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* PetTheDog: Give X some credit, when compared to most vigilante killers, he at least has the decency to give them a warning first.
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One of the more popular series of Creator/DarkHorseComics' short-lived superhero universe ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'', which showcased different types of superheroes throughout its four environments. X represented the NinetiesAntiHero, who was determined to rid the city of Arcadia of the rampant crime and corruption that plagued it and was willing to kill anyone who stood in his way. A single diagonal slash across your face meant that you were warned and you'd better not break his rules again; if he completed the X, he killed you. No exceptions.
His first story was in ''Dark Horse Comics'' #8-10 back in 1992, which was later reprinted as ''X: One Shot to the Head''. He started the ''Comics' Greatest World'' weekly 16-issue launch in 1993, where he featured prominently in all four Arcadia issues. February 1994 saw the first issue of his ongoing series, which lasted 25 issues, the last of which was published in April 1996.
Dark Horse rebooted the series in 2013, along with ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}} and a few other ''CGW'' heroes, as part of its ''Project Black Sky'' imprint. The reboot was reasonably successful, lasting 25 issues.
No relation to ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'', the ''VideoGame/{{X}}-Universe'' video games, ''VideoGame/XCom'', or the {{Rock}} bands Music/XUSBand and Music/XJapan.
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!!''X'' provides examples of:
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* AnyoneCanDie: No matter if you're a thug, a corrupted cop or even the mayor, if you're marked by X, then beware.
* AuthorAppeal: Being part of Dark Horse in those years and having [[ComicBook/SinCity his own comic book]], the famous NinetiesAntiHero creator Creator/FrankMiller put his distinctive seal to X making the covers of issue no.1 for ''[[https://d2lzb5v10mb0lj.cloudfront.net/covers/300/c/cgw1.jpg Comics' Greatest World]]'' and the ''[[http://covers.cbrd.info/9e52879c2eb8bd9399aa646abfc98dd7_l.jpg One Shot to the Head]]'' compilation, both having X as the protagonist.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: X's methods are questionable, to say the least, but the criminals and police officers he goes after are no less corrupt.
* CallingCard: X would send his targets a photo of themselves with a single diagonal red slash across their face as a warning to mend their ways. If they ignored the warning, they received a second diagonal slash, meaning death.
* {{Determinator}}: X is willing to do whatever it takes to clean up the streets of Arcadia.
* ExactWords: The first mark is a warning. The second mark is death. If the X is completed on your face or an image of your face, then X will kill you, even if he wasn't the one who put it there.
* GuardStationsTerminallyUnattended: X does this a lot, contributing to his persona of a ghost-like, unstoppable character.
* GunsAkimbo: X frequently wields a pair of pistols, as does Ghost who sometimes crosses paths with him.
* HandicappedBadass: At the end of the fourth issue of Arcadia arc of ''CGW'', X takes off the mask and it's revealed he wears an EyepatchOfPower, which is also the reason why in his costume only can be seen one eye, being the other one covered with the X.
* HealingFactor: Throughout the series, X is repeatedly shot, stabbed, burned, blown up, run over, etc., but he always heals from his injuries eventually. Later is revealed that he has a formula injected in his blood that give him this, and even more, if he's injured in certain way, the next time he's injured in the same way, the healing is faster than before.
* HellBentForLeather: The complete X outfit was made in black leather with some red on it.
* LoveHateRelationship: With [[ComicBook/GhostDarkHorseComics Ghost]]. Not specifically a "relationship" but they can be enemies as well allies, depending of how their paths are crossed. Also Ghost appeared in some of X's comics and viceversa.
* MarkedToDie: X's trademark. A single diagonal slash across your face meant that you were warned and you'd better not break his rules again; if he completed the X, he killed you. No exceptions.
* MysteriousPast: No one really knows who X is or where he came from, though clues to his origin are sprinkled throughout the series and is fully revealed during the final issues.
* NinetiesAntiHero: He becomes the poster boy of this trope, especially for ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld''.
* OneLetterName: X
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Apart of his antihero nickname, in the younghood, he was known as Jack.
* OnlyOneName: In flashbacks when he was a child, is revealed his name is Johnny, no last name is revealed although.
* RedIsViolent: As most of NinetiesAntiHero characters of the time, X also has red as part of his outfit, mostly in the X on his head, the BadassCape and the cords on his wristpads and boots.
* AScarToRemember: X is an urban {{vigilante| man}} with a "two strikes" policy. If he caught you doing crime once, he'd put a [[CruelMercy diagonal scar]] across your face. [[IWarnedYou If he caught you again]], he'd kill you and add [[CallingCard another diagonal slash to make an X]].
* WallOfWeapons: The X copycat killer has a small room featuring walls completely covered in guns and blades in his house.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: X wants to clean his beloved Arcadia of corruption, and if he has to kill people to achieve it, then he'll do it.
* WretchedHive: Arcadia is an orderly, smoothly run machine of a city. This is a world of shadow, danger, and bloody retribution. It is a city of corrupt officials and organized crime. The policemen who are not on the take are criminals in their own right.
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One of the more popular series of Creator/DarkHorseComics' short-lived superhero universe ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld'', which showcased different types of superheroes throughout its four environments. X represented the NinetiesAntiHero, who was determined to rid the city of Arcadia of the rampant crime and corruption that plagued it and was willing to kill anyone who stood in his way. A single diagonal slash across your face meant that you were warned and you'd better not break his rules again; if he completed the X, he killed you. No exceptions.
His first story was in ''Dark Horse Comics'' #8-10 back in 1992, which was later reprinted as ''X: One Shot to the Head''. He started the ''Comics' Greatest World'' weekly 16-issue launch in 1993, where he featured prominently in all four Arcadia issues. February 1994 saw the first issue of his ongoing series, which lasted 25 issues, the last of which was published in April 1996.
Dark Horse rebooted the series in 2013, along with ComicBook/{{Ghost|DarkHorseComics}} and a few other ''CGW'' heroes, as part of its ''Project Black Sky'' imprint. The reboot was reasonably successful, lasting 25 issues.
No relation to ''Manga/{{X 1999}}'', the ''VideoGame/{{X}}-Universe'' video games, ''VideoGame/XCom'', or the {{Rock}} bands Music/XUSBand and Music/XJapan.
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!!''X'' provides examples of:
%%Zero Context Example entries are not allowed on the wiki. All such entries have been commented out. Add context before uncommenting them.
* AnyoneCanDie: No matter if you're a thug, a corrupted cop or even the mayor, if you're marked by X, then beware.
* AuthorAppeal: Being part of Dark Horse in those years and having [[ComicBook/SinCity his own comic book]], the famous NinetiesAntiHero creator Creator/FrankMiller put his distinctive seal to X making the covers of issue no.1 for ''[[https://d2lzb5v10mb0lj.cloudfront.net/covers/300/c/cgw1.jpg Comics' Greatest World]]'' and the ''[[http://covers.cbrd.info/9e52879c2eb8bd9399aa646abfc98dd7_l.jpg One Shot to the Head]]'' compilation, both having X as the protagonist.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: X's methods are questionable, to say the least, but the criminals and police officers he goes after are no less corrupt.
* CallingCard: X would send his targets a photo of themselves with a single diagonal red slash across their face as a warning to mend their ways. If they ignored the warning, they received a second diagonal slash, meaning death.
* {{Determinator}}: X is willing to do whatever it takes to clean up the streets of Arcadia.
* ExactWords: The first mark is a warning. The second mark is death. If the X is completed on your face or an image of your face, then X will kill you, even if he wasn't the one who put it there.
* GuardStationsTerminallyUnattended: X does this a lot, contributing to his persona of a ghost-like, unstoppable character.
* GunsAkimbo: X frequently wields a pair of pistols, as does Ghost who sometimes crosses paths with him.
* HandicappedBadass: At the end of the fourth issue of Arcadia arc of ''CGW'', X takes off the mask and it's revealed he wears an EyepatchOfPower, which is also the reason why in his costume only can be seen one eye, being the other one covered with the X.
* HealingFactor: Throughout the series, X is repeatedly shot, stabbed, burned, blown up, run over, etc., but he always heals from his injuries eventually. Later is revealed that he has a formula injected in his blood that give him this, and even more, if he's injured in certain way, the next time he's injured in the same way, the healing is faster than before.
* HellBentForLeather: The complete X outfit was made in black leather with some red on it.
* LoveHateRelationship: With [[ComicBook/GhostDarkHorseComics Ghost]]. Not specifically a "relationship" but they can be enemies as well allies, depending of how their paths are crossed. Also Ghost appeared in some of X's comics and viceversa.
* MarkedToDie: X's trademark. A single diagonal slash across your face meant that you were warned and you'd better not break his rules again; if he completed the X, he killed you. No exceptions.
* MysteriousPast: No one really knows who X is or where he came from, though clues to his origin are sprinkled throughout the series and is fully revealed during the final issues.
* NinetiesAntiHero: He becomes the poster boy of this trope, especially for ''ComicBook/ComicsGreatestWorld''.
* OneLetterName: X
* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Apart of his antihero nickname, in the younghood, he was known as Jack.
* OnlyOneName: In flashbacks when he was a child, is revealed his name is Johnny, no last name is revealed although.
* RedIsViolent: As most of NinetiesAntiHero characters of the time, X also has red as part of his outfit, mostly in the X on his head, the BadassCape and the cords on his wristpads and boots.
* AScarToRemember: X is an urban {{vigilante| man}} with a "two strikes" policy. If he caught you doing crime once, he'd put a [[CruelMercy diagonal scar]] across your face. [[IWarnedYou If he caught you again]], he'd kill you and add [[CallingCard another diagonal slash to make an X]].
* WallOfWeapons: The X copycat killer has a small room featuring walls completely covered in guns and blades in his house.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: X wants to clean his beloved Arcadia of corruption, and if he has to kill people to achieve it, then he'll do it.
* WretchedHive: Arcadia is an orderly, smoothly run machine of a city. This is a world of shadow, danger, and bloody retribution. It is a city of corrupt officials and organized crime. The policemen who are not on the take are criminals in their own right.
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