Mark Millar And John Romita Jr.’s ‘Kick-Ass’ Gets A Compendium Edition From Image Comics

by Olly MacNamee

The latest contemporary classic Image Comics’ series to get the compendium edition treatment is Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.‘s Kick-Ass, which collects together all four previous miniseries and was released this summer. A perfect read for any vacation time you may be taking. That’s Kick-Ass, Vol. 1 #1-8, Kick-Ass, Vol. 2 #1-5, Kick-Ass, Vol. 3 #1-6, and Kick-Ass, Vol. 4 #1-8.

“In the Kick-Ass Compendium, readers find out what happens when Dave Lizewski asks himself, ‘How come nobody’s ever become a superhero before?’ and makes his teenage superhero daydreams an ass-kicking reality. Dave is an ordinary New York City teenager obsessed with superheroes. But one day, he takes the plunge, dons a costume, and begins prowling the streets of his city to protect the innocent. He soon realizes, however, that the danger is far more real than what he reads about in comics …”