Hit-Girl continues in her mission to train Kick-Ass
First of all when this series was announced way back at the first Kapow comic con in London, I was majorly excited as I’m both a Mark Millar fan and a massive Kick-Ass fan. I was very intrigued to find out where/when Hit-Girl’s miniseries would fit into the Kick-Ass story, and was pleased to find out that it was set in-between Kick-Ass volume one and two.
Kick-Ass learns the art of crashing through windows...15 attempts later
We kick off straight after the events of Kick-Ass volume one with both Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl coming to terms with the tragic death of Big Daddy (Hit-Girls father and crime fighting partner). Mindy’s (Hit-Girl) sole mission now is to bring down the people responsible for her father’s death aka Red Mist, who himself begins to put the wheels in motion of gaining his own revenge by putting together his very own super criminal gang. While Mindy is planning to continue her crime fighting career she is also back living with her mother and this brings its own struggles as she finds it impossible to acclimatise to a normal life resulting in her being the #1 target for the “in-crowd” at school. This culminates in her making an agreement with Kick-Ass to train him in return for him to showing her the ways of blending in with everyday life and to know what it’s like to be a normal teenage girl in which Kick-Ass agrees.
Mindy is secretly training Dave to be a better hero, and Dave is teaching Mindy how to be a regular 12-year-old girl.
Issue two continues with Kick-Ass training to become a more complete and lethal crime fighter, in which Hit-Girl is putting him in some pretty awesome action scenes. Trust me this is your typical Mark Millar gory comic that we all know he can deliver, combine this with John Romita JR’s fabulous art and you have fight scenes which are truly awesome. While Kick-Ass is progressing with his training under Hit-Girl’s tutelage, Red Mist looks set to make his mark with his organized crime gang and take revenge on Kick-Ass.
Overall i think this comic is an absolute must read for any Mark Millar / Kick-Ass fan and in my opinion fits into the Kick-Ass story amazingly well along with fantastic art by John Romita JR.
MUST READ……
Story: 5/5
Art: 5/5
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Posted on August 1st, 2012
Category: RESIDENT OF GOTHAM, REVIEWS
Tags: Dean Thackray, Hit-Girl, Hit-Girl #2 review, Icon, John Romita JR, Kick-Ass, Mark Millar, marvel comics, Resident Of Gotham