History ComicBook / Red2003

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:Paul_Moses_03.jpg "I'm the monster. Do your best."]]]]

* TheMovie: See {{Film/Red}}.

The book was published under Wildstorm's more writer-driven ''Homage Comics'' imprint. Although it wasn't widely popular, Red met with critical acclaim when it was first published, and became a cult hit. Creator/BruceWillis also plays the main character in [[Film/{{Red}} a 2010 film adaptation]], which... on the one hand, appears to play the thing for comedy, and on the other hand, has Creator/HelenMirren [[RuleOfCool manning a Ma Deuce]]. And [[PragmaticAdaptation Warren Ellis has at least thrown his backing behind it]], on the grounds that the original graphic novel might have hit "44 minutes, if you included a musical number."

''Red'' was a three-issue comic book miniseries written by Creator/WarrenEllis in 2004 for Creator/{{Wildstorm}}. It tells the story of Paul Moses, a retired CIA operative who was at one point the most dangerous man in the world, spending his remaining days trying to live with the things he has done. He is responsible for a nearly impossible number of atrocities and assassinations committed over a forty year career working in the interest of national security.

* AssholeVictim: Beesly. The man is a smug pencil-pusher that doesn't understands that people like Moses are perfectly willing to take their secrets to the grave (and will slaughter anybody stupid enough to try to take them out) [[WeHaveReserves or that sending his men to die in droves is just tossing good money after bad]].
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Moses. Though in his case it is more like Been There, Killed Important People, Shaped History.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Moses is a man who has done lots of horrible things, but is willing to pay for them by going to Hell when he dies. Beesly is a pencil-pushing idiot that is willing to let many of his employees die and hands out assassination orders like there's no tomorrow for the sake of improving the CIA's reputation.

* {{Determinator}}: Moses. The man takes on the CIA single-handedly and does so much damage by the time the comic ends [[spoiler:it looks like he is still capable of killing the whole Agency alone, even if he's cornered and has about fifty guns trained on him at point-blank range.]]

* ImproperlyParanoid: The whole mess occurs because Beesly overreacts and decides it's best to kill a man that was incredibly loyal to the Agency when he was active and is now retired and peacefully living what little is left of the rest of his days in seclusion rather than risk the infinitesimally small chance [[HeKnowsTooMuch that someone will make him talk about what he's done.]]

* NotSoStoic: Moses might be able to kill as easily as he breathes and shows little to no outward remorse about it, but the fact that at he at several points experiences what can only be described as PTSD-like flashbacks about his bloody past, shows that all the killing he has done is actually bothering him on some level.
* OhCrap: At the end, when Beesley is on the phone with Moses thinking he's won, and confidently telling him that unless he stops he will place an order to have Paul's niece murdered. Then they hear a knock on the door behind them, and Moses calmly walks in with his cell phone and a gun having slaughtered the rest of their defenses... during the conversation. The look of sheer terror is priceless.

A new director is appointed to the CIA named Michael Beesley, a naive overconfident politician with little military experience. The Deputy Director, Adrian Kane, briefs him on his first day and informs him of Moses' career, and the extend of it. Beesley freaks out upon discovering not only the sheer number of high profile assassinations, but also that the man who carried them out is still alive, and worries what might happen if his crimes are ever exposed to the public. To bury the past, he orders the death of Paul Moses, over the protests of Kane, who insists that Moses is nowadays just a harmless retiree, who wouldn't dream of betraying the agency.

* MoralityPet: Moses' niece.

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:Paul_Moses_03.jpg "I'm the monster. Do your best."]]]]
* BeenThereShapedHistory: Moses. Though in his case it is more like Been There, Killed Important People, Shaped History.

A new director is appointed to the CIA named Michael Beesley, a naive overconfident politician with little military experience. The Deputy Director, Adrian Kane, briefs him on his first day and informs him of Moses' career, and the extend of it. Beesley freaks out upon discovering not only the seer numbers of high profile assassinations, but also that the man who carried them out is still alive, and worries what might happen if his crimes are ever exposed to the public. To bury the past, he orders the death of Paul Moses, over the protests of Kane, who insists that Moses is nowadays just a harmless retiree, who wouldn't dream of betraying the agency.

* AssholeVictim: Beesly. The man is a smug pencil-pusher that doesn't understands that people like Moses are perfectly willing to take their secrets to the grave, [[WeHaveReserves or that sending his men to die in droves is just tossing good money after bad]].

** CrapsackWorld

* MandatoryUnretirement: He is forced into this when the CIA comes to kill him.

* MoralityPet: His niece.

* OneManArmy
* RedShirt: Pretty much everybody he meets.
* RetiredMonster: Moses is aware that he was basically a mass-murdering monster during his time in the CIA, but he was pretty content with his retirement, and he is not happy about being force out of it.

* SmugSnake

* AssholeVictim:
* BlackAndGrayMorality

* {{Determinator}}

* MotiveRant

A new director is appointed to the CIA named Michael Beesley, a naive overconfident politician with little military experience. After being briefed on his first day and learning of Moses' career, he freaks out that the man is still alive, and what might happen if his crimes are ever exposed to the public. To bury the past, he orders the death of Paul Moses.

* NotSoStoic: Moses might be able to kill as easily as he breathes and shows little to no outward remorse about it, but the fact that at he at several point experiences what can only be described as PTSD-like flashbacks about his bloody past, shows that all the killing he has done is actually bothering him on some level.

* WhoKilledJFK: A flashback shows that it was actually Moses who did the deed.

* NotSoStoic: Moses might be able to kill as easily as he breathes and shows little to no outward remorse about it, but the fact that the sound of rain triggers what can only be described as a PTSD flashback about his bloody past, shows that all the killing he has done is actually bothering him on some level.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: He won't kill children.

* RetiredMonster

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Moses is very, very aware of this.

!!This WildStorm volume contains examples of:

''Red'' was a three-issue comic book miniseries written by WarrenEllis in 2004 for {{Wildstorm}}. It tells the story of Paul Moses, a retired CIA operative who was at one point the most dangerous man in the world, spending his remaining days trying to live with the things he has done. He is responsible for a nearly impossible number of atrocities and assassinations committed over a forty year career working in the interest of national security.

Returning home one night to find a highly trained squad of professional killers waiting for him in his living room, Moses brutally kills them all. He recognizes their attack patterns, and realizes that he has been betrayed by his former employers. After grabbing all of the weapons he can carry, he places a phone call in putting himself back on red status, making him an active agent again. He then announces that he will personally kill the men responsible for disrupting his peaceful life, in addition to everybody else working for them who so much as knows his name.

The book was published under Wildstorm's more writer-driven ''Homage Comics'' imprint. Although it wasn't widely popular, Red met with critical acclaim when it was first published, and became a cult hit. BruceWillis also plays the main character in [[Film/{{Red}} a 2010 film adaptation]], which... on the one hand, appears to play the thing for comedy, and on the other hand, has Creator/HelenMirren [[RuleOfCool manning a Ma Deuce]]. And [[PragmaticAdaptation Warren Ellis has at least thrown his backing behind it]], on the grounds that the original graphic novel might have hit "44 minutes, if you included a musical number."

'''Red''' was a three-issue comic book miniseries written by WarrenEllis in 2004 for {{Wildstorm}}. It tells the story of Paul Moses, a retired CIA operative who was at one point the most dangerous man in the world, spending his remaining days trying to live with the things he has done. He is responsible for a nearly impossible number of atrocities and assassinations committed over a forty year career working in the interest of national security.

* GoryDiscretionShot: Both played straight and [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/File:Paul_Moses_09.jpg brutally averted]].

* {{Anti-Hero}}: Type IV

The book was published under Wildstorm's more writer-driven ''Homage Comics'' imprint. Although it wasn't widely popular, Red met with critical acclaim when it was first published, and became a cult hit. BruceWillis also plays the main character in [[Film/{{Red}} a 2010 film adaptation]], which... on the one hand, appears to play the thing for comedy, and on the other hand, has HelenMirren [[RuleOfCool manning a Ma Deuce]]. And [[PragmaticAdaptation Warren Ellis has at least thrown his backing behind it]], on the grounds that the original graphic novel might have hit "44 minutes, if you included a musical number."