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''Red'' is a three-issue comic book mini-series published in 2003 and 2004 by WildStorm imprint Homage Comics. It was created by writer Warren Ellis and artist Cully Hamner. ==Plot== Paul Moses is a retired agent of the CIA, formerly working in "foreign acquisitions". Living in a secluded area, his human contacts are limited to pleasant phone calls to his handler (who desires what she believes to have been Moses' type of work) and letters to a niece who lives in England. Michael Beesley, the newly appointed Director of Central Intelligence (D.C.I.), is taken to ''Room R'' as part of his orientation by Deputy Director (Operations) Adrian Kane, where he learns of Moses' existence and the full extent of his activities. Disgusted by what he has seen and fearing public reaction should any of those secrets leak out, Beesley orders the assassination of Moses. A three-man hit-team is sent to Moses' residence, but he kills them, recognizing the pattern of the attack and realizing his death has been sanctioned. He calls his handler, only to learn that she has been transferred. He informs the Agency that his status has changed from "Green" to "Red" before leaving his house and going on the hunt. Moses telephones CIA Headquarters and is put through to Kane. Beesley breaks into the conversation and calls Moses a monster. Moses calmly replies that whatever he is, he became at the behest of his country. He says that he has now learned the identities of the men who ordered his death and hangs up. Moses breaks through the cordon of agents surrounding his county and makes his way to Langley, Virginia, where he breaks into the apartment of his former handler, Sally, and forces her to give up the access codes allowing him to enter CIA Headquarters. Normally he would kill her but, instead, apologizes and says he genuinely enjoyed talking with her on the phone, before leaving. Though Langley is surrounded by an army of security guards and soldiers, Moses breaks in anyway, killing several. When he calls Beesley's office, Beesley demands that Moses surrender or he'll have Moses's niece in England murdered. While Beesley is making this threat, Moses enters the office, disables Kane with a bullet to the hand, and informs Beesley that he's already visited Beesley's home and murdered his wife and children ("I don't make threats. I carry them out"). Beesley collapses in shock, while Kane explains the events that led to Moses's attempted assassination: that it has become customary to appoint a civilian like Beesley as D.C.I. and that protocol required Beesley to be shown Moses's file. With no background in espionage or the military, he was unprepared for its contents and overreacted. Kane apologizes for the turn of events but says things have progressed too far to go back. Moses tells Beesley that he lied, that Beesley's family is alive and well, then kills him. Moses plans to use Kane as a hostage to escape the building, but Kane refuses and offers an alternative: with Beesley dead, Kane is acting Director and has the authority to reinstate Moses to active duty. Kane carefully explains that Moses has no other choice; that the foregoing debacle proves that Moses is unfit to live in the outside world. Moses sadly replies, "I never wanted to. I just wanted to be left alone," and kills Kane, too. Moses steps outside the office, where an army of guards are pointing their weapons at him. Raising his gun, Moses says, "I'm the monster. Do your best." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red (WildStorm comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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