Protagonists List of DC Comics Hitman characters

1 protagonists

1.1 tommy monaghan
1.2 natt hat
1.3 sean noonan
1.4 ringo chen
1.5 deborah tiegel
1.6 hacken

protagonists
tommy monaghan

tommy monaghan hitman cauldron, irish section of gotham city. received telepathy , x-ray vision after being bitten alien (see bloodlines), tries keep secret. or without powers, hitman in gotham.

he raised in saint killian s orphanage sister concepta, spending of childhood pat noonan , pat s uncle, sean. first saw gun when bully pulled 1 on him after fight; survived after stared bully down. tommy intended go gotham university pat in 1989 , 2 tried buy pot off local thug resell @ university - when dealer tried threaten pat more money, tommy shot him.

in order sean convince dealer s cousins not retaliate, tommy had leave gotham , joined united states marine corps. there met , befriended natt (and killed second victims, 2 marines trying assault natt). went gulf war together, , inadvertently killed british sas soldiers 1 night in friendly fire incident never reported. after war, returned gotham , became professional hitman.

he wears sunglasses hide all-black eyes - side effect of bloodlines. unable cry these eyes.

natt hat

natt hat walls tommy s partner. growing in detroit, joined marines away gangs. there met , befriended tommy. went gulf war together, , inadvertently killed british sas soldiers 1 night in friendly fire incident never reported. after war, tried return gang, policeman saved life , gang suspected treachery. natt fled, settling gotham tommy. natt promised dying mother no longer curse, air used turn blue around him. starts swearing again around issue 23, due current situation (see below). series uses term mothaloving in place of more realistic swearing.

sean noonan

sean noonan tommy s father figure. sean raised nephew pat, tommy s best friend since youth. sean @ 1 time hitman of reputation in city. when seven, sean fled abusive father , accidentally got stuck on hms jervis bay; inspired courage , sacrifice of british sailors, went save mother. years later, joined marines , fought in korea, saw every man in platoon die.

he came gotham, got job tending bar, , won bar in poker game. noonan s sleazy bar became resident hang out local hitmen: sleazy bar graffiti put pat , tommy in 1979, sean intended paint on ten years before giving up. around time, saved young police officer named connolly 2 robbers. in such ways, collected many favors on years.

he wanted old dog put on tombstone; after death in 2000, tommy instead put beloved father .

ringo chen

ringo chen other best hitman in town , more cold-blooded tommy (though nobody sure deadlier). there tension between two, expects square off 1 day. despite this, , tommy close. ringo grew in extremely poor village in china, never went hungry because parents go without food instead; in order tend them once grew up, joined people s liberation army. when refused shoot protestors in tiananmen square, imprisoned, tortured - , parents murdered. escaped, killed commanders , fled new york, became hitman, cousin, later freelance. ringo believes met death once, after hit.

ringo inspired chow yun fat s gun wielding characters in movies directed john woo.

deborah tiegel

deborah tiegel tommy s love interest of series. officer in gotham police department, thrown off force not participating in widespread corruption. lives senile grandfather , mother - grandfather implied ex-nazi, ignores. referred person in tommy s life, , breaks him because kills people living. exceptional marksman, , provides sniper cover heroes amid large firefights.

hacken

hacken hangs out @ noonan s as (including sean) , joins in killer talk, not seem professional; make fun of him. @ 1 point, refers himself , ringo partners, tommy , natt, , ringo doesn t have heart dissuade him. on in series, having become involved in zombie battle @ gotham aquarium, hacken cuts off own zombie bitten hand - shortly thereafter discover bite not in fact have killed him.

hacken wanted tommy , natt in final battle knocked unconscious tommy, d survive. jla/hitman , #50 show continues stay @ noonan s until old age, , fifty years after tommy s death tells gotham uni students truth friends.

hacken later seen trying assist superman alien difficulty in metropolis. had made friends long-time superman fan bibbo bibbowski