[1] The series ended prematurely when CrossGen went bankrupt, but the company was bought by Marvel Comics.
Marvel then announced in August 2011 that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was one of several CrossGen titles returning as a five-issue limited series, with Peter Milligan writing the story and Ramon Rosanas as the artist.
His name has garnered a reputation over the years for invoking fear in those who hear it, with the current incarnation adding to the mythos in his own way.
As the pair arrive, they find that the prisoner's hands have been cut off, his tongue has been removed, and that there is a bomb strapped to his chest.
Later, what seems like Adolf Hitler, Stalin, and an albino character later identified as Lazarus Bale, are leaving the prison as the bomb explodes.