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{{short description|American comic book series}}
{{For|the game|100 Bullets (video game)}}
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{{Infobox comic book title  <!--Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics-->
| image = 100Bullets vol1.jpg
| caption = Cover to ''100 Bullets'' vol. 1 "First Shot, Last Call", cover art by Dave Johnson.
| schedule = Monthly
| format =
| Crime = y
| publisher = [[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]]
| date = June [[1999 in comics|1999]] – April [[2009 in comics|2009]]
| issues = 100
| main_char_team = [[Agent Graves]] <br/> [[Mr. Shepherd]] <br/> The Minutemen <br/> [[List of characters in 100 Bullets#Dizzy Cordova (also known as "The Girl")|Dizzy Cordova]] <br/> [[List of characters in 100 Bullets#Loop Hughes (also known as "The Boy")|Loop Hughes]]
| writers = Brian Azzarello
| artists = Eduardo Risso <br/> Dave Johnson
| pencillers =
| inkers =
| colorists = Grant Goleash <br/> [[Patricia Mulvihill]]
| letterers = Clem Robins
| creative_team_month =
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| creators = [[Brian Azzarello]] <br/> [[Eduardo Risso]]
| TPB = First Shot, Last Call
| ISBN = 1-56389-645-1
| TPB1 = Split Second Chance
| ISBN1 = 1-56389-711-3
| subcat = Vertigo Comics
| sort = 100 Bullets
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'''''100 Bullets''''' is an [[American comic book]] published by [[DC Comics]] under its [[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]] imprint. Written by [[Brian Azzarello]] and illustrated by [[Eduardo Risso]], the comic book ran for 100 issues and won the [[Eisner Award]] and [[Harvey Award]].<ref name="vert-ency">{{cite book|last=Irvine|first=Alex|author-link=Alexander C. Irvine|contribution=100 Bullets|editor-last=Dougall|editor-first=Alastair|title=The Vertigo Encyclopedia|pages=11–17|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|place=London|year=2008|isbn=978-0-7566-4122-1}}</ref>

==Style==
Both the writing and artwork in ''100 Bullets'' exemplifies the [[film noir|noir]] and [[Pulp magazine|pulp]] genres of popular modern fiction. Consistent with noir convention, most of the characters are deeply flawed.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mclaughlin|first=Jeff|title=Comics as Philosophy|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|location=Jackson|year=2005|isbn=978-1-57806-794-7}}</ref> As is also common in pulp and noir genres, ''100 Bullets'' frequently portrays stylized and graphic violence.

''100 Bullets'' is notable for creator [[Brian Azzarello]]'s realistic use of regional and local accents, as well as the frequent use of [[slang]] and oblique, metaphorical language in his characters' dialogue.{{cn|date=November 2018}}

Initially presented as a series of self-contained episodic stories, ''100 Bullets'' developed into a sprawling crime saga in which all the characters and events were connected.{{cn|date=November 2018}}

==Plot==
The core concept of ''100 Bullets'' is based on the question of people willing to act on the desire of violent revenge if given the means, opportunity, and a reasonable chance to succeed. Many of the first issues involve the mysterious [[List of characters in 100 Bullets#Agent Phillip Graves|Agent Graves]] approaching someone who has been a victim of a terrible wrong. Graves gives them the opportunity to take revenge by providing a handgun, 100 bullets, and documentation about the primary target responsible for their woes. He informs the candidate the bullets are completely untraceable by any law enforcement investigation, and as soon as they are found at any crime scene, investigations will immediately cease.

Although all the revenge murders enabled by Agent Graves are presented as justifiable, the candidates are neither rewarded nor punished for accepting the offer other than their own personal satisfaction. Several people decline, but others who accept find varied success or failure. The [[Briefcase#Types|attaché]] and Graves' "games" are later revealed to be only a minor part of a much broader story.

Agent Graves is the leader of a group known as ''The Minutemen'', a group of seven men (plus one "Agent") who serve as the enforcers and police of a clandestine organization known as ''The Trust'', who was originally formed by the heads of 13 powerful European families who controlled much of the Old World's combined wealth and industry. The Trust made an offer to the kings of [[Europe]] by which they would leave the continent and their considerable influence and holdings, in exchange for complete autonomy in the still unclaimed portion of the [[New World]].<ref name="vert-ency"/> When England ignored this proposition and colonized the [[Roanoke Colony|Roanoke Island]] late in the 16th century, the Minutemen were formed. The original Minutemen, seven vicious killers, eradicated the colony and all of its inhabitants, leaving behind only the cryptic message "Croatoa" as a warning, reclaiming the land for the Trust. Since this time, the Minutemen's charge has been to protect the 13 Houses of the Trust, serving as their force against outside threats and more frequently as police of the internal conflicts between the Trust families themselves. The groups' interactions are often facilitated by a person holding the title "Warlord" for the Trust, who serves as the Houses' liaison to the Minutemen.

Sometime in the late 20th century, the Minutemen were betrayed by the Trust and disbanded after Agent Graves refused to reenact "The Greatest Crime in the History of Mankind" (a re-expansion of the borders of the Trust). The Minutemen retaliated with the assassination of a hooded figure in Atlantic City, and they were then sent into hiding. Most of the Minutemen of that time were "deactivated" by Graves. These former Minutemen had their memories repressed for their own protection and were returned to "normal" lives. These events occurred prior (presumably some years) to the beginning of ''100 Bullets''.

As the story plays out, many of those who are offered the chance for vengeance by Graves are revealed to have been people wronged by the Trust or its agents, and six are revealed to have been Minutemen at the time of the events of Atlantic City. With his planning, some luck, and the importance of his "game", Agent Graves seeks to reactivate several of his Minutemen and recruit potential new members during the course of the series. With the occasional aid of the Trust's current Warlord, the charismatic and secretive [[Mr. Shepherd]], Graves sets into motion a complicated and deadly plot of revenge against the Trust, which divides into factions, with younger members plotting against the older ones.

The series culminates in the downfall of the Trust and its agents, eventually revealing that the attaché and its contents are a metaphor for the limitless power of the Trust.

==Characters==
{{main|List of 100 Bullets characters}}

==Story arcs==
{{main|List of 100 Bullets story arcs}}

===Collected editions===
There are thirteen [[Trade paperback (comics)|trade paperbacks]] in publication for this series. The titles of the trade paperbacks all seem to be somehow related with their volume number ('''''First''' Shot, Last Call''; ''Split '''Second''' Chance''; ''A '''Fore'''gone Tomorrow''; ''The Counter'''fifth''' Detective''; '''''Six''' Feet Under the Gun''; ''Strych'''nine''' Lives''; ''Decayed'' (a pun on 'decade'; this is the tenth volume)), with four being indirect references (book 7 titled ''Samurai'', for ''[[Seven Samurai]]''; book 8 titled ''The Hard Way'', a reference to a roll in [[craps]]; book 12 titled ''Dirty'', as in ''[[The Dirty Dozen]]''; book 13 titled ''Wilt'', for basketball player [[Wilt Chamberlain]], who wore the number 13 and was famous for scoring 100 points in a single game). Book 11 ''Once Upon a Crime'' is also a reference as "once" is [[Spanish language|Spanish]] for eleven. The exception to the rule is book 3, which was originally to be called ''The Charm'' — as in "third time's the charm" — but was given the title of the collection's largest plot arc, ''Hang Up on the Hang Low'', when it won the Eisner Award. Another interpretation of this seemingly odd exception is that 'Hang Up on the Hang Low' is a coded allusion to Masonic symbology, the upwards triangle placed over the downward triangle, where the number 3 is alluded to, among other things, by this code. As The Trust can also be seen to be a Masonic type allusion, one should also look for other Masonic symbols throughout the books. A series of "Deluxe Edition" hardcover volumes collecting the series have also been published,<ref>{{cite book|last=Azzarello|first=Brian|year=2011|title=100 Bullets: The Deluxe Edition Book One|url={{Google books|f6fUzAEACAAJ|plainurl=yes}}|publisher=DC Comics|access-date=December 14, 2021|isbn=978-1-40123-201-6}} (Hardcover)</ref> and then released in paperback a few years later.<ref>{{cite book|last=Azzarello|first=Brian|year=2011|title=100 Bullets: The Deluxe Edition Book One|url={{Google books|G8L6oAEACAAJ|plainurl=yes}}|publisher=DC Comics|access-date=December 14, 2021|isbn=978-1-40125-056-0}} (Paperback)</ref>

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{{Comics TPB line|1|First Shot, Last Call|[[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]]||1563896451|*''Vertigo Winter's Edge'' #3
* ''100 Bullets'' #1-5
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "100 Bullets", "Shot, Water Back", and "Silencer Night".
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{{Comics TPB line|2|Split Second Chance|Vertigo||1563897113|*''100 Bullets'' #6-14
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "Short Con, Long Odds", "Day, Hour, Minute... Man", "The Right Ear, Left in the Cold", "Heartbreak Sunnyside Up", and "Parlez Kung Vous".
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{{Comics TPB line|3|Hang up on the Hang Low|Vertigo||1563898551|*''100 Bullets'' #15-19
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "Hang Up on the Hang Low" and "Epilogue For a Road Dog".
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{{Comics TPB line|4|A Foregone Tomorrow|Vertigo||1563898276|*''100 Bullets'' #20-30
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "The Mimic", "Sell Fish and Out to Sea", "Red Prince Blues", "Mr. Branch and the Family Tree", "Idol Chatter", and "Contrabandolero".
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{{Comics TPB line|5|The Counterfifth Detective|Vertigo||1563899485|*''100 Bullets'' #31-36
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|notes = Contains the story arc of the same name.
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{{Comics TPB line|6|Six Feet Under The Gun|Vertigo||1563899965|*''100 Bullets'' #37-42
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "On Accidental Purpose", "Cole Burns' Slow Hand", "Ambition's Audition", "Night of the Payday", "A Crash", and "Point Off the Edge".
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{{Comics TPB line|7|Samurai|Vertigo||140120189X|*''100 Bullets'' #43-49
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "Chill in the Oven" and "In Stinked".
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{{Comics TPB line|8|The Hard Way|Vertigo||1401204902|*''100 Bullets'' #50-58
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "Prey for Reign", "Wylie Runs the Voodoo Down", and "Coda Smoke".
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{{Comics TPB line|9|Strychnine Lives|Vertigo||1401209289|*''100 Bullets'' #59-67
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "The Calm", "Staring at the Son", "The Dive", "New Tricks", and "Love Let Her".
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{{Comics TPB line|10|Decayed|Vertigo||140120998X|*''100 Bullets'' #68-75
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "Sleep, Walker", "A Wake", and "Amorality Play".
|color = y
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{{Comics TPB line|11|Once Upon a Crime|Vertigo||1401213154|*''100 Bullets'' #76-83
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "Punch Line", "A Split Decision", and "Tarantula".
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{{Comics TPB line|12|Dirty|Vertigo||140121939X|*''100 Bullets'' #84-88
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|notes = Contains the story arcs "The Lady Tonight", "Red Lions", "Rain in Vain", "The Blister", and "My Lonely Friend".
|color = y
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{{Comics TPB line|13|Wilt|Vertigo||1401222870|*''100 Bullets'' #89-100
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|lead = 100 Bullets
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===100 Bullets Deluxe Edition===
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|-
!#!!Title!!ISBN!!Release date!!Pages!!Collected material
|-
|1
|''100 Bullets - Book I'' 
|{{ISBN|1-4012-3201-9}} (HC)
{{ISBN|1-4012-5056-4}} (TPB)
|October 11, 2011 (HC)
November 4, 2014 (TPB)
|456
|''100 Bullets'' #1–19, ''Vertigo Winter's Edge'' #3
|-
|2
|''100 Bullets - Book II'' 
|{{ISBN|1-4012-3372-4}} (HC)
{{ISBN|1-4012-5431-4}} (TPB)
|April 17, 2012 (HC)
April 21, 2015 (TPB)
|416
|''100 Bullets'' #20-36
|-
|3
|''100 Bullets - Book III'' 
|{{ISBN|1-4012-3729-0}} (HC)
{{ISBN|1-4012-5795-X}} (TPB)
|September 25, 2012 (HC)
September 22, 2015 (TPB)
|528
|''100 Bullets'' #37-58
|-
|4
|''100 Bullets - Book IV'' 
|{{ISBN|1-4012-3807-6}} (HC)
{{ISBN|1-4012-5794-1}}
|April 23, 2013 (HC)
January 12, 2016 (TPB)
|512
|''100 Bullets'' #59-80
|-
|5
|''100 Bullets - Book V'' 
|{{ISBN|1-4012-4271-5}} (HC)
{{ISBN|1-4012-6133-7}} (TPB)
|December 3, 2013 (HC)
April 5, 2016 (TPB)
|512
|''100 Bullets'' #81-100
|}

===100 Bullets Omnibus===
The series has been collected in two [[DC Omnibus|Omnibus]] hardcover editions. Although the second volume was initially solicited to include the follow-up ''Brother Lono'' miniseries in addition to the main series, ultimately only the original hundred issues were collected (plus an early short story).

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|-
!#!!Title!!ISBN!!Release date!!Pages!!Collected material
|-
|1
|''100 Bullets Omnibus Vol. 1'' 
|{{ISBN|1-7795-0742-9}} (HC)
|January 12, 2021
|1376
|''100 Bullets'' #1–58, ''Vertigo Winter's Edge'' #3
|-
|2
|''100 Bullets Omnibus Vol. 2'' 
|{{ISBN|1779514867}} (HC)
|June 28, 2022
|1008
|''100 Bullets'' #59-100
|}

==Media adaptations==
[[Acclaim Entertainment|Acclaim]] announced plans to release a [[video game]] based on ''100 Bullets'', but following the collapse of Acclaim's publishing house, the game was cancelled. It was intended that the player would be either Cole Burns or Snow Falls (a completely original character) and play in a third person view, with actor Keanu Reeves portraying Cole Burns. The plot was not publicly known, aside from a supposition that it followed the plot of the comic book.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

[[D3 Publisher|D3 Publisher of America]] obtained the rights from [[Warner Bros.]] to publish a ''[[100 Bullets (video game)|100 Bullets]]'' video game in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d3publisher.us/PressDetails.asp?ID=4 |title=D3PUBLISHER OF AMERICA AND WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INK LICENSING AGREEMENT FOR DC COMICS/VERTIGO 100 BULLETS |publisher=D3publisher.us |date=2006-05-03 |access-date=2012-12-16 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028041009/http://www.d3publisher.us/PressDetails.asp?ID=4 |archive-date=2012-10-28}} {{Cite web |url=http://www.d3publisher.us/PressDetails.asp?ID=4 |title=D3Publisher - Press News Item |access-date=2012-12-07 |archive-date=2012-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028041009/http://www.d3publisher.us/PressDetails.asp?ID=4 |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148880.html |title=Brendan Sinclair, E3 06: 100 Bullets gets another shot at gaming (May 3, 2006) |publisher=Gamespot.com |date=2006-05-03 |access-date=2012-12-16}}</ref> They intended to make a video game completely independent from Acclaim's aborted vision, albeit still heavily reliant on input and plotting from [[Brian Azzarello]] and releasing it in Q3 2007, but was never released.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.d3publisher.us/ProductListing.asp |title=D3Publisher released games - 100 Bullets is not included |publisher=D3publisher.us |access-date=2012-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127163605/http://www.d3publisher.us/ProductListing.asp |archive-date=2012-11-27 |url-status=usurped}} {{Cite web |url=http://www.d3publisher.us/ProductListing.asp |title=D3Publisher - Games |access-date=2012-12-07 |archive-date=2012-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127163605/http://www.d3publisher.us/ProductListing.asp |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

In 2011, screenwriter [[David S. Goyer]] was attached to executive produce and write a TV series based on the comics for [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_7WiXKakAQ&feature=feedu  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/e_7WiXKakAQ |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=IGNentertainment, New Jurassic Park & Spider-Man Details - IGN Weekly 'Wood: 06.23.11 |publisher=Youtube.com |date=2011-06-23 |access-date=2012-12-16}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Two years later, Goyer said that the project got "incredibly close" at Showtime before being turned down due to a multitude of mass shootings across the United States. He called the sudden turn of events "frustrating", further stating: "At one point, I thought it was going to happen at Showtime. It got to the three-yard line".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/62904 |title=David S. Goyer And Mr. Beaks Talk MAN OF STEEL Spoilers! DA VINCI'S DEMONS,100 BULLETS And JUSTICE LEAGUE Also Discussed! |publisher=aintitcool.com |date=2013-06-17 |access-date=2013-08-23}}</ref>

In 2014, [[SciFiNow]] reported ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''{{'}}s release of information regarding upcoming Warner Brothers films based on [[DC Comics]] properties. The films that were revealed to be in development included the much anticipated [[Justice League (film)|''Justice League'' film]]; ''[[Shazam! (film)|Shazam!]]'', ''[[Fables (comics)|Fables]]'', and ''100 Bullets'' were among the other films listed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/justice-league-fables-100-bullets-fables-shazam-films-revealed/|title=Justice League, Fables, 100 Bullets, Metal Men & Shazam Films Revealed|publisher=scifinow.co.uk|date=2014-04-28|access-date=2014-04-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/04/27/warner-bros-details-plans-for-justice-league-movie-exclusive/?KEYWORDS=Warner+Bros|title=Warner Bros. Plans 'Justice League' Movie Directed by Zack Snyder (Exclusive)|publisher=blogs.wsj.com|date=2014-04-27|access-date=2014-04-29}}</ref> A film adaptation was announced in August 2015, and was to be produced by [[Tom Hardy]] with the option for him to star in the film, written by Chris Borrelli and distributed by [[New Line Cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/tom-hardy-taboo-filming-dc-comics-movie-tv-series/|title=Tom Hardy Talks Steven Knight's FX Series TABOO|publisher=Collider|last=Goldberg|first=Matt|date=May 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tom-hardy-tackling-vertigo-comic-814472|title=Tom Hardy Tackling Vertigo Comic "100 Bullets" for New Line (Exclusive)|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Kit|first=Borys|date=August 11, 2015}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
The series has attracted critical acclaim from within and beyond the American comics industry,<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/dc-comics-and-warner-bros-unveil-new-company-logo-dc-comics-publisher-superman-batman|title=DC Comics And Warner Bros. Unveil A New Company Logo For DC Comics, The Publisher Of Superman, Batman And Wonder Woman|publisher=[[Warner Bros.]]|date=May 9, 2005|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=December 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214082917/https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/dc-comics-and-warner-bros-unveil-new-company-logo-dc-comics-publisher-superman-batman|url-status=dead}}</ref> as "very violent, dark and clever"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20060604/ai_n16455630|title=HIT LIST|newspaper=[[Independent on Sunday]]|date=June 4, 2006|access-date=December 14, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071113152337/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20060604/ai_n16455630|archive-date=November 13, 2007}}</ref> and "a series of compelling morality tales".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/the-10-most-shocking-moments-in-vertigos-100-bullets/|title=The 10 Most Shocking Moments In Vertigo's 100 Bullets|website=Comic Book Resources|date=January 14, 2020|first=C.J.|last=Standal|access-date=December 14, 2021|archive-date=December 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214082915/https://www.cbr.com/the-10-most-shocking-moments-in-vertigos-100-bullets/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In his introduction for the second volume collection, [[Howard Chaykin]] wrote: "Thanks are overdue to both these guys for producing the most exciting comic book in years".<ref>Chaykin, Howard. "Introduction", ''100 Bullets: Split Second Chance'' (Vertigo/DC Comics, 2001).</ref>

===Awards===
The series won the 2002 [[Harvey Award]]s for Best Writer, Best Artist and Best Continuing Series, and the 2003 Harvey Award for Best Artist, as well as the 2001 [[Eisner Award]] for Best Serialized Story, and the 2002 and 2004 Eisner Award for [[Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series|Best Continuing Series]].<ref name="vert-ency"/>

==Sequel==
The franchise's creative team behind the original ''100 Bullets'' joined forces once again to work on a [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] sequel, ''Brother Lono'', released in April 2014.<ref>Rogers, Vaneta. [http://www.newsarama.com/11020-dc-announces-brother-lono-a-100-bullets-reunion.html "DC Announces BROTHER LONO - A 100 BULLETS Reunion"],{{dead|date=August 2021}} ''Newsarama'' (01 March 2013). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306211115/http://www.newsarama.com/11020-dc-announces-brother-lono-a-100-bullets-reunion.html Archived at the Wayback Machine].</ref> It was an 8-issue limited series that detailed Lono's rehabilitated life in Durango after the events of ''100 Bullets'' issue #100.<ref>Drew and Patrick [https://retcon-punch.com/2013/07/22/100-bullets-brother-lono-2/ "100 Bullets: Brother Lono 2"], ''Retcon Punch!'' (July 22, 2013).</ref>

===Collected editions===
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! style="font-weight:normal;" |''100 Bullets: Brother Lono''
|Softcover
|{{ISBN|978-1401245061}}
|April 15, 2014
|192
! style="font-weight:normal;" |''100 Bullets: Brother Lono'' #1-8
|}

==See also==
Other titles by the same creative team:
* ''[[Jonny Double (Vertigo)|Jonny Double]]''
* ''[[Broken City (comics)|Batman: Broken City]]''
* ''Flashpoint: Knight of Vengeance''
* ''[[Spaceman (comics)|Spaceman]]''

==References==
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==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
* [http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/aug99/azzarello.shtml Brian Azzarello interview to Sequential Tart] (August 1999) regards the development of ''100 Bullets'', among other things

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