wow. This was excellent. Azzarello did a great homage to the noir private detective, including the femme fatales. P.I. Milo Garrett gets the attache case from Agent Graves after the P.I. suffers a car accident that leave his face in bandages. It turns out the accident was not so accidental after all. Milo has all the proof he needs to get his revenge, but like any other private dick, he just has to go digging around to ask why. And he gets in deep into a world of rich people and art dealers, and a bit more. Overall, an excellent story in the series. I think that even readers who have not picked up previous volumes in the series could find this volume a good entry point. And readers who enjoy crime fiction and noir will probably enjoy this volume as well. (

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bloodravenlib | Aug 17, 2020 |

100 Bullets continues to deliver the goods, just not a well as it did in the previous volumes. This hard-boiled, pulp story ran too long for this reader. Still, if I had the option, I'd have given this story 3.5.

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RalphLagana | Jan 23, 2016 |

A "lesser" man gets a chance at the bigs. (

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Risso, Eduardo	Illustrator	main author	all editions	confirmed

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100 Bullets: The Deluxe Edition, Book Two by Brian Azzarello

100 Bullets Omnibus Vol. 1 by Brian Azzarello (indirect)

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100 bullets # 031 by Brian Azzarello

100 bullets # 032 by Brian Azzarello

100 bullets # 033 by Brian Azzarello

100 bullets # 034 by Brian Azzarello

100 bullets # 035 by Brian Azzarello

100 bullets # 036 by Brian Azzarello

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Reprinting issues #31-36 of the Harvey and Eisner Award-winning VERTIGO series, 100 BULLETS- THE COUNTERFIFTH DETECTIVE brings to light another chapter in the story of Agent Graves and the remnants of his old outfit the Minutemen. In this fifth suggested for mature readers trade paperback collection by acclaimed writer Brian Azzarello (HELLBLAZER, BATMAN/DEATHBLOW- AFTER THE FIRE), featuring art by Eduardo Risso (BATMAN- GOTHAM KNIGHTS) and a new cover by Dave Johnson, Agent Graves presents his trademark attache case containing a gun and 100 untraceable bullets to Milo Garret - a small-time private dick who's just gotten out of the hospital after losing an argument with his car's windshield. With his face covered in bandages, Milo has become an invisible man in more ways than one. As his latest case draws him into the shadowy world of the Trust, he's forced to confront the blank space that is his past and figure out what it has to do with the attache case he's holding in the present... and do it before what he doesn't know ends up finishing the job that the windshield started.

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