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God bless you, Mr. Nimoy

Historians grit their teeth every time someone alludes to the "mystery of the Roanoke colony". There is no mystery deeper than the exact date that the colonists decided to abandon the stockade and live among the natives. The notion that this was a desperation move is exasperatingly Euro-centric. The surrounding Indians were not bloodthirsty savages, nor were resources scarce. Life as a non-colonist was very tempting. In fact, English colonies eventually had to threaten deserters with death. No one at the time was all that shocked that the colony failed, nor did they much doubt why. Or even where the colonists went: nearby Croatan Island, which they'd indicated before leaving.

NEVERTHELESS, the episode of "In Search Of" in which every last bit of balderdash and woo-woo speculation was trotted out for historically-naive viewers was ABSOLUTE GOLD. That was the spookiest work of pseudo-documentary until "The Blair Witch Project", and well deserves to be memorialized in a comic based on a revisionist history of Europe's secret societies.

Hey, if you can't get history right, you can at least make it thrilling.

numbers in the title of trades

OK, I like the pun on the TPB names, where the number of the volume is stated or implied in the title. However, I can't figure out the third volume.

First Stop Last Call - 1st is in the title
Split Second Chance - 2nd is in the title
Hang up on the Hang Low - ???
A Foregone Conclusion - "Fore" is a homophone for 4
The Counterfifth Detective - 5th is in the title
Six Feet Under The Gun - 6 is in the title
Samurai - 7 is implied by the famous Akira Kurosawa movie The Seven Samurai
The Hard Way - "8 the hard way" is a common craps term

While some of the connections are a little weak (particularly 8), there is at least some reason there. Can anyone find the connection for the 3rd volume? --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:27, August 10, 2005 (UTC)

It's possible they may not be trying too hardElijya 16:54, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The third volume is an exception. This book contains the story arc, which is also titled "Hang Up on the High Low". Since this story won an Eisner Award, DC/Vertigo decided to emphasise the victory in the makrting by selecting the same title for the paperback edition. 14 November 2005 (Martin Ross)

Ahh... Damn publishers ruin everything. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:55, 14 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

how does vol.10 "decayed" fit into it?~sumguy

Separate Articles for Issues/Story Arcs and Characters/Trust/Minutemen?

I think these sections are really long enough to each warrant their own article. Does anyone really disagree? I think the info could be moved to 100 Bullets(Issues) and 100 Bullets(Characters), respectively.

Thanks. Toffile 15:20, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have no opinion on the move, but if you do, the proper disambig titles would be 100 Bullets (issues) and List of characters in 100 Bullets. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:28, August 15, 2005 (UTC)

Since no one has seemed to mind, I'll move them...Toffile 04:19, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

1)Frankly it seems a little strange, to move it off the page to its own page. While long has the page reached the 32k limit? 2) And the title "List of characters" seems too long. Even if we were going to do this, then wouldnt the originally suggested page name.. 100 Bullets(Characters) be better? Sunburst 20:34, 15 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Plot" Subsections 2.2 and 2.4: Huh?

The quality of the article takes a strange downturn in subsections 2.2 and 2.4. There is a jolting change from a generalized, encyclopedic approach to the subject matter to a very specific approach that drops names of unidentified characters and vaguely addresses plot events as if we already know what the writer is talking about. Subsections 2.1 and 2.3 at least introduce their subject and discuss it with some limited clarity, but 2.2 and 2.4 are nearly gibberish to someone who hasn't read the comic. I think a rewrite is definitely needed here. It's all well and good if you're writing for fans who already know all the details, but this is supposed to be an encyclopedia. Canonblack 22:26, 24 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Removed sections on Atlantic City, "Croatoa", and The Death of Mr. Shepherd, as they seemed to be confusing and unwarranted under this entry. Perhaps they would be a better fit under 100 Bullets (issues), but should be at least rewritten into a more cohesive and encyclopedic subsection. Slymole 9 January 2005

Revival of the game series?

With Acclaim coming back into power, the series apparently is coming back as well. An agreement has been made for PC and handheld verisons (DS? PSP?). And none of the old status of the game assets apparently are to be used. Looks promissing: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6148880.html

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last changes

I just made some changes where a user wrote a lote of bullshit.

first: 100 bullets isn't actually influenced by sin city.there are a lot of noir comics and influences.let's think wider, please.

second: conspiracy analogy TO DA VINCI CODE?c'mon, no sense.