Hitman Vol. 5: Who Dares Wins

When Tommy and Natt roll an 800-pound dead guy across a burger joint for cover under the blazing guns of SAS agents out for vengeance, you know you're experiencing another hilariously and sometimes disgustingly weird collection of Garth Ennis and John McCrea's Hitman. Who Dares Wins, the compilation of issues 23 through 28 of the series, can be a bit hard to swallow at first. After all, the unflappable Monaghan just dealt with a ridiculously well-armed demon from hell (among other things) in Ace of Killers, so why's he so afraid of some crummy British commandos anyway? But the killer team of Ennis and McCrea still manage a credible drop in tempo here, heavy on the brogue and honor with a team of Her Majesty's finest out to collect on an old debt. Throw in Mafia don Men's Room Louie (also out to kill Monaghan--who isn't these days?), and you have another well-paced, bullet-to-the-head adventure. --Paul Hughes