Dirty Harry (character) this goes any further, with Spencer commenting 'Neither of us want to be alone tonight'. "The Dead Pool" implies a romantic relationship with news reporter Samantha Walker, and the film ends with her and Callahan walking away together. Callahan is considered a film icon, so much so that his nickname, "Dirty Harry", has entered the lexicon as slang for ruthless police officers. Harry Callahan was voted number 23 by "Empire" Magazine on their list of "The 100 Greatest Movie Characters". Callahan was voted the 17th greatest movie hero on "100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains". He was also named one
Dirty Harry (film series) graphic novels, revealed in an interview that he created the "Sin City" story-arc "That Yellow Bastard" out of his dislike of "The Dead Pool". Miller said: "When I went to see the last "Dirty Harry" movie, "The Dead Pool", I was disgusted. I went out and said, this is not a "Dirty Harry" movie, this is nothing, this is a pale sequel." and I also said, "that's not the last "Dirty Harry" story, I will show you the last "Dirty Harry" story." Another character in "That Yellow Bastard" story is Nancy Callahan, who is a pastiche or caricature of Harry