Every city claims something cool, but how many cities can say one of the most feared assassins in modern fiction got his start right here?
Before the sleek suits, before the “Baba Yaga” nickname, before the events of John Wick launched a billion-dollar action franchise, John’s first epic vendetta exploded in the streets of El Paso, Texas. And it’s not fan fiction. It’s official canon.
The Baba Yaga Was Born in the Sun City
In 2017, John Wick dropped a five-issue prequel that digs into John’s origin story. The series opens with a young John Wick fresh out of prison, heading straight into a blood-soaked reckoning that traces back to a massacre from his childhood.
Where does this first war unfold? El Paso…