Silencers: Black Kiss [Paperback]

Fred Van Lente (Author), Steve Ellis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 4, 2005

For decades, The Silencers have been the superpowered enforcers of New York's Provenzano Crime Family, protecting them from "The Tights." When Cardinal, their fearsome leader, makes plans to retire from a life of crime, a rival syndicate makes a move against him, and the quiet life he's trying hard to achieve may slowly trickle out of his grasp. This volume reprints the sold out mini series, plus extra stuff galore, like an original never before seen Silencers short comic story!

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Moonstone (October 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933076011
• ISBN-13: 978-1933076010
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,380,019 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

FRED VAN LENTE is the New York Times bestselling author of Incredible Hercules (with Greg Pak) and Marvel Zombies 3 & 4, as well as the American Library Association award-winning Action Philosophers. His original graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens (written with Andrew Foley) is about to become a major motion picture starring Daniel Craig and directed by Jon Favreau. His other comics include Comic Book Comics, MODOK's 11, X Men Noir and Amazing Spider-Man.

Wizard magazine nominated him for 2008 Breakout Talent (Writer). Comics Should Be Good named Fred one of the 365 Reasons to Love Comics. He's been called "one of the most idiosyncratic and insightful new voices in comics."

Fred loves hearing from readers at [e-mail].

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a book where super-powered dudes die, April 15, 2008

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R. Clarke - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silencers: Black Kiss (Paperback)

Sopranos meets Superfriends? Not even close. This is so much more. this has more conspiracy than a meeting in the CIA bathroom. A well written story that just coincidentally includes "supers". If it were regular people in it, the story would be just as good. And what I like is that these guys are bad without moral qualms, AND people die. Yes I said it "supers" die! Take that MCL. Read for the gritty story. Root for the bad guys.... wait, they are all bad guys. Don't fall in love with the characters 'cause who's to say when their number is up.

5.0 out of 5 stars Maybe the best graphic novel I have ever read, July 19, 2011

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Boris "bimboclon" (Wien) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silencers: Black Kiss (Paperback)

This is definitely one of the best graphic novels I have ever read. This story works on so many levels. It is satire without being pure parody, a full-fledged mob thriller on its own and an epic tale of loyalty and treason. You could call it Superman meets the Sopranos.
In a world where roughly recognizable versions of Spider-Man, Superman and Captain America run around the Silencers are the special enforcement unit for the Syndicate. Head of this group is the Cardinal who is nicknamed because of his wish as a young man to be a priest. But when a family debt had to be settled everything changed.
The story is very elaborated and I cannot tell too much without spoiling all the fun. But the tone of the book is so full of enjoyable facets, full of irony and small cynic gags. You just have to read it. The pictures of Steve Ellis are so linked to the story that it is really a total work of art. I pity so much that Van Lente and Ellis have terminated their cooperation. I hope that this series sometime will be continued.