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Hit-Monkey: Year of the Monkey Paperback – January 1, 2011

by Daniel Way (Author), Dalibor Talajic (Illustrator)

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A troubled soul, set upon a path of vengeance he does not understand. An assassin without equal, trained in the most secret of killing techniques. A fl esh-and-blood specter, haunting the killers of the world. A monkey...with a gun. Bear witness as the legend is born!

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Hit-Monkey #1-3, Hit-Monkey one-shot

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Hit-Monkey
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96 pages
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English
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Marvel Enterprises
Publication date

January 1, 2011
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6.5 x 0.25 x 10 inches
ISBN-10

0785148590
ISBN-13

978-0785148593
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Marvel Enterprises (January 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0785148590
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0785148593
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.25 x 10 inches

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Daniel Way (born December 27, 1974) is an American comic book writer.

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JOANN SUNDSTROM

Could’ve been more tongue-in-cheek, but still very enjoyable.

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2021

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A vert fast-paced and enjoyable read, this Hit-Monkey series is something I want to see more of. I feel a more tongue-in-cheek sequel series could work, but I’m almost positive they’d ruin it by making it TOO silly. Worth checking out for anyone interested.

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Jonathan G Healy

Why read Hit-Monkey? I'll tell you

Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2015

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If I review a comic it's because I want people to know how awesome the comic is. This is my 3rd review and I own 3117 comics (Lol, no I didn't count them but my comics got their own room). This comic is about to take the headlines with talk of a movie coming out and a game they decided 2 make over an avengers game because of the intrigue of the story.

An assassin goes into hiding in the mountains to escape certain death and is saved by a group of albino monkeys. One monkey senses the danger he brings and in his tantrum gets outed by his family... But the assassin knows him to be wise. He practices the assassins art of hand to hand combat- and watches as the assassin's past comes back to haunt them.

There's a lesson to be learned throughout this novel that the assassin preaches repeatedly: Pick up a gun in anger, & your doomed to never put it down.

Telling ya all now, he's the next big thing if everything goes accordingly. Comedy and action, great for all ages but suggest it for adults. Can't put this down once you pick it up, you won't regret buying it. Amazing origin story with 3 follow-up issues that tell the story of Hit-Monkey

Collects Hit-Monkey: origin & issues 1-3

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Culz Paranormal

While short, it's very entertaining!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2016

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I originally found out about the character of Hit-Monkey through the Daniel Way volume 2 collection of Deadpool, where he is hunting down Deadpool in New York, so of course Spider-Man shows up. In this it reads as a prequel showing where Hit-Monkey got his fighting skill and that he originally was just a regular old Macaque also referred to as Snow Monkeys. His tribe takes in a badly injured assassin, and his attackers soon show up as well and kill him and Hit-Monkeys entire tribe. hit-monkey becomes almost possessed by the ghost of the assassin who becomes sorta a bad version of Obi wan's force ghost as he tells mr monkey to go after the killers, revenge. Overall fun story wish it were longer, feels very similar to the Meg Origins book in the essence that it's a prequel that doesn't need to be read to affect how you see Hit Monkey in other stories, but if your a fan it's sure is worth picking up! I loved it and Hit-Monkey has become one of my favorite comic book characters, behind DCs Joker. I rate it 7.5/10.0

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Daniel

I don't have enough good to say about Hit-Monkey

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2017

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I don't have enough good to say about Hit-Monkey. Don't take it too seriously but don't pass it off as a joke. This isn't going to fill in any plot holes an a Marvel storyline but it's a fun story that you shouldn't pass up.

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Piotr Clements

It was very poor quality.

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2021

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The book was an ex library book, damaged and had the coverings and identification stickers with some pages missing, very poor quality. Not worth more that $2 - 5$.

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2015

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Great way to get the story without having to pay the full price

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2013

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There's not much to it, other than this; Hit-Monkey is very good and enjoyable.
I'm glad Deadpool had it's own Hit-Monkey spin-off. It's pretty funny at times, but it's mostly a very serious book.

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Starps Family

Perfect

Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2019

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A monkey assassin. There is really nothing else to ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2015

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A monkey assassin.

There is really nothing else to say.

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SesameStick

Great book.

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015

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Great book, we need a proper Hit-Monkey series!!!

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2014

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Excellent

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Hit Monkey: Year of the Monkey is blood-drenched, violent fun, and it packs an emotional wallop

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2011

In a remote area of Japan, a nameless assassin wipes out a military unit serving a corrupt politician, but is himself terribly wounded in the process. He retreats, fleeing into the mountains, where he collapses, only to be rescued by a pack of Japanese snow monkeys, who pull him into their snowbound hot spring sanctuary, feed him healing herbs, and allow him to regain his strength.

One monkey in particular is fascinated by the assassin, helping him and watching as the assassin recovers and retrains himself by beating the crap out of snowmen.

The assassin is barely recovered when a new military team enters the mountains, killing him and the tribe of monkeys. Only the one monkey who had watched over the assassin survives. Using the martial arts and handgun skills he learned watching the assassin, the monkey then slays the entire team of killers.

And so his quest for revenge begins.

His journey-egged on by the ghost of the assassin-takes him to the politician's headquarters, where he fights, kills, maims, and ultimately decimates the entire operation. His biggest opponent in this whole thing: the popular Daredevil villain Bullseye, who takes the challenge very seriously.

Oh, yeah, and at some point the monkey ends up wearing a rather sharp suit and a nice pair of sunglasses.

All of this may seem odd, and it is. It's one of the strangest premises for a mainstream comic book that I've come across in a long time. And yet here's what's even odder about it: It's mostly played straight.

Writer Daniel Way and artist Dalibor Talaji' obviously know that this plot is over-the-top and funny, but they let the humor be inherent in the concept, not in the execution. Instead, the story and artwork are deadly serious. The monkey does not relish his quest for revenge--in fact, it's emotionally devastating and the physical and emotional pain he suffers take their toll at every step. You can't help but feel for this poor animal as the ghost of the assassin drives him further and further. But he's got a dirty job to do, and damned if he isn't going to do it.

Hit Monkey: Year of the Monkey is blood-drenched, violent fun, and it packs an emotional wallop. Don't dismiss it because of its off-kilter concept, and don't go in expecting a laugh riot. But do give it a shot.

Reviewed by John R. Platt

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Surferofromantica

Lots of potential, end-result not so fantastic.

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2014

This could have been a lot more fun than it was - a Japanese macaque monkey, who one day finds his clan wiped out after a down-on-his luck hitman turns up at his hot spring, goes on a revenge mission. While it's likely that this could only have happened in the 1950s, we still get a Marvel villain show up. The body count is tremendous, including several innocent victims - a young boy, a supermodel - means that this is really not for the faint of heart. Only one real panel lives up to the goofy promise that the book holds. The art's not the best, but the composition of the panels on the pages is good, as is the vivid coloring! One other interesting thing about the book is how the authors deal with the challenge of dialogue... and, no, it's not to have a talking monkey, or one that communicates with the reader via thought bubbles like Snowy does in Tintin.

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