Written by MARK MILLAR
Pencils & Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Variant Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Sketch Variant by JOHN ROMITA JR
The greatest super hero comic of all-time is finally here. WOLVERINE: ENEMY OF THE STATE's team of MARK MILLAR (CIVIL WAR) and JOHN ROMITA JR. (WORLD WAR HULK) reunite for the best new book of the 21st century. Have you ever wanted to be a super hero? Dreamed of donning a mask and just heading outside to some kick-ass? Well, this is the book for you--the comic that starts where other super hero books draw the line. KICK-ASS is realistic super heroes taken to the next level. Miss out and you're an idiot!
"So many ways to start this review. ‘You know what’s NOT kick-ass? This comic.’ ‘Kick-Ass? More like lame-ass.’ ‘Kick-Ass? Well, they’re half right, and it ain’t about kicking.’ But those dismissive comments aren’t really important. The important thing is that, for all the typical Mark Millar posturing (the cover blurb of ‘The Greatest Superhero Book Of All Time Is Finally Here!’, the back cover blurb of ‘Comics just don’t get better than this.’), Kick-Ass is a fairly dull, boring story. Despite being a Mature Content title, it reads like a toned-down ‘hero’ riff on Wanted, which Millar wrote, what, seven years ago? All told, it’s nothing really new, and everything you’ve seen from Millar before. Maybe he’ll have some trick up his sleeve for the rest of the run, but for now it’s not really saying anything worth hearing."
THIS BOOK GETS 5 GRAHAMS OUT OF 10
