100 bullets

100 Bullets is a DC/Vertigo comics crime-drama series, which is slated to continue for (what else) 100 issues...

It exhibits a distinct noir style, in both the story and the language used, which by the way is pretty 'strong'...you have been warned...

I'll let Wiki fill you in on the rest...

100 Bullets is an Eisner and Harvey Award-winning comic book written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Eduardo Risso

The initial plot of 100 Bullets hinges on the question of whether people would take the chance to get away with revenge. Occasionally in a given story arc, the mysterious Agent Graves approaches someone who has been the victim of a terrible wrong, and gives them the chance to set things right in the form of a nondescript attaché case containing a handgun, 100 bullets, a photograph of a person, and irrefutable evidence that this person is primarily responsible for their woes. He informs the candidate that the bullets are completely untraceable: any police investigation that uncovers one of them will stop.

Though all of the murders enabled by Agent Graves are presented as justifiable, the candidates are neither rewarded nor punished for taking up the offer, and appear to receive nothing other than closure for their actions. Several people have declined the offer. This is later revealed to be only a minor part of a much wider story.

That's pure noir right there, as in- Crime, Deeply flawed characters, Dark settings, themes like Revenge, Retribution and loads of action...Kinda like a Max Payne paperback...

This is what makes up most of my reading nowadays, and I recommend it to anyone who likes good comics...