La nouvelle mini-série de Ed Brisson chez Boom! Studios après Cluster s’intitule The Last Contract. Elle raconte comment un vieux tueur-à-gage, connu seulement sous le pseudonyme de « l’Homme », est forcé de sortir de sa retraite lorsqu’une liste des personnes qu’il a tué est diffusée par un mystérieux maitre chanteur.
Les quatre numéros seront illustrés par le jeune dessinateur espagnole Lisandro Estherren.
[quote]The Last Contract #1 (of 4)
Publisher: BOOM! Studios
Writer: Ed Brisson
Artist: Lisandro Estherren
Cover Artists: Main Cover: Lisandro Estherren, Incentive Cover: Vanesa R. Del Rey
Format: 32 pages, full color
Price: $3.99
On sale: January 2016
Synopsis: What’s to Love: Last year, John Wick reminded everyone why hitmen make for awesome stories. Of course, we’ve known that for years as evidenced by The Killer and Hit. Ed Brisson’s (Batman & Robin Eternal, Sheltered) take on a retired hit man who finds himself as the target is a calculated thriller that keeps us guessing until the end, and newcomer Lisandro Estherren’s (Tall Tales from the Badlands) noirish art perfectly sets the mood.
What It Is: A retired hit man, known only as “The Man,” is forced back into the game when a list of his kills is leaked by a mysterious blackmailer. The list makes targets out of anyone associated with one of the The Man’s previous jobs, not to mention The Man himself. As he fights to protect those the list exposes, The Man sets off to uncover the identity of the blackmailer so he can move on with his new life once and for all, but will the truth ruin those chances forever?[/quote]
Description: A retired hitman, known only as « The Man, » is forced back into the game when a list of his kills is leaked by a mysterious Broker. The list makes targets out of anyone associated with one of the The Man’s previous jobs, not to mention The Man himself. As he fights to protect those the list exposes, The Man sets off to uncover the identity of the Broker so he can move on with his new life once and for all. But will the truth ruin those chances forever?