John Wick may be the embodiment of competence and lethality, yet comics are filled with assassins whose skill and brutality could match, or even surpass, the Baba Yaga himself. From master swordsmen to peerless marksmen and mercenaries who blur the line between myth and killer-for-hire, these characters represent the absolute peak of comic book lethality.

Ranked in no particular order, each assassin here earns their place through demonstrated martial skill, iconic kills or one-on-one victories, and the way writers have explicitly framed them as elite killers. Anyone on this list could defeat Wick, or at the very least push him harder than any opponent he’s ever faced.

7 Batgirl / Cassandra Cain (DC Comics): Raised to Be Death Incarnate

First Appearance: Batman #567 (1999)

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