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Edwards (surname)
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This article is about the surname "Edwards". For other uses, see Edwards.
Edwards
Origin
Region of origin
England, Wales and Scotland
Word/Name
English, Welsh and Scottish
Meaning
rarely the "Son of Edward" this would be Edwardson, the Modern interpretation of Edward is as the plural "The family of Edward were known as Edwards"
Footnotes: Frequency Comparison:[1]
Edwards is a patronymic surname, which arose separately in England and Wales. It means 'son of Edward'. Edwards is the 14th most common surname in Wales and 21st most common in England.[1] Within the United States, it was ranked as the 49th-most common surname as surveyed in 1990,[2] falling to 51st in 2014.[1]
Contents
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1 Persons with surname Edwards
1.1 A
1.2 B
1.3 C
1.4 D
1.5 E
1.6 F
1.7 G
1.8 H
1.9 I
1.10 J
1.11 K
1.12 L
1.13 M
1.14 N
1.15 P
1.16 R
1.17 S
1.18 T
1.19 W
2 Others
3 See also
4 References
Persons with surname Edwards[edit]
Edwards (baseball)
A[edit]
Aaron Edwards (born 1984), Australian rules footballer
Alex Edwards (born 1975), English cricketer
Alex Edwards (footballer) (born 1946), Scottish footballer
Alexander Edwards (1885–1918), Scottish soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
Allen Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Amelia Edwards (1831–1892), English novelist, journalist and Egyptologist
Amy Edwards, Australian actress and singer
Arthur Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Austin Burton Edwards (1909–1960), Australian geologist
B[edit]
Becky Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Bela Bates Edwards (1802–1852), American clergyman, author and periodical editor
Benjamin Edwards (disambiguation), Benjamin and Ben, multiple people
Bernard Edwards (American football) (born 1969), American football player
Blake Edwards (1922–2010), American film director, screenwriter, and producer
Brian Edwards (disambiguation), Brian and Bryan, multiple people
Braylon Edwards (born 1983), American football player
C[edit]
Caitlyn Edwards (born 1996), Australian rules footballer
Carl Edwards (born 1979), NASCAR driver
Carl Johannes Edwards (1914–85), English stained glass designer
Charlotte Edwards (born 1979), English cricketer
Clancy Edwards (born 1955), American track and field sprinter
Chet Edwards (born 1951), American Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives
Clement Edwards (1869–1938), Welsh lawyer, journalist, trade union activist and Liberal politician
Clarence Ransom Edwards (1860–1931), American general
Colin Edwards (born 1974), professional motorcycle racer
Colin Edwards (footballer) (1991–2013), Guyanese footballer
Colin Edwards (journalist) (1924–1994), Welsh journalist
Craig Edwards (Australian footballer) (born 1961)
Craig Edwards (English footballer) (born 1982)
Craig Edwards (tennis) (born 1955), American tennis player
D[edit]
Daniel Edwards, sculptor
Daniel R. Edwards, American World War I Medal of Honor recipient
David Edwards (disambiguation), Dave and David, multiple people
Derek Edwards, Canadian comedian
Derek Edwards (rugby league), English rugby fullback
Douglas Edwards, (1917–1990), American television news anchor
Donna Edwards (born before 1960), American a lawyer community activist
Donnie Edwards (born 1973), former American football linebacker who played for Kansas City Chiefs and the San Diego Chargers
Duncan Edwards (1936–1958), English footballer who played for Manchester United
E[edit]
Eddie Edwards (tennis), South African tennis player
Edward Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Edwin Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people, including:
Edwin Edwards, governor of Louisiana
F[edit]
Fidel Edwards (born 1982), Barbadian cricketer
G[edit]
Gareth Edwards (born 1947), Welsh rugby union player
Gary Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Geoff Edwards (1931–2014), TV & radio personality
George Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Glen Edwards (pilot), test pilot, namesake of Edwards Air Force Base
Graham Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Gus Edwards (songwriter) (1879–1945), US-American songwriter and vaudevillian
H[edit]
Harold Edwards (mathematician) (born 1936), American mathematician
Harry Stillwell Edwards (1855–1938), American journalist, novelist, and poet
Henrietta Edwards, Canadian feminist and author
Henry Sutherland Edwards (1828–1906), English journalist and author
Sir Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1819–68), British East India soldier and administrator
Herm Edwards, Professional American football player and coach
Hugh Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Sir Hughie Edwards, RAF Air Commodore, Governor of Western Australia
Huw Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
I[edit]
India Edwards (died 1990), Vice Chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee
Iwan Edwards (born 1937), Canadian choral conductor
J[edit]
Jack Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Jackie Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Jango Edwards, US-American clown and entertainer
Jimmy Edwards, English Comedian
John Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Jonathan Edwards (theologian) (1703–1758) American theologian
Jonathan Edwards (the younger) (1745–1801), also a theologian
Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper) (born 1966), British triple jumper and religious commentator
Junior D. Edwards (1926–1951), American Medal of Honor recipient
K[edit]
Kathleen Edwards (born 1978), Canadian singer-songwriter
Kathryn Edwards (born 1964), reality television star in The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Kenny Edwards (rugby league) (born 1989), New Zealand rugby league player
Kirk Edwards (born 1983), Barbadian cricketer
L[edit]
LaVell Edwards (1930–2016), American football coach
LeRoy Edwards (1914–1971), pioneer of early American professional basketball
Lewis Edwards (1809–1887), Welsh educator
Lewis A. Edwards (1811–1879), New York politician
Louis Edwards (1914–1980), Chairman of Manchester United
Luke Edwards (born 1980) American politician, Republican
M[edit]
Mark Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Martin Edwards (born 1945), English football chairman
Martin Edwards (author) (born 1955), English writer
Mary Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Michael Edwards (disambiguation), also Mike Edwards, multiple people
Monroe Edwards (1808-1847), American forger and slave trader
Myrtle Edwards (1921–2010), Australian cricketer and softball player
N[edit]
Nelson "Jack" Edwards (died 1974), first African-American to hold a seat on the UAW’s International Executive Board
Ninian Edwards, American politician
Ninian Wirt Edwards, American politician
P[edit]
Patrick Edwards, American football player
Paul Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Perrie Edwards,Singer
Phil Edwards (disambiguation), Phil and Philip, multiple people
Pierpont Edwards (1750–1826), American lawyer
R[edit]
R. T. Edwards, pseudonym of Ron Goulart, writer
Ray Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Ray K. Edwards (1923–1942), United States Marine who received the Silver Star
Richey Edwards (1967–1995 (presumed)), Welsh musician (Manic Street Preachers)
Robert Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Roger Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Ronnie Claire Edwards (1933-2016), American actress
Ronnie Edwards (c. 1952-2016), American politician
S[edit]
Sally Edwards (born 1947), American triathlete
Sam Edwards (disambiguation), Sam and Samuel, multiple people
Sara Edwards (born 1962), Welsh television presenter
Sara Edwards (American television presenter)
Sarah Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Sebastián Edwards, (born 1953) Chilean economist, writer, speaker, UCLA professor, consultant
Sean Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Shane Edwards (born 1988), Australian rules football player
Shane Edwards (basketball) (born 1987), American basketball player
Shania Twain (née Eilleen Regina Edwards, born 1965), Canadian singer
Shaun Edwards (born 1966), Rugby League player and Rugby Union coach
Stacy Edwards (born 1965), American actress
Stan Edwards (born 1960), American football player
Stan Edwards (footballer born 1942), English footballer
Stan Edwards (footballer born 1926) (1926–1989), English footballer
Steve Edwards (born 1980), English singer
T[edit]
Tommy Edwards (1922–1969), American singer-songwriter
Torri Edwards (born 1977), American sprinter
Trevor Edwards (born 1937), Welsh footballer
W[edit]
Walter Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
William Edwards (disambiguation), multiple people
Wynn Edwards (1842-1900), American politician
Others[edit]
Matilda Betham-Edwards (1836–1919), English novelist and writer
Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900), French zoologist
Henri Milne-Edwards (1800–1885), French naturalist
V. C. Wynne-Edwards (1906–1997), British zoologist
See also[edit]
Edwards family, of Chile
Edward
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c "Edwards Surname Meaning and Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
Jump up ^ U.S. Census Bureau; "Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census, (Table) Name Files dist.all.last"; published 9 May 1995; <https://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/dist.all.last[permanent dead link]>
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Saint of Killers
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Saint of Killers
The Saint of Killers, as drawn by Glenn Fabry
Publication information
Publisher
Vertigo Comics
First appearance
Cameo: Preacher #1 (1995)
Full: Preacher #2 (1995)
Created by
Garth Ennis
Steve Dillon
In-story information
Species
God
Place of origin
Earth
Team affiliations
Confederacy
Notable aliases
Patron Saint of Murderers and Assassination, Death Bringer[1]
Abilities
Divinity[2]
Immortality[3]
Invulnerability
Superhuman strength, speed,[4] and stamina
Extrasensory perception
Physiological manipulation (density)
Magic gun
Outstanding swordsman and marksman[5]
Master tracker[6]
No need for air, food or water
Multiple magical powers
Saint of Killers
Genre
Superhero
The Saint of Killers is a fictional character who appears in the comic book series Preacher, published by Vertigo Comics in 1995. The Saint of Killers was created by writer Garth Ennis with artist Steve Dillon. The Saint is described as, "a grim, taciturn, implacable killing machine", with supernatural abilities involving divinity, immortality, and influence over Heaven and Hell.[7] His goals typically center on bringing down individuals through destruction and death by the laws of Paradise.[8]
The Saint of Killers first appeared as a heartless murderer, who is transformed into the Angel of Death under the condition that he takes up the role of collecting the souls of those who die by violence. Following his reanimation, Heaven arranged for him to be put into a deep slumber, until he was needed to kill people. The Saint was a primary antagonist in the Preacher series, who is tasked by Heaven to kill protagonist Jesse Custer due to his possession of the entity Genesis.[9] Aside from Ennis and Dillon's Preacher, the Saint was featured in his own four-issue limited series, Preacher: Saint of Killers, which expanded on the Saint's background and motivation,[10] and has appeared briefly in the DC Comics series Hitman, centered on a "wise-cracking assassin plying his trade in Gotham City",[7] and is portrayed by Graham McTavish in the television series adaptation of Preacher.[11]
Ennis initially cited Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood, both actors, as his inspiration for the Saint, with artists Dillon and Glenn Fabry making him look far more physically imposing. The Saint's character and the nature of his evil have been the subject of considerable critical attention.[12]
Empire ranked The Saint of Killers number 43 in their 50 Greatest Comic Characters of All Time,[7] Topless Robot placed him number 3 in their Top 10 Least Heroic Antiheroes,[13] What Culture placed the Saint #57 on their list of the 100 Greatest Comic Book Villains Of All Time,[14] and the character ranked #74 on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Villains compilation.[15]
Contents
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1 Publication history
2 Fictional character biography
2.1 Origins
2.2 The Making of the Saint
2.3 The Preacher
2.4 God
3 Characterization
3.1 Appearance
3.2 Personality
3.3 Powers and abilities
3.4 Weapons
3.4.1 Weaknesses
3.5 Analysis and themes
4 In other media
4.1 Television
4.2 References in other works
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Publication history[edit]
"[..] specifically in his later movies, the long coat, the wide brimmed hat, the old Colt revolvers, but [Steve Dillon] preferred Lee Marvin and that's why you've got this character who I always think moves, speaks and has all the mannerisms of Eastwood but has that kind of handsome ugliness that Lee Marvin had."
—Garth Ennis, describing his creation of the Saint of Killers.[16]
In his foreword to Preacher: Ancient History, Ennis reveals that Clint Eastwood provided the inspiration for the character of the Saint of Killers, with the face of Lee Marvin influencing Steve Dillon's visual depiction of him.[12] Ennis wished to place a certain degree of emphasis on the outlaw nature of the Saint simultaneously establishing that the Saint, like the lead character of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, remains "unforgiven".[12]
Regarding the Saint's origin story, Ennis declared, "His story is a myth. All Westerns are."[12]
Fictional character biography[edit]
Origins[edit]
Little is known of the Saint of Killers' past, but he fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War, and was one of the most violent, bloodthirsty soldiers on the battlefield. His reputation grew throughout the conflict, and after the war he was held in high regard and feared not only by the people he fought against and alongside, but by people who'd only heard of his legend. When the war ended, he returned to Texas, earning money from bounties on Indian scalps.
During a raid on a group of Apaches, he met a captive young girl. The girl was injured, but whole, and thanked him for saving her from the horrible and savage acts they would commit, although he maintained that his intention was not to save her, and that she just happened to be there. Nevertheless, he offered her transportation back to her home in Laredo, Texas; but she refused, asking to go on with him. She saw a good man within him, and felt it her mission to bring the goodness out. They were together for a decade, having a daughter and living off the land together in the wild, happy and settled. For the first time in his life, he felt satisfaction and knew that there was more to his life than killing and the sport of death.
At some point, his wife and daughter caught a fever and became bedridden, with the only medicine being a week away by horse. He pledged to get the medicine and get back in time. However, his journey was delayed by a gang of outlaws, led by the despicable Gumbo McCready, in the gritty town of Ratwater, Texas. As a result, by the time he returned home he found his wife and daughter dead. Grief-stricken, he returned to the town of Ratwater and went on a killing spree, hunting down each of the gang members until all but McCready were dead. McCready took a girl hostage, but the gunslinger shot her through the head to get to his prey, damning himself. This shot was his downfall, however: having spent his last bullet on the girl, he pulled the trigger on McCready only to find he was out of ammo; McCready then knocked him out and impaled him in the chest with a shovel.
The soldier died, and his soul went to Hell.[17]
The Making of the Saint[edit]
Due to his many murders, the soldier was sent to Hell. When a soul enters Hell, the horror of the environment's sheer hostility evaporates away the humanity from it, along with all the love, fear and hatred. However, the soldier's hatred could not be contained, and the freezing cold soul of the gunman caused Hell to literally freeze over. Disturbed and intrigued, the Devil personally came out of his palace to learn what had happened.
The Devil tried beating the hatred out of the soldier, to no avail. The soldier's hatred remained cold, untouchable and resilient. But eventually the soldier revealed the source of his intractable hate: the only good thing in his bad life was taken from him, and he died without killing McCready, leaving his thirst for vengeance unsated. The Angel of Death, in the area for a poker game and weary of his position, suggested a solution to both of their problems: the gunman would take his place, bringing death at God's will. He would wield two pistols, cast from the Angel's sword, and he could have his revenge and much, much more. The man agreed. The Devil tended to the gunman's wounds, the magical Walker Colts were cast, and the man left Hell—but not before gunning down the Devil after the latter insulted him.
He returned to earth and slaughtered everyone in the town of Ratwater, including McCready and the corrupt preacher who travelled with him. His killing was indiscriminate: no man, woman, nor child in the town was spared. Due to his dangerously uncontrollable nature, Heaven arranged for him to be put into a deep slumber, until God had need of him as His instrument of death and destruction.
Four years after the events at Ratwater, he was summoned at a place called Wounded Knee Creek.[3]
The Preacher[edit]
For the final time, an Angel was sent to wake the Saint of Killers and to instruct him with the task of finding and killing a young man named Jesse Custer. Before being shot through the head by the Saint, he spoke to him about the offspring of both demon and angel, Genesis; whose power was greater than God's. Because of Genesis's possession of Jesse, the young preacher has been granted ability of The Word of God, allowing him to give vocal orders that cannot be disobeyed, and this frightened the Angels.
The Saint agreed. Within a few hours of appointment, he shot his way through the county sheriff's department and was hot on Custer's trail. He eventually found Jesse in a small motel, but both of his guns were stayed by Jesse's voice. This marked the first time that the Saint of Killers was held back from his mission, and a target was allowed to flee. Apart from that, the angel revealed that God, the only power in the Universe that could command the Saint, abandoned Heaven. He let the Preacher go, but vowed to track him down.
He crossed Jesse's path after Jesse left Angelville, the estate of Marie L'Angell, the monstrous matriarch of the L'Angell clan. Angelville was burned to the ground, and all of L'Angell's henchmen were killed. Jesse eluded him for a while, but it was time for the Saint to find him again. The Saint realised that without God in Heaven, there was no one who could command him. The Saint was now able to follow his own path to find Jesse Custer, with no constraints. He traveled to Las Vegas, to find the angels, who started a casino and were easy to find. In their terror, the angels told him everything - Jesse went to France to confront The Grail, a worldwide organization dedicated to triggering the Apocalypse and ruling the world. The Saint hijacked a freighter, killing everyone on board, and sailed it directly to Europe. When he discovered The Grail's headquarters, he homed in on Custer. The Preacher was in a basement with The Grail's Sacred Executioner, Herr Starr; and the Saint was more than willing to kill both Custer and Starr.
Yet again, his hand was stayed. In their possession, The Grail held captive an Angel, to which the Seraph told them that the entity Genesis was the key in gaining answers to God's abandonment of Heaven, as well as the reasons as to why the Saint's wife and daughter died; which intrigued the man, thus taking up the offer. He held off the soldiers of The Grail, giving both Jesse and Starr the chance to get the information they needed from the Seraph - they learned that Jesse possessed all the knowledge of Genesis, but in order to unlock its memories they should travel to the American West and use Native American peyote. Jesse and Starr escaped before the whole base exploded, burying the Saint under several millions of tons of rock and masonry, from which the Saint unearthed himself and made his way back to the United States of America.
Many months later, the Saint encountered Custer and Tulip O'Hare. Jesse told the Saint the truth about why McCready delayed him from his family, which revealed that their deaths were not accidental. Discovering the truth placed the Saint into a fit of rage, and he stepped out and confronted the forces of the U.S. Army and the Grail; single-handedly taking on hundreds of soldiers, tanks and helicopters, and destroying every force that was pitted up against him, which drove Starr to pressure the President into sending a stealth bomber to Monument Valley, turning it into an irradiated wasteland with the Saint in the center of it.
Amongst the flames and the ubiquitous radiation, the Saint stood up and spat, "Not enough gun."[18]
God[edit]
With no one to command him and no targets, the Saint had no purpose. His activities during this point in time are relatively unknown; though after one year he felt a strong sensation which compelled him to go back to Ratwater, Texas; where Jesse was with the Saint's human remains.
Custer told the Saint everything he learned in his quest for God - that God was an attention-fiend, and that he was willing to cause pain, destruction and death for no other reason than to see who would love him. He sparked a war between the angels to find out who would stay on his side. He created a world full of humans who would fight in his name, just to see who adored him more, and that he engineered the creation of Genesis, a being as powerful as Him, in order to see if He could make it love Him.
Custer had a plan; a way of paying God back for the horrors he inflicted upon his creation. But Jesse would require the Saint's help if such a thing were to work. The guns the Saint carried were lethal - no shot hit that did not kill, and their first kill was none other than the Devil himself. But they couldn't simply shoot God, as he shielded himself from Jesse and Genesis's detection. As long as they were looking for Him, God wouldn't budge, but it was the belief of Jesse that if Genesis were out of the picture, that God would head straight for Heaven; where the Saint of Killers would be waiting for him.
When the Saint entered Heaven, the entire Heavenly host was arrayed against him. Rank upon rank of angel flew to keep him away from the heavenly gates, and they were all shot down by his guns. And when Jesse's plan worked, when Genesis was released and God returned to retake his throne, the Saint was waiting for him. God begged for his life, and offered the Saint whatever he wanted - power, life, the lives of his family, anything. But the Saint didn't want anything God offered him. All he wanted, he said, was to rest.
He shot God dead. Then he sat on God's throne, pulled his hat over his eyes, and went to sleep for presumably forever.[19]
Characterization[edit]
Appearance[edit]
The Saint of Killers towering over Jesse
The Saint of Killers' body is humanoid and its composition is similar to that of a normal human, with a build similar to a tall muscular male in great physical shape.[20] He is extremely imposing in both height and relative size throughout the Preacher series; generally remains above that of average human height; is distinctly broad-shouldered, generally towering over his fellow characters, including Jesse Custer.[21] Chronologically speaking, his first description was given as, "Just a stooped and weathered man on a flea-bit mare, the Walker Colt worn backwards on his hip and the Henry rifle by his saddle silent now for many a year."[22]
As the Saint of Killers grew up during the early 19th Century and the trade to which he was in, his costume started out differently. As time progressed and came the period where he was tracking the band of Kiowa and meeting of his future wife, we see the Saint sans-coat donning a blue shirt, cross-suspenders, grey trousers and his wide brimmed hat.[23]
While in Hell much of his clothing remained, until Satan whipped him repeatedly which tore his coat to shreds along with the skin and flesh from his back.[24] Shortly after being bequeathed the title of 'The Saint of Killers', by the Angel of Death, he was presented with the attire he would remain with while placed on Earth: a long loose-fitting yellow duster coat, a wide brimmed hat, two Colt revolvers, and a cross draw holster at the trouser belt line.[2][25]
Personality[edit]
The Saint of Killers, though supremely powerful and feared, suffers with an explosive temper, which has been triggered through insolence or disrespect,[26] of which the latter was seen when he slew the Devil. His resolve and vengeance were so strong that during the events of Ratwater he was killing indiscriminately, with children dying at his hand. However, perhaps due to his longevity and realisation of "damning himself",[27] he begins to show leniency in certain areas, for example, he will not necessarily kill unless provoked.[28] He too has shown new-found compassion and awareness when he learns of information pertaining to his family from Custer, by which he was approaching the role of an anti-hero.[29] From his radically altered perspective, which awakens when he learns of God's purpose and when he fulfills his vengeance, almost all human concerns appear pointless and without obvious merit, to which he sleeps.[19]
Custer once stated, "Before the world shook to the thunder of his guns, there was yet some good in his heart: and that was the tragedy."[30] while Jesse acknowledged the Saint's "ten long years" of attempting to change from his past during the Civil War;[31] he trembled when Custer brought up the events of Ratwater,[32] and he too has shown aspects of compassion through mercy killing.[33]
Powers and abilities[edit]
Throughout Preacher, he is shown to be immensely powerful and seemingly invulnerable to all harm, to an extent rarely seen in comics; bullets bounced off him,[34] a direct hit from a tank didn't affect him,[32] being underneath a collapsing mountain simply meant he had to dig himself out,[35] and being hit in the chest with a nuclear missile caused no damage to him or his clothes.[36] He also felt no pain and shrugged off the whole affair with the words, "Not enough gun."[18] He is also apparently immovable unless he wishes to be moved: At one point an M-1 Abrams tank moving at speed rammed him, and he stopped it with a kick.[37]
The Saint has demonstrated a degree of superhuman strength. For example, when hit by the vampire Cassidy in a speeding truck the Saint did not budge and the truck was flipped.[38] When Jesse Custer tried to put his hand on the Saint's shoulder the Saint of Killers flung him several feet like a rag doll. While possessing these abilities, he apparently has the power to enter and leave Heaven at will,[39] although it is not known whether or not he could similarly travel to Hell. Several other transportation abilities have been suggested in his possession, due to him threatening to "Kill his way across half Creation"; albeit he had to commandeer a ship to travel from America to France.[40]
Additionally, even before being made a saint he was an expert marksman. Now, however, he is able to draw his guns faster than a man can see, at a seemingly superhuman rate;[41] coupled with a perfect aim — even when men were hanging off his arms the Saint could shoot true and find his target mark. Also, whilst in combat, he has also displayed proficient swordsmanship.[42] His hatred appears to be his greatest power. His hatred was cold enough to temporarily extinguish the fires of Hell and has been the driving force of his existence ever since.[43][44]
Weapons[edit]
The Saint of Killers possesses a pair of Walker Colt revolver pistols, which were bequeathed to him by the Angel of Death, composed from the previous Angel's steel sword and forged in the last fire that burned in Hell,[2] because of the nature of their making, the guns are demonic in nature:
They possess unlimited ammunition, and never need to be reloaded.[45]
They never jam.[45]
Any shot fired from these guns will always hit its mark, even piercing modern tank armor to reach the intended target.[45]
His weapons are ultimately lethal to anything: humans, angels, demons, Satan, or even God, any wound inflicted is always fatal regardless of circumstance. The only way to survive the gun is if the target is already dead (as in Cassidy's favor, though the gun could arguably be seen as ultimately lethal to him as it sent him on the path to help Jesse and eventually regain his humanity, which would have been a mortal and ultimately ending life).[45]
Whoever holds the guns can see the mutilated spirits of the victims of the Saint of Killers.[45]
Before becoming the Saint of Killers, his arsenal included a Henry repeating rifle[22] a Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber,[42] a Bowie knife,[46] as well as a pair of non-divine Walker Colt pistols.[22]
Weaknesses[edit]
His only definite technical weakness appears to be information pertaining to his former life, particularly that of his family; when Herr Starr uses this against him;[47] and as Jesse convinces him that God is at fault for his family's death, which instead alters the Saint's trail from Jesse's to the deity's.[29][48] Jesse's usage of the Saint's buried remains, in the act of summoning the being, may too be seen as an exploitation in terms of a weakness of inquisitiveness.[49]
While possessed by Genesis, Jesse used the 'Word of God' to perform the feat of command and compelled the Saint of Killers to stay his hand, which was the only time in the Saint's existence where he was prevented from killing.[50]
Analysis and themes[edit]
The character of The Saint of Killer is an eternal bounty hunter, one who delights in gratuitous violence on the American frontier in the 1880 following a personal disaster.[51] Ennis described his creation of the Saint as owing much to Clint Eastwood "specifically in his later movies, the long coat, the wide brimmed hat, the old Colt revolvers", however, co-creator [Dillon] preferred Lee Marvin and, as Ennis explained,[52] "that's why you've got this character who I always think moves, speaks and has all the mannerisms of Eastwood but has that kind of handsome ugliness that Lee Marvin had." Dr Julia Round of The Media School, Bournemouth University[53] has suggested such symbols were described as being somewhat reflective commentary on the west, by being "conscious appropriations of its underlying mechanisms", as both Ennis and Dillon based the character of the Saint specifically on the actors as not the characters they played; which is seen throughout Preacher as a means of reflecting the "expectations and genre anxiety" of the readers through the acknowledgement of sources and usage of "implicit commentary.[54]
Michael Grimshaw of the University of Canterbury observes that the Preacher's undercurrent of the violent frontier of the Saint of Killers acts both as a "sub-narrative and explanatory device". He highlights the significance of "blood" and the "murderous acts" committed which have tainted the lands and its denizens, while adding "a land founded on violence can never be pure or peaceful." and placing a degree of emphasis on the link between ideological basis of "blood sacrifice" in the Easter Rising, of which he deems a just comparison. And expresses acknowledgement to Garth Ennis' critique of "neo-romantic ideology" in terms of the "sacrificial outpouring of blood" and its involvement in the alteration of the environment. Within general summary, Grimshaw makes references to Jean Baudrillard's Hyperrealism and Friedrich Nietzsche's God is dead statement.[51]
Grimshaw additionally highlights Ennis' respect and influence, when composing the Saint, as "major" with regard him and the character of William Munny in Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, placing a juxtaposition through the said commentary, "The Saint of Killers returns to his vigilante ways when his family is brutally murdered in his absence." He then explains and points out the link between the Saint's indestructibility and that of "recent pop-culture vigilantes" such as Robocop and The Terminator, while at the same time noting that there is to be a difference by describing the Saint as a "spiritual alien cyborg" from the past acting in the present, as opposed to the future and past dynamic by the latter of the two; he also makes references to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. He too points out the "theological" nature of Preacher and emphasises that the Saint of Killers is "a reminder of the destructiveness that lurks within humanity" whilst adding "... unleashed by God's interference and then abandonment", only if the "future mechanical cyborg killer" was indeed a result of humanity's deemed inherit interference with the natural created order.[51]
Using the perspective of Philosopher Julia Kristeva, Grimshaw places significance on the Kristevan outlook in that "The world is a site of Kristevan abjection", whilst adding that "The corpse, seen without God and outside of science, is the utmost of abjection. It is death infecting life." Infusing such an ideology into Ennis' Preacher, specifically tying it to the Saint, he deduces that the reanimated corpse of the Saint of Killers which "[stalks] heaven and earth in pursuit of his divine prey" is in actual fact a leakage of death into life.[51]
Niall Kitson believes every character in Ennis and Dillon's work has a sort of value system, stating, "those who appear good have an innate darkness to them and even the blackest of demons is capable of acting to a moral code", of which the Saint of Killers himself isn't immune to due to displays of such a logical moral system of thought, while Kitson builds upon such proposition by further adding, "[The Saint] has a background steeped in pathos and is not averse to making a deal when it suits his needs". Thus Kitson believes that in some cases the Saint epitomises the antihero, as in his identification of a "narrative construction" with the vampire Cassidy, which he stated to provide a "continuity between the world of men and God", he acknowledges that the same could be of the Saint, "[...] but for the fact that his origins remain undisclosed until later in the narrative and his character as gun for hire only later transforms in a sympathetic loner with a mission".[55]
The Saint's background has been explored, as well as Ennis' spaghetti western influences. Kjartan Fossberg Jónsson argues that while Jesse is Ennis' representation on the "western hero" while the Saint represents "the old west, film, and myth." Jónsson specifically identifies similarities between the opening panels of Preacher: The Saint of Killers and the opening scenes of Sergio Corbucci's The Great Silence (1968). While showing additional comparisons to Sergio Leone's films, by commenting on Leone's fusion of landscape and facial features, and concluded such a point by suggesting, "All characters in the miniseries have peculiar faces, especially the gang of outlaws"; he concluded by suggesting that Clint Eastwood's influence on the Saint "strengthens [the] ink" of the Spaghetti western influence throughout.[56]
In other media[edit]
Television[edit]
On 6 February 2014, AMC and Sony TV officially announced the development of Preacher.[57] In the series, he is portrayed by Scottish actor Graham McTavish.[58]
Graham McTavish portrays the Saint of Killers
References in other works[edit]
The Saint of Killers has also been referenced or parodied in other forms of media, including:
The Saint of Killers made a cameo appearance in Garth Ennis's DC Comics series Hitman.[7]
Belgian band Diablo Boulevard released a song titled "Saint of Killers" on their 2011 album Builders of Empires.[59][60]
The Saint of Killers is the subject of the song "Bury Me With My Guns On" by American metal band Bobaflex, from the Hell in my Heart album.[61] The song specifically references the deaths of both the Devil and God at the hands of the Saint of Killers, including the massacre of angels when the Saint reached the gates of heaven.
See also[edit]
List of DC Comics characters
References[edit]
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