Cover: John McCrea
Hitman #22
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A weeping Santa Claus with a pistol shoved in his mouth — while a menacing figure looms in red behind him amid a swirl of falling snow — sets the darkly comic tone for "The Santa Contract" perfectly. This January 1998 issue captures everything that made Garth Ennis and John McCrea's Hitman such a sharp, irreverent gem: genuine menace wrapped in absurdist humor. McCrea's cover work here is wonderfully expressive, delivering both a gut-punch and a grin in a single image.
writer Garth Ennis · artist John McCrea · inker Steve Pugh · colorist Carla Feeny · colorist Heroic Age · letterer Willie Schubert · cover John McCrea
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Full credits
writer Garth Ennis
artist John McCrea
inker Steve Pugh
colorist Carla Feeny
colorist Heroic Age
letterer Willie Schubert
cover pencils, inks John McCrea
Reprints
Reprinted in Hitman: Ace of Killers #[nn] (2000), Lobo #37 (2000), Hitman #4 (2011)
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