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zare_i's review
4.0
I have to admit I approached this comic rather cautiously. I truly enjoy Hitman games but it is rather difficult to make comic about a professional hitman who during all of the games maybe uttered full 4 pages of text.
But I have to admit it thry truly managed to write the origin story for both 47 and his to-be handler Diana. We follow them from their teens to the time where their paths cross and they start to work for notorious ICA.
We follow them as they fight their inner daemons and tragedies and finally emerge as a cold-blooded assassin (47) and highly manipulative controller (Diana). They are both people that suffered a lot at hands of others and finally found freedom of sorts.
Art is good, sometimes proportions seem to be slightly off but in general art is very clear with both wide-shots and action scenes.
Recommended to fans of thriller and espionage stories.
But I have to admit it thry truly managed to write the origin story for both 47 and his to-be handler Diana. We follow them from their teens to the time where their paths cross and they start to work for notorious ICA.
We follow them as they fight their inner daemons and tragedies and finally emerge as a cold-blooded assassin (47) and highly manipulative controller (Diana). They are both people that suffered a lot at hands of others and finally found freedom of sorts.
Art is good, sometimes proportions seem to be slightly off but in general art is very clear with both wide-shots and action scenes.
Recommended to fans of thriller and espionage stories.
larrydavid's review against another edition
1.0
The art is bad in this comic but at least it’s not as bad as the awful writing. That is the closest I can come to praising this ridiculous mess: an incoherent sloppily told origin story for a character that doesn’t need one, and the most boring 6 issues about a murderous Hitman having adventures all over the world I have ever read. Weirdly the actual games are much, much better written: I wish Michael Vogt had done the comics series.
tije_zwet's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
thebookslayer's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
A good tie in and tie between all of the Hitman games and answers a lot of questions left from the first game (Agent 47).
fandom4ever's review
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
What a great read! Agent 47: Birth of the Hitman is a prequel to the video game series ‘Hitman’, and eventually sets up for 47 joining the ICA. The story switches back and forth between 47’s story and his eventual handler, Diana Burnwood’s. It takes place over ten years from 1989-1999.
The story is really well done and both manages to pull together story elements that are introduced or mentioned in several of the games, but also expands on things that we hadn’t known before, like Diana’s backstory (there’s an interesting little connection between her and 47 all those years previously). My favorite parts were during 47’s, showing how all the assassinations he does are made to look like accidents, just like in the game.
The artwork is pretty good, it kept me engrossed in the story. I particularly loved the covers of each issue. The only real gripe I had with it was after Issue #1 the barcodes on the back of 47, 6, and the other subjects’ heads disappear, even though there are numerous panels where the back of the head is shown, which should have been noticed by editors.
I would definitely recommend this comic to any Hitman fan.
The story is really well done and both manages to pull together story elements that are introduced or mentioned in several of the games, but also expands on things that we hadn’t known before, like Diana’s backstory (there’s an interesting little connection between her and 47 all those years previously). My favorite parts were during 47’s, showing how all the assassinations he does are made to look like accidents, just like in the game.
The artwork is pretty good, it kept me engrossed in the story. I particularly loved the covers of each issue. The only real gripe I had with it was after Issue #1 the barcodes on the back of 47, 6, and the other subjects’ heads disappear, even though there are numerous panels where the back of the head is shown, which should have been noticed by editors.
I would definitely recommend this comic to any Hitman fan.
wbforeman999's review against another edition
Another one I didn’t finish reading after the first issue, and this is an origin story of agent 47 and Diana Burnwood, and to be honest I don’t care about their backstory. I like them as characters but it’s not something I’m heavily invested in so I dropped it after the first issue.
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