Midnighter #6 - Wildstorm

This one is set on an alternate earth. At least I think it is. It's a story about the MidNighter and Apollo. But they're both feudal Japanese Ronin. So I can only guess that it's an imaginary tale, or it's an alternate reality that they've accessed from the bleed somehow. We don't really know, because they never really explain it. But that's ok it was a nice story anyways. Which is what we've come to expect from Garth Ennis. This issue though, Glen Fabry fills in on pencils. And, of course, he does an awesome job. Basically, as I said, the MidNighter is a feudal Japanese Ronin. He's also the most capable, and vicious warrior in the land. He shows up at a Shogun's house, and takes out all of his guard. The Shogun immediately hires him. With him by his side, no one dares to challenge him, so there is peace and prosperity throughout the land. Then Apollo arrives. The MidNighter sees him in action and immediately falls in love with him. Well, during all this, the Shogun's senior minister is overcome with jealousy and hated. Mostly over all the attention the MidNighter is getting from the Shogun. So, one night as MidNighter and Apollo lay sleeping, he sends every warrior in the land to his house to kill them. They cut them all down, but in the process Apollo is also killed. He then leaves the Shoguns employ. Now every year he returns to Apollo's grave, and sends out a call to the greatest warriors in the land. As they're all standing there together, he tells them his story and then cuts them all down like so much cattle. He then cuts out all there hearts and leaves them at the gravestone of his lover, like a bouquet of roses. I know . . . a little creepy. But, hey, this is the MidNighter after all.