Premise: A man named Agent Graves hands some ne-er-do-well an attache case containing a pistol, 100 bullets, and documentation that someone done them wrong--using these to kill the wrongdoer will result in no punishment, ever. Thus begins a gritty, foul-mouthed, blood-soaked series that is as intriguing as it is trashy. While this second collection opens up the story a bit more--who is Graves, this Shepard guy who may or may not work for him, how does he get this authority--the gross caricatures...

Loved it.Very cool, I really enjoyed it, it elaborated and gives some context to the ground work set in volume one.

Croatoan!Nothing? Just checking.The senseless violence (or is it?) and bloodletting continues.In this volume, a little light is shed on the gathering forces behind the whole 100 bullets and a free get-out-of-jail never-go-to-jail card – none of whom seem to be working for “truth, justice and the American way.”The stories in this volume range from:An interlude, whereby the eventual breakout character Lono is introduced……and set up by Graves.A small time hustler rolls snake eyes.A story that’s str...

It starts to get much more interesting. Smaller, disconnected stories from previous volume start to pull together, intersecting with each other.

Agent Graves offers the friends and/or family of murder victims' retribution with an opportunity for murderous revenge with 100 bullets and full immunity, but why the manipulation of his clients, and what's in it for him? These and other thoughts have me (and other readers?) questioning Graves' motives? The more I read, the more snippets I picked up about Graves, Shepherd and who, or whom, they may or may not work for. With different protagonists in each mini-story, it's clear that some tales ar...

It's a kind of ridiculous premise, that a variety of people are given 100 untraceable bullets to revenge terrible things that happened to them, with some vague connection to various mobs, and I am not sure what is really going on, but I have to say I am getting into it, relaxing and going along for the ride. The high-concept, stylized art by Risso is impressive, and the point of the storytelling would be interwoven threads leading to a probably inevitably bloody conclusion. Just guessing, with a...

Volume two spends a bit more time delving into Agent Graves's identity and backstory, but only enough to add even more questions. I think I'm hooked to that mystery. But the writing is a little lacking for me. Too much dialect, too much fanservice. That said, Heartbreak Sunnyside Up is a real gut punch, devastatingly effective. It's the horrible, almost understated bright spot in the whole collection.

Ya not really doing it for me! So I gave 3 stars for vol 1, it wasn't anything great, but I thought I would give volume 2 a chance, anddddddddddddddd they lost me! The problem is a lot of my gripes from the first volume continue into this one. The main premise of the book is kind of interesting but not too much; the art is absolutely fugly; and the characters aren't really interesting. This volume continues the method, of it switching between characters, each characters story only lasts 2-3 issu...

In this book it becomes a bit more clear what the overall story arc is going to be, but somehow it still reads as an experiment into improvisation from the writer. The story, for now, lacks direction, which is a shame because the idea behind the story seems interesting with the bullets allowing people to avenge themselves. Also the characters were promising. Still, I think I'll give up this book because the idea of picking up volume 3 tires me, and that is a bad sign.

Another blood-soaked bit of nastiness with a side of irony. This time, there's a hint of the bigger picture behind the briefcases full of bullets, but it's still mostly revenge noir. The scripts are tight and snappy, the art is dazzling, the humor is black. This ain't a bottle of sunshine, but it is damn good.

Justice at the point of an untraceable gun. Some very interesting characters with dark pasts and hidden pain.

I'm glad I read this second volume as I enjoyed it a lot more than the first. The first book set up the premise, Agent Graves is a mysterious figure who appears to someone that has been wronged and hands them a briefcase with an untraceable gun, 100 bullets and irrefutable proof of a guilty party. It's then up to that person to decide what to do. There were hints of a larger storyline but it mainly focused on two individuals given the briefcase.This volume expands a little more on who this Agent...

The second volume of 100 Bullets, 'Split Second Chance', looses some of it's originality with the presiding theme continuing albeit heightened with an elaborate government secret agency mystery aura surrounding key players Mr. Graves and Mr. Shepherd. Adding to cloak and dagger intrigue, is the introduction of the Minutemen and their Borne-esque activation into service (re: 'The Right Ear, Left In The Cold') which provided a fresh perspective to the typically predictable plot of each insular com...

Though I’m left unmoved emotionally (falling short if 5 stars), I am very impressed with the telling. It is done fluidly through art and word, sometimes foreign. I sometimes wonder what my take would be if I wasn’t semi fluent in French. It’s the art that won me. Stories told workout words behind a separate plot depicted in text. Characters defined by the simplest of features showcased kn broad but subtle ways. The most mundane scenes carefully drawn blurring background and foreground. The passa...

Oooooo It's starting to get good. The conspiracy is starting to come out, and I am fully intrigued as to where this is all going. I also enjoy the little one issue stories that carry the colume along. I'm just waiting for the 3rd volume.

This is much more interesting than the first volume.The cases are more fun. One of them opened a path to the organization we get to know a little about Agent Graves, the Minutemen and The Trust.The ice-cream man ending was a twist.Tina's story was horrible, the whole setting was weird especially telling it over an apple pie :/ I do not like the artwork.To the next volume...

Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso’s 100 Bullets: Volume 2: Split Second Chance takes the series in the right direction. If you’re unfamiliar with 100 Bullets, it’s got a great premise: Throughout the 100 issues, the mysterious Agent Graves approaches people who’ve had their lives ruined by nefarious means. The victims get info on who did them wrong, a handgun with 100 untraceable bullets, and full immunity for whatever revenge they want to take, be it on one person or the whole unsuspecting worl...

i'm glad i kept reading this. the first volume wasn't very strong and i hated the dialog but it picks up in a big way in the second volume and a big part of it is risso's artwork. he's such a fantastic storyteller and is perfect for the book. i wish it was in black and white though.. the colors kinda detract from the storytelling and do risso's bold contrasting blacks and whites no justice for the most part.

Slightly better than the first one, mostly because of the ice-cream-man story, but not by much. Azzarello seems drawn to that same cheap-hack-writing trick of punishing dogs to make the bad guys seem even badder. Either that, or the writer just hates dogs. Either way, the tactic isn't redeemed; highly overrated in my opinion, but then again, so many people like this series that I'll just stop reading (which is what one does when one doesn't like something) and move on to something elese.