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Silencers: Black Kiss

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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.

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.