Kick-Ass (comics): Difference between revisions

[[File:kickass.jpg|frame|Tunk you, asshole!]]

 

 

In a nutshell, ''Kick-Ass'' (the comic) is about the notion of comic book fanboys moonlighting as superheroes. A teenage outcast decides to become a superhero, leading him to meet other would-be heroes, most notably Big Daddy and his [[Ax Crazy]] daughter Hit Girl. Also in the mix is the Red Mist, a hero with a secret.

Writen by [[Mark Millar]] and penciled by John Romita Jr., and published by Marvel.

 

 

Compare with [[Domestico]], a very similar comic in both story and design, released one year prior.

Not to be confused with the trope [[Literal Ass-Kicking]].

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* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Kick-Ass, who is a massive comic book geek. So is Red Mist, {{spoiler|even though he wants to be the villain.}} Also, {{spoiler|Big Daddy; he financed his vigilantism by selling classic comic books like [[Spider-Man|Amazing Fantasy #15]]...}}

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]

** First time Kick-Ass tries to make the jump between buildings mirrors the scene in The Matrix shot for shot.

** The first volume ends with a quote from the 1989 ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'':

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Nightbitch, and the mother of Remembering Tommy.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: "He doesn't have the balls," {{spoiler|says the gangster to a guy with a gun who just [[Groin Attack|had his testicles]] [[Electric Torture|hooked up to a car battery]]}} Needless to say, {{spoiler|Hit-Girl probably [[Mercy Kill|did him a favor by killing him]] with that butcher knife}}.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Mocked by Hit-Girl:

'''Hit-Girl''': "Oh, kiss my ass. What is this, the [[Silver Age]]? I'm afraid we forgot our magic fucking hypno-ring that turns bad guys into good guys." }}

** Heck, during his team-up with Doctor Gravity, he effortlessly beats the tar out of two hoods (something he couldn't even do in the first issue of the series), and this is before Hit-Girl's training!

* [[Torture First, Ask Questions Later]]: Kick-Ass tries to tell his torturers whatever they want, but they just laugh and say the torture hasn't even started.

* [[Training Montage]]: Which consists of Dave working out and telling us he did some Judo.

* [[Trilogy Creep]]: The comic was supposed to be three issues, which then changed to four by the second issue; then it was eight; now it's about to start a whole new arc.

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