Hit-Girl (comic book)

For the second volume of Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years, originally titled Hit-Girl, see Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years.

Hit-Girl
Cover of Hit Girl in Colombia (2018)
Publication information
Publisher	Image Comics
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	February 21, 2018 – January 15, 2020
No. of issues	24
Main character(s)	Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl
Creative team
Created by	Mark Millar John Romita Jr.
Written by	Mark Millar Jeff Lemire Rafael Albuquerque Rafael Scavone Kevin Smith Daniel Way Pete Milligan
Penciller(s)	Ricardo Lopez Ortiz Eduardo Risso Rafael Albuquerque Pernille Ørum Goran Barlov Alison Sampson

Hit-Girl is a creator-owned comic book sequel series to Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years, created by Mark Millar and illustrated by John Romita Jr., part of the Kick-Ass franchise and set in the Millarworld. The series was published by Image Comics from 2018 to 2020. The title, featuring a successive change of writers and artists for each four-issue story arc, follows Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl leaving the United States to carry on her fight for justice on a worldwide scale, depicting events mentioned in the epilogue of Book Four of The Dave Lizewski Years.^[1][2]

Synopsis

Season One

The first series of Hit-Girl is retroactively referred to as Hit-Girl: Season One following the release of the second series, titled Hit-Girl: Season Two.

In Colombia

In Canada

In Rome

Season Two

In Hollywood

In February 2019, the series restarted under the title Hit-Girl: Season 2. The first issue featured the Kevin Smith storyline spoken about when the first series was first announced, Hit-Girl In Hollywood, also known as Hit-Girl: The Golden Rage of Hollywood.^[3] The plot revolves around Hit-Girl's infamy having grown to legendary proportions thanks to a bestseller book, which is about to be adapted into a movie, prompting Hit-Girl to go to Hollywood and settle the matter her style. However, as she soon discovers, the movie is not going to be the only copy of her life's story.

In Hong Kong

In India

Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl

The first issue of Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl, a five-issue crossover between Hit-Girl and the supervillainous Patience Lee incarnation of Kick-Ass (written by Steve Niles, art by Marcelo Frusin), was published on November 11, 2020.^[4][5] The series concluded with the release of the fifth issue on April 11, 2021,^[6] and was collected as the fourth volume of Kick-Ass – The New Girl.

Characters

Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl

Main article: Hit-Girl

Critical reception

Hit-Girl was well-received for its complex stories that deal with difficult subjects, something which reflected by the mature art style of every arc bar Hit-Girl In Hollywood, the first arc of Season Two of the series. Hit-Girl was called "visually stunning" by Darryll Robson of MonkeysFightingRobots.^[7]

In other media

In January 2019, Kevin Smith expressed interest in Hit-Girl in Hollywood receiving a film adaptation, with "a woman [being] in charge" of production.^[8]

References

1. Viscardi, James (November 21, 2017). "Exclusive: Mark Millar Reveals New Hit-Girl Ongoing Series, Kevin Smith to Write Second Arc". ComicBook.com. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
2. Whitbrook, James (November 21, 2017). "The New Kick-Ass Comic Is Being Joined by an Ongoing Hit-Girl Series". io9. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
3. "Kevin Smith to Write Hit-Girl Miniseries". CBR. 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
4. Wood, Robert (29 October 2020). "Kick-Ass vs Hit-Girl Promises A Comics Bloodbath This November". Screen Rant. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
5. DeArmitt, Grant (November 6, 2020). "Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl delivers "suspense and brutality" from Marcelo Frusin and Steve Niles". Games Radar. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
6. Matadeen, Renaldo (April 11, 2021). "Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl FINALLY Declares a Winner – and It's Brutal". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved April 11, 2021.
7. Robson, Darryll (15 October 2019). "Review: HIT GIRL Season 2 #9 Provides Beauty And Horror In Equal Measure". MonkeysFightingRobots. Archived from the original on 16 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
8. Flint, Hanna (22 January 2019). "Kevin Smith explains the heartfelt message behind his gory Hit-Girl comic". Dazed Digital. Retrieved 22 January 2019.