Issue Description

Sickening violence...just the way you like it. The most screwed-up superhero comic of all time continues in what's sure to be the most exciting launch of 2008. What would happen if you tried to be a super hero? What would happen when an ordinary man in a latex suit comes face-to-face with the criminal underworld? Read about super heroes like you've never seen them before and feel happy that you are living here right now when this book is being published. Your grandchildren will only envy you. Comics just don't get better than this.

Last issue, Dave got his ass kicked and lies in the hospital. Coming to, he worries about what his father must think. Luckily when the ambulance arrived, they found him lying there naked. It seems Dave had the strength to remove his costume despite his broken back and legs.

They all figure he was mugged. He undergoes several surgeries, metal plates fitted inside his head, months of counseling, and weeks of rehabilitation. He now gets why there aren't real superheroes in the world.

At home, Dave's dad has set up his room with a dvd player and computer to do his schoolwork. He cries when he realizes the amount of money his dad had to spend over all this. Two months later he is able to go back to school. One night he gets angry and burns all his comics and swears he will never do it again.

As soon as he gets off his crutches, he's back in costume. Some local girls start accusing him of being a perverted flasher or rapist when they see him walking around in costume. They continue to chastise him as he tries walking away.

Dave gets knocked down by a man running from something. Some street guys yell at Dave to get out of there since this isn't any of his business and continue to beat the crap out of the guy. Knowing that this is why he is here, he smacks two of the gang dudes in the head with his batons. The third gets it right in the face. Dave yells at the crowd to call the police but they just stand and watch. One of the guys smashes Dave in the back with a garbage can.

More people arrive. Dave continues to put up a fight and is taking his share of punches too. The crowd just stares in disbelief. Soon they decide to leave figuring he's too crazy and the beating they're getting is not worth it.

The crowd goes nuts over his heroic act. Dave's teeth are smashed, his ribs are cracked and his eyes are practically swollen shut. The man he saved barely manages to get out a "Thank you" to him. During all this, a kid with a cell phone managed to video the whole thing and says it's going straight up on YouTube.

Kick-Ass (2008)

Publisher

Icon Comics

Volume Description

Kick-Ass is the first "book" (volume) in Mark Millar and John Romita Jr's creator owned series published by Marvel's independent imprint, Icon Comics. Book three of the Series entitled Kick-Ass 2 ran from Dec 2010 through May 2012, while book two entitled Hit-Girl began Aug 2012 and is currently being released monthly. The first series was collected in Kick-Ass.

Originally publishing monthly, beginning in February, 2008, the series met several severe delays spanning from a month, to five months between issues, concluding on February, 2010. The initial delay was a result of John Romita Jr's work on Amazing Spider-Man. Later, the delays continued as Mark Millar and John Romita Jr began work with Matthew Vaughn on the feature film adaptation. The film wrapped before the final issue was done. In late 2006 the opportunity to name Kick-Ass's civilian identity was auctioned off for charity. Dave Lizewski won the auction and chose his own name for the character.

The series follows Dave Lizewski your average comic book loving teenager in a real world take of his foray into vigilanteism where superheroes only exist in comic books. Bored of his mundane life, Dave wonders why no one has ever tried to become a costumed hero before, and so, he makes a costume, begins a regimen, and joins the fight against crime as Kick-Ass. His first encounter doesn't go as planed. But soon enough Kick-Ass finds out he isn't alone in the fight against injustice as he meets Big Daddy, a pseudo Punisher, and his ten year old daughter, Hit-Girl, whose sword mastery and agility rival that of a ninja. After Kick-Ass gains a bit of attention off a youtube clip, Dave's class mate crush, Katie Deauxma, develops a crush on his costumed hero persona, Kick-Ass. While others find inspiration in his heroics and begin to follow suit, creating hero clubs and the like, but one of the inspired, The Red Mist, becomes an overnight sensation, gaining adoration from the media, local authorities, and the blogosphere, out shining Kick-Ass. But Kick-Ass won't have any of it. And so, a friendly rivalry is born as Kick-Ass, The Red Mist, Big Daddy and Hit-Girl team-up to take on New York City's biggest mob boss Johnny G.

There are a few key differences between Kick-Ass the comic and Kick-Ass the film. Gore and vulgarity is toned down for the film adaptation. Big Daddy and Hit-Girls origin differs drastically. The over all tone of the book is very dark, gritty and real, while the film skews somewhat lighthearted, funny and fun. Both film are very similar up to the half way point, then differ from one another to a degree, a potential occurrence of both comic and film being worked on at the same time.

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