Après Hit-Girl, le scénariste Mark Millar annonce le retour de Kick Ass en collaboration avec son ami John Romita Jr (All-Star Batman).
Enfin de « retour », il s’agit plutôt d’une relance puisque, sous le costume, le lecteur ne retrouvera pas Dave Lizewski mais… Une nouvelle héroïne reflétant plus surement la diversité. Voilà comment le scénariste britannique décrit le processus et l’avenir de la franchise :
Notons pour finir que c’est le dessinateur Rafael Albuquerque (déjà à l’œuvre sur Huck) qui dessinera la nouvelle série Hit-Girl sur un scénario de Mark Millar puis de Daniel Way.
Les séries Kick Ass : The New Girl et Hit-Girl devraient démarrer en janvier 2017 et paraitre directement sous le label Millarworld.
Le site Entertainment Weekly a dévoilé les premières pages de la nouvelle mini-série Kick-Ass. Comme annoncé par Mark Millar l’année dernière, un nouveau personnage porte cette fois-ci le costume de Kick-Ass : Patience Lee, une mère de famille et ex-militaire, qui revient chez elle, au Nouveau-Mexique, pour découvrir que la criminalité gangrène sa ville. Inspirée par l’exemple de Dave Lizewski, elle décide de régler elle-même la situation…
La publication débutera en février 2018 chez Image Comics (et plus au sein du label Icons de Marvel), année qui marquera le 10ème anniversaire de la première série Kick-Ass.
Story: Mark Millar
Art / Cover / Variant Cover: John Romita Jr.
Published: April 18, 2018
Diamond ID: FEB180643
Age Rating: M
KICK-ASS IS BACK. Patience Lee’s shaking up the city’s organized crime rings to feed her family and give stolen money back to the community. But the enemies she’s making have friends in low places, friends that will avenge their bosses come hell or high water. The city’s most violent offender is fresh out of jail, and he’s got Kick-Ass in his sights. The third installment of the high-octane, blood-soaked return of KICK-ASS from MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA JR.
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Writer: Mark Millar
Artist / Cover / Variant Cover: John Romita Jr.
Published: May 16, 2018
Diamond ID: MAR180706
Age Rating: M
KICK-ASS IS BACK! Patience is trapped while trying to bust a local gang operation and save an innocent man from torture. Surrounded by gangsters, armed with only her wits and combat training, she must fight her way out and get back to her family. With Violencia now hunting her, desperate for revenge, how long before the villains find out who’s under the mask?
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Writer: Mark Millar
Artist / Cover / Variant Cover: John Romita Jr.
Cover C: Ozgur Yildirim
Published: June 13, 2018
Diamond ID: APR180600
Age Rating: M
KICK-ASS IS BACK. Patience is sucked deeper into the criminal underworld. Faced with a new horde of enemies, she must fight to keep her superhero activity and her identity safe. But what happens when the bad guys work out who’s wearing the mask? The violence cuts way too close to home in the latest installment of MARK MILLAR and JOHN ROMITA JR.'s incredible KICK-ASS series, with a connecting HIT-GIRL #5 cover from ÖZGÜR YILDIRIM
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Writer: Mark Millar
Artist / Cover / Cover A / Cover B / Cover C: John Romita Jr
Cover D: Denys Cowan
Published: July 18, 2018
Diamond ID: MAY180190
Age Rating: M
KICK-ASS IS BACK. It’s the violent climax of JOHN ROMITA JR and MARK MILLAR’s first Patience arc, and our hero’s taking no prisoners. Patience is facing off with the ganglords in a final, bloody showdown—fighting for the survival of her family, and of her neighborhood.
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Writer: Steve Niles
Artist / Cover: Marcelo Frusin
Variant Cover: Marcelo Frusin, David Mack
Published: October 10, 2018
Diamond ID: AUG180243
Age Rating: M
Kick-Ass is building her own army in New Mexico. But now her men are being captured and tortured for information, and Hector Santos will stop at nothing until Kick-Ass is unmasked. Can Patience keep her identity—and her family—safe?
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Covers by: Marcelo Frusin, Andre Araujo, John Romita Jr.
Description: End of story arc! It’s time. This arc’s bloody climax sees Kick-Ass face off against Violencia – the monster who’s trained for months to destroy her. Patience takes a ferocious last stand against Santos and his gangs.
Description: New allies emerge from the shadows as Kick-Ass hunts the drug suppliers soiling her neighborhood. The Russians are cooking up meth in Albuquerque, and Patience is going to tear down their labs one by one.
