John Wick's Prequel Revealed the Real Reason He's So Unstoppable
The films in the John Wick franchise hardly goes in-depth into the titular character's upbringing and origin story, but the comic book limited series from Dynamite Comics goes a long way in filling in those gaps. Specifically, the comics go a long way in highlighting exactly what makes John Wick himself such an unbelievable, unstoppable killing machine.
The five-issue John Wick comic series was first published in 2017 and is written by Greg Pak with art by Giovanni Valletta. Taking place before the first film, the miniseries sees John Wick embarking on a personal mission of revenge against a ruthless old enemy named Calamity as well as a group of assassins known as the Three Bills. As he carries out this vendetta, John is introduced to the world of the Continental Hotel and the rules that its assassin members must follow.
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Throughout the comic series, the reader gets brief glimpses peaking into John Wick's childhood, beginning with the first issue. In a flashback readers see a young boy and aspiring thief chased by a quartet of criminals through the streets of El Sauzel, Baja California in Mexico. It is later revealed that these criminals are the Three Bills and Calamity while the boy will grow up to be John Wick. The boy has stolen money off of these criminals and thus the scene culminates with Calamity shooting a bazooka at young John, but instead hitting a small village, killing 53 villagers in the process, including his friend Fidelio. Witnessing this massacre and experiencing a personal loss at a young age should be enough to explain the revenge that drives John Wick's furious blood lust. But it's actually much deeper than that. John Wick's
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