The Cincinnati Enquirer takes a look at deadly duos from movies and other media, with a tip of the hat to the obscure DC team of Cannon and Saber:
Cannon and Saber: The comic-book couple from DC’s “Vigilante.” Quirk: Mismatched names. Cannon stabs; Saber shoots.
The hitmen appeared a few times during the original Adrian Chase Vigilante series and were supposed to reappear in the Mark Shaw Manhunter series in the late 80s. GayLeague.com details why that never happened:
Cannon and Saber were slated to return in 1989′s MANHUNTER # 10, which would have introduced a gay supporting cast member named Vince Nuncioin into the series. As described by co-writer John Ostrander in AMAZING HEROES # 145, “Mark Shaw was cellmates with him in prison. In prison, as on the streets, if you need something, he’ll arrange it.” According to AH # 157, the episode had “already scared a couple of artists off” and, with MANHUNTER’s cancellation in early 1990, the story’s completion became a moot point.
Other deadly duos on the paper’s list include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern from Hamlet and Jules and Vincent from Pulp Fiction …so Cannon and Sabre are in pretty good company.
