of John le Carré and Frederick Forsyth, as the stories are "dark, meticulously constructed [and] painstakingly realistic". Leo Lewis of the Financial Times wrote that "Unsmiling, misogynist and inexorable, [the character] is a literary cousin of James Bond without the scene-softeners of Moneypenny, M, Q or exploding fountain pens." The Daily Vanguard called Duke "a badass, something like a cross between Dirty Harry and Metal Gear Solids Solid Snake." Jc DuBois of Dragon's Anime has criticized those who say that most of Golgo 13's hits are impossible to do since there are problems that would prevent him from shooting straight such as the wind or with the coriolis effect, saying that the "whole mystique of Golgo 13'' is that he's just that damn good. He CAN make those shots—and he can do it with one shot." References External links Official website Golgo 13 Viz Media's Golgo 13 website Saito Production's Golgo 13 website Golgo 13 2008 anime television series debuts Fiction about assassinations Gekiga Manga adapted into films Seinen manga Sentai Filmworks Shogakukan manga Thriller anime and manga TV Tokyo original programming Viz Media manga Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga World record holders