XIII — Jean Van Hamme

A man without a past wakes up in an unknown place. His only clues to his true identity are his remarkable fighting skills and a tattoo: XIII. Things get dicey quick as a band of killers find his trail and the pursuit begins. But this is only the beginning. Soon he discovers that the civil and military police are looking for him too! The chase begins, and the trail leads our protagonist around the world in the search for his past...