The Colonel aka The Salesman, also goes by The Man and The Ladykiller. A shadowy, poetic freelance assassin who performs a lot of jobs for the Ladies, the Cops and the Mafia. Enforcer for Wallenquist. Trains and co-ordinates assassins, as well as being one himself at some point. He runs an organ harvesting ring as well as other ventures in organized crime. His operations are eventually shut down by the Basin City Police in a sting operation and he is captured and shot by Commissioner Liebowitz after mouthing off to him. It is assumed he kills Becky at the end of the movie adaptation. Once thought to be two separate characters, they are one and the same, as Miller himself has stated in the "BLAM!" section of the short story collection "Sex & Violence", on page 29; confirming he is the same person in the film continuity cannot be done until the casting of the two sequels is made apparent.