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Hit-Girl
Hit-Girl, Vol. 1: Hit-Girl in Colombia
HIT-GIRL IS BACK. The pint-sized Punisher-meets-Polly-Pocket has left America behind and set off to serve justice around the world. First stop: Colombia. A mother seeking vengeance for the murder of her child enlists Hit-Girl to destroy his killer, but Mindy has bigger plans for Colombia's most feared hitman.
Collects HIT-GIRL #1-4
Collects HIT-GIRL #1-4
112 pages, Paperback
First published June 20, 2018
About the author
Mark Millar
1,543 books2,594 followersMark Millar is the New York Times best-selling writer of Wanted, the Kick-Ass series, The Secret Service, Jupiter’s Legacy, Jupiter’s Circle, Nemesis, Superior, Super Crooks, American Jesus, MPH, Starlight, and Chrononauts. Wanted, Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2, and The Secret Service (as Kingsman: The Secret Service) have been adapted into feature films, and Nemesis, Superior, Starlight, War Heroes, Jupiter’s Legacy and Chrononauts are in development at major studios.
His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.
Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.
His DC Comics work includes the seminal Superman: Red Son, and at Marvel Comics he created The Ultimates – selected by Time magazine as the comic book of the decade, Wolverine: Old Man Logan, and Civil War – the industry’s biggest-selling superhero series in almost two decades.
Mark has been an Executive Producer on all his movie adaptations and is currently creative consultant to Fox Studios on their Marvel slate of movies.
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December 14, 2025
(B-) 71% | Satisfactory
Notes: Frenzied art, faint plot to start (our antihero's lonely), but just an excuse to get murder-profuse: a story in-name-only.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Issues #1-2 ◦ Issues #3-4
Notes: Frenzied art, faint plot to start (our antihero's lonely), but just an excuse to get murder-profuse: a story in-name-only.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Issues #1-2 ◦ Issues #3-4
February 16, 2023
Mindy is still doing the Hit-Girl but it's not as good when she was working with her dad or Kick-Ass. Seeking a new partner she finds herself caught up with the Colombian cartels.. did I say caught up? I meant slaughtering the Colombian cartels.
I'm a like....what! Hit-Girl's back. Yahhooo! Then I read it. It's not that it's bad... it just hasn't evolved in anyway since the original series. Nowhere near as funny and the art (sorry Ricardo López Ortiz, with the very cool name), the art doesn't really do the over the top killing, blood and guts, and justice. 7.5 out of 12, a very firm Three Star read still.
2019 read
I'm a like....what! Hit-Girl's back. Yahhooo! Then I read it. It's not that it's bad... it just hasn't evolved in anyway since the original series. Nowhere near as funny and the art (sorry Ricardo López Ortiz, with the very cool name), the art doesn't really do the over the top killing, blood and guts, and justice. 7.5 out of 12, a very firm Three Star read still.
2019 read
June 23, 2018
Hit-Girl: the hyper-violent teen ninja “superhero” we saw kick ass with, erm, Kick-Ass in, er, Kick-Ass. Now she’s back doing what she does best: killing bad guys, this time in Colombia for no reason. Is there anything more to this book than that? Noooooooooooope. It’s just that uninspired!
Mark Millar can write blood-soaked and brainless but fun comics like Nemesis or even the first Hit-Girl book but he utterly fails to produce anything remotely entertaining with Hit-Girl in Colombia. The action is dull rubbish, the characters are one-dimensional nobodies and the paper-thin story is repetitive and boring.
Hit-Girl is never in any real danger at any point and she’s got no skin in the game so the stakes are exactly zero - oh the non-tension! There’s some drek about a mother after revenge for her dead son that was a feeble attempt at giving this nonsense some artificial purpose and it fell completely flat. The ending is too pat and unconvincing.
Don’t expect the interior art to look anything like Amy Reeder’s cool covers - Ricardo Lopez Ortiz’s art is scratchy, cheap anime-style drawing that was wholly unappealing and ugly.
Maybe Jeff Lemire’s take on the character in the next book - in where else but Canada, eh? - might be better unless it’s just more of the same that we got here. I’ll give Mindy this: she’s got good taste in comics. She’s a fan of Tom King’s Batman - and that’s what I’d recommend reading over Shit-Girl in Colombia.
Mark Millar can write blood-soaked and brainless but fun comics like Nemesis or even the first Hit-Girl book but he utterly fails to produce anything remotely entertaining with Hit-Girl in Colombia. The action is dull rubbish, the characters are one-dimensional nobodies and the paper-thin story is repetitive and boring.
Hit-Girl is never in any real danger at any point and she’s got no skin in the game so the stakes are exactly zero - oh the non-tension! There’s some drek about a mother after revenge for her dead son that was a feeble attempt at giving this nonsense some artificial purpose and it fell completely flat. The ending is too pat and unconvincing.
Don’t expect the interior art to look anything like Amy Reeder’s cool covers - Ricardo Lopez Ortiz’s art is scratchy, cheap anime-style drawing that was wholly unappealing and ugly.
Maybe Jeff Lemire’s take on the character in the next book - in where else but Canada, eh? - might be better unless it’s just more of the same that we got here. I’ll give Mindy this: she’s got good taste in comics. She’s a fan of Tom King’s Batman - and that’s what I’d recommend reading over Shit-Girl in Colombia.
August 15, 2022
This was so terrible I had to double check that Mark Millar wrote this. It made me physically angry at what a piece of shit this was. I like the rest of the Kick Ass series. There's zero story here. Hit-Girl goes to Columbia and kills a bunch of gang members. It reminded me of Luthor Strode in its hyper-violence, lack of story and terrible artwork. Ortiz draws cartoony anime characters with dumb expressions that all look dirty from the amount of lines on their faces. Hit-Girl is now a super-strong young girl who can chop people in half with an ax and rip car doors off their hinges. The only redeeming quality to the book were the Amy Reeder covers. They were spectacular.
August 2, 2018
This was pointless. Dumb simple story and really poor art. I hope Lemire creates something with more life.
July 17, 2022
Mira que soy fan de Mark Millar y su estilo macarra, peliculero y violento con diálogos eficaces y ritmo endiablado. Pero aquí ha patinado. Realmente se deja leer como todas las obras de Millar (creo que ninguna me pareció aburrida), pero es que no tiene mucho más donde rascar. Es el Millar más "tengo que pagar la hipoteca", y menos el provocador y visionario que suele ser en sus mejores trabajos como Kick-Ass o Los Ultimates.
Hit-Girl que tras los acontecimientos que ocurren en la trilogía original de Kick-Ass, se queda sola en su lucha contra el crimen. Y decide que quiere impartir su "justicia" por todo el globo. E imagino que en diferentes miniseries escritas por diferentes autores y dibujantes, recorre países asesinando a escoria. En esta primera entrega tenemos al creador original, Millar. Empieza en Colombia y chantajea a un famoso sicario llamado Mano para que le ayude en su cruzada.
Y no hay mucho más que contar. Tiroteos, asesinatos, explosiones, Hit-Girl en plan psico-killer reventando todo lo que pille y saliéndose con la suya. Lo que brillaba en la maravillosa Kick-Ass (incluso en la precuela de Kick-Ass 2: Hit-Girl), aquí queda repetitivo, sin gracia. Es una pena, pero oye, es Mark Millar, el azote de los convencionalismos y el paladín del entretenimiento palomitero. Aburrir no aburre y el dibujo se deja ver. Así que para echarse una horita de lectura, ni tan mal. Pero el Millarworld, y sobre todo el universo Kick-Ass merece algo más.
Hit-Girl que tras los acontecimientos que ocurren en la trilogía original de Kick-Ass, se queda sola en su lucha contra el crimen. Y decide que quiere impartir su "justicia" por todo el globo. E imagino que en diferentes miniseries escritas por diferentes autores y dibujantes, recorre países asesinando a escoria. En esta primera entrega tenemos al creador original, Millar. Empieza en Colombia y chantajea a un famoso sicario llamado Mano para que le ayude en su cruzada.
Y no hay mucho más que contar. Tiroteos, asesinatos, explosiones, Hit-Girl en plan psico-killer reventando todo lo que pille y saliéndose con la suya. Lo que brillaba en la maravillosa Kick-Ass (incluso en la precuela de Kick-Ass 2: Hit-Girl), aquí queda repetitivo, sin gracia. Es una pena, pero oye, es Mark Millar, el azote de los convencionalismos y el paladín del entretenimiento palomitero. Aburrir no aburre y el dibujo se deja ver. Así que para echarse una horita de lectura, ni tan mal. Pero el Millarworld, y sobre todo el universo Kick-Ass merece algo más.
November 23, 2019
Se existe uma história em quadrinhos do histriônico e famosérrimo Mark Millar que merece o título de seu pior trabalho (so far), essa minissérie da Hit-Girl na Colômbia está concorrendo fortemente ao posto. A impressão que dá é que o autor pensou que a história iria vender de qualquer forma e então ele estava liberado para fazer qualquer estrondo narrativo que pudesse imaginar. É sangue e corpos, desmembramento, explosões, mortes sem sentido e esquartejamento pra mais de metro quadrado. Tudo isso para uma competição de quem é mais fodão, de a Hit-Girl ou o traficante colombiano Mano. O que me lembra outro quadrinho do tipo, que também concorre ao posto de pior trabalho de Mark Millar, que é o Nêmesis: uma corrida de morte, sangue e mutilação com o único propósito psicótico de mostrar qual dos dois, herói ou vilão, numa perspectiva que assusta os dois lados, é o mais fodão. Dá uma peguiçooooonaaaaa esses tipos de quadrinhos de Mark Millar. O problema é que de vez em quando ele nos sai com alguma pérolas. Como vocês podem ver, Hit Girl: Colômbia não é nenhuma pérola. Merece uma estrela pelo esforço do desenhista.
August 30, 2019
Me gustó bastante la historia, pero el cambio en el ilustrador fue algo que no me gustó tanto a pesar de que son buenas las viñetas. Eso sí, creo que faltó algo de rojo (sangre) porque estamos hablando de una historia de Hit-girl
September 30, 2019
La historia es muy buena pero el diseño de los personajes me parecio muy malo 🙈
February 17, 2025
My first and last read of Hit-Girl. The story was basically mindless action and violence. No character moments and no stakes/tension. The art was alright but not my favorite
November 30, 2018
Violent and creative, but missing its soul somehow.
July 12, 2018
It's great to have Hit-Girl back! Kick-Ass has retired and now she's looking for a new partner. However, she gets a case in Colombia and off she goes to get a whole wack of drug lords and gangs. Tons of violence with eyes popping out of exploded heads but the humour doesn't hit the mark of the original series. It has a flippant tone and some good oneliners but not the top-quality humour of the first. I can't wait for the second volume as she's off to Canada next time and who else could be writing it but Jeff Lemire!
March 30, 2019
Never read a hit girl comic before, loved this one instantly.
When I saw this and the new Kick Ass coming out last year, I was worried I would have to start from the original series in order to understand whats happening now. NOT THE CASE. Hit girl gives us a small history lesson on the original story but quickly jumps into doing her own thing now. And shes going on tour! This new series is an anthology, with a new writer in every city (The first being Mark Millar) This story was fun, sassy, and more badass than I had dreamed. There's even this cool part where she talks about reading Tom Kings Batman, its great! Don't really have any complaints. The story was great, the art fit the series pretty spot on, and I'm excited to see what the other writers can do.
When I saw this and the new Kick Ass coming out last year, I was worried I would have to start from the original series in order to understand whats happening now. NOT THE CASE. Hit girl gives us a small history lesson on the original story but quickly jumps into doing her own thing now. And shes going on tour! This new series is an anthology, with a new writer in every city (The first being Mark Millar) This story was fun, sassy, and more badass than I had dreamed. There's even this cool part where she talks about reading Tom Kings Batman, its great! Don't really have any complaints. The story was great, the art fit the series pretty spot on, and I'm excited to see what the other writers can do.
September 28, 2020
It's been a while since I've checked in with the Kick-Ass universe and I'm so glad to be back. "Hit-Girl, Volume 1: In Columbia" has her beginning a world tour of bloody justice and vengeance as only she can dole out. Here, she free's a prominent gang psychopath murderer and forces him to join her in a killing spree. As her plan becomes clear, the stakes get higher and higher until it reaches an insane crescendo. I can't wait for the next stop: Canada. The great white north is about to turn blood red!
August 11, 2023
This book felt like it was produced by Adult Swim. Tonally, you can tell that this story was definitely written by Mark Millar. The story was full of over-the-top action and violence. But this one locked majorly in the art department. It’s hard to go from JRJR’s art to most other things though, to be fair. Excited for Lemire’s writing in the next volume!
December 7, 2020
Mediocre art, but fast paced and typical Hit-Girl zaniness and carnage.
October 16, 2024
Alot of fun, even if Millar is a little up his own ass with his cleverness.
Did Not Finish
March 5, 2019started for the nostalgia factor; just couldn't get into it and stopped reading before issue 1 ended.
June 27, 2018
I was initially unsure how much I might enjoy Hit-Girl in Colombia but I was very pleasantly surprised. While I don't mind lots of blood and violence that isn't a particular draw for me. I like stories and characters, and if violence is part of it, okay.
The character of Hit-Girl is wonderful. Not particularly deep (though she has a couple of profound comments) but very much a fun personality as long as you aren't a target. She is snarky and seems to fluctuate between a typical 12 year old and a middle-age business person.
The story is both over-the-top and very basic, but in a fun and engaging way. The vengeance at the heart of the story is both understandable and extreme, yet ultimately the message is that people are not inherently bad and with hope everyone can be "good."
I would recommend this to anyone who wants a quick fun read with good visuals and a snarky protagonist.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss.
The character of Hit-Girl is wonderful. Not particularly deep (though she has a couple of profound comments) but very much a fun personality as long as you aren't a target. She is snarky and seems to fluctuate between a typical 12 year old and a middle-age business person.
The story is both over-the-top and very basic, but in a fun and engaging way. The vengeance at the heart of the story is both understandable and extreme, yet ultimately the message is that people are not inherently bad and with hope everyone can be "good."
I would recommend this to anyone who wants a quick fun read with good visuals and a snarky protagonist.
Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss.
June 14, 2018
3.5/5
Took me a while to get used to the art, but once I did I realized it was absolutely gorgeous.
Took me a while to get used to the art, but once I did I realized it was absolutely gorgeous.
October 8, 2024
The artwork is still crap, but from a different artist. It's the writing that sucks hard. It doesn't resemble the Hit-Girl of old, nor is it entertaining. Killing shouldn't be this shallow. Mindy fought crime before, but here she's just bloodthirsty. This feels like a cash grab. Well, onto volume 2. Just kidding.
Mindy needs a side-kick. Unfortunately, Dave is retired and replacing him hasn't worked out. She heads for Colombia where she hires the murderous Mano, a wanted man. Mindy prmises to free him if he joins forces in her fight against crime.
Mindy needs a side-kick. Unfortunately, Dave is retired and replacing him hasn't worked out. She heads for Colombia where she hires the murderous Mano, a wanted man. Mindy prmises to free him if he joins forces in her fight against crime.
October 1, 2018
Ολόκληρη η κριτική στο Smassing Culture
Η Hit-Girl μας θυμίζει τις παλιές καλές εποχές του Kick-Ass
Ο Mark Millar έκανε reboot φέτος στην Image μία απ’ τις δημοφιλέστερες comic σειρές του, το Kick-Ass, και φυσικά δεν θα μπορούσε να περάσει απαρατήρητο. Δυστυχώς, όμως, επέλεξε να μας δώσει μια νέα Kick-Ass, η οποία, ως χαρακτήρας, εκτός από εντελώς αδιάφορη είναι και στρατόκαυλη! Κι ενώ ο Millar μας είχε απογοητεύσει σε αυτή τη σειρά, ήρθε το Hit-Girl για να μας δώσει ελπίδες ότι έστω κάποιο απ’ τα reboots του Kick-Ass μπορεί να μας θυμίσει κάτι απ’ τα παλιά.
Φυσικά, όπως θυμόμαστε όλοι, η Hit-Girl ήταν η side-kick του Kick-Ass, η οποία όμως τον έσωσε πολλές φορές από δύσκολες καταστάσεις. Και πάντα τον έσωζε με πολύ στυλ και πολύ αίμα! Γιατί παρά τη γλυκιά εμφάνιση της teen superhero, είναι μια απ’ τις πιο βίαιες ηρωίδες στην ιστορία των comic. Εκπαιδευμένη σε όλη την παιδική της ηλικία απ’ τον πατέρα της, η Hit-Girl πολεμάει το έγκλημα σκοτώνοντας κακοποιούς με κάθε ορθόδοξο και (κυρίως) ανορθόδοξο τρόπο!
Η επιστροφή της νέας Hit-Girl σε δίκη της solo σειρά ήταν ένα ρίσκο για τον Mark Millar, ειδικά από τη στιγμή, που είχε ανακοινώσει από την αρχή ότι οι δύο νέες ηρωιδες θα έχουν ξεχωριστές ιστορίες, αφού μάλιστα τις χωρίζουν εκατοντάδες χιλιόμετρα. Έτσι, η νέα Kick-Ass ξεκίνησε την περιπέτειά της στην Αμερική, ενώ η νέα Hit-Girl βρίσκεται στην Κολομβία.
Η νέα Hit-Girl ονομάζεται Mindy και είναι ένα έφηβο κορίτσι που ζει στην Κολομβία. Εμπνευσμένη απ’ τους αγαπημένους της superheroes αποφασίζει μια μέρα να καταπολεμήσει τις εγκληματικές συμμορίες που ελέγχουν τη χώρα, πλουτίζοντας από το εμπόριο ναρκωτικών. Όμως, παρά τον επαρκέστατο πολεμικό εξοπλισμό της, δεν μπορεί μόνη της να φέρει σε πέρας την αποστολή της. Ψάχνοντας για ένα νέο Kick-Ass, γρήγορα αντιλαμβάνεται ότι είναι δύσκολο να βρει ένα παιδί στην ηλικία της να ρισκάρει τη ζωή πολεμώντας πάνοπλους εγκληματίες. Όμως δεν το βάζει κάτω. Απελευθερώνει από τη φυλακή ένα διαβόητο κακοποιό, τον Fabio Mendoza, γνωστό με το παρατσούκλι Mano, τον οποίο αναγκάζει να τη συντροφεύσει στον πόλεμο εναντίον των συμμοριών, σε μία τις οποίες συμμετείχε και ο ίδιος πριν συλληφθεί για τις άγριες δολοφονίες πάνω από 100 ανθρώπων.
Ο Mano και η Hit-Girl ξεκινούν μία ασταμάτητη σφαγή των συμμοριών της Κολομβίας, ανοίγοντας ένα κύκλο αδιανόητης βίας, η οποία είναι χαρακτηριστική της original Hit-Girl, αλλά και γενικότερα του κόσμου του Kick-Ass. Έχοντας ένα ολόκληρο οπλοστάσιο γεμάτο με πολεμικά gadgets του ρωσικού στρατού, η Hit-Girl και ο Mano ξεκληρίζουν ολόκληρες συμμορίες και φαίνονται αήττητοι. Όμως δεν ιδιαίτερα σοφό να εμπιστεύεσαι ένα διαβόητο κακοποιό…
Από την άλλη η αλήθεια είναι, ότι η υπερβολική έμφαση στη δράση, τη βία και τις φαντασμαγορικές σκηνές, σε κάποιες στιγμές θυσιάζει τις δυνατότητες ανάπτυξης του σεναρίου. Σε κάποιες στιγμές σκέφτεσαι ότι ο Millar μπορούσε να γράψει λιγότερες σκηνές βίας και περισσότερους διαλόγους ανάμεσα στους χαρακτήρες, προκειμένου αυτοί να αναπτυχθούν περαιτέρω. Και ίσως αυτό είναι το μεγαλύτερο ελάττωμα του νέου run της Hit-Girl: οι μονοδιάστατοι χαρακτήρες.
Βέβαια μιλώντας για το σενάριο και τους χαρακτήρες, θα πρέπει να σημειωθεί ότι εδώ ο Millar επιστρέφει με μια nerd ηρωίδα. Το νέο Hit-Girl είναι γεμάτο αναφορές στη nerd και pop κουλτούρα, όπως θα έπρεπε να είναι και το Kick-Ass αν δεν έκανε την ανεξήγητη κίνηση ο Millar να βάλει πρωταγωνίστρια μια βετεράνο που κοροϊδεύει τους superheroes. Η Hit-Girl είναι μια αυθεντική nerd, που γίνεται superhero γιατί διαβάζει comics και θέλει να μοιάσει στους αγαπημένους της superheroes, αλλά και να πολεμήσει το έγκλημα της περιοχής της. Με αυτό τον τρόπο ο Millar επαναφέρει μια εναλλακτική superhero, που μπορούμε να την διαβάσουμε και ως κριτική ή παρωδία όλου του αντίστοιχου είδους. Τι πιο κοντινό στον original Kick-Ass;
Επιστρέφοντας, λοιπόν, στα θετικά της πρώτης ιστορίας, που αναπτύχθηκε στα 4 πρώτα τεύχη δεν γίνεται να αγνοηθεί το εξαιρετικό σχέδιο του Ricardo Lopez Ortiz. Ο Ortiz είναι ένας νέος καλλιτέχνης στον κόσμο του Kick-Ass, o οποίος φέρνει ένα ολοκαίνουριο look στην ιστορία του Millar, απομακρυνόμενος από το ρεαλισμό στο σχέδιο του John Romita Jr. Το πολύχρωμο σχέδιο του Ortiz θυμίζει anime, δίνοντας έτσι μια αίσθηση αυθεντικότητας στις splatter σκηνές, που διαδέχονται η μία την άλλη. Επιπλέον τα διάφορα gadgets της Hit-Girl δίνουν την ευκαιρία στον Ortiz να δείξιε με πολλούς διαφορετικούς το ταλέντο του, κάνοντας κάθε μάχη διαφορετική. Το σχέδιο του Ortiz δεν μας αφήνει ποτέ να βαρεθούμε!
Τέλος, πρέπει να παραδεχθούμε ότι το πρώτο δείγμα της Hit-Girl ήταν εξαιρετικά θετικό, δια χειρός Mark Millar, που έκανε την δυνατή επιστροφή που έπρεπε να είχε κάνει και στο Kick-Ass. Τα 4 πρώτα τεύχη της Hit-Girl στην Κολομβία είχαν τα προβλήματά τους, αλλά ήταν άκρως διασκεδαστικά. Πλέον, η σκυτάλη έχει περάσει στην έμπειρη πένα του Jeff Lemire (Moon Knight, Old Man Logan, Thanos, Sweet Tooth), ο οποίος συνεχίζει τις νέες ιστορίες της Hit-Girl, αυτή τη φορά στον Καναδά και σίγουρα μας γεννά αισιοδοξία για τη συνέχεια!
Η Hit-Girl μας θυμίζει τις παλιές καλές εποχές του Kick-Ass
Ο Mark Millar έκανε reboot φέτος στην Image μία απ’ τις δημοφιλέστερες comic σειρές του, το Kick-Ass, και φυσικά δεν θα μπορούσε να περάσει απαρατήρητο. Δυστυχώς, όμως, επέλεξε να μας δώσει μια νέα Kick-Ass, η οποία, ως χαρακτήρας, εκτός από εντελώς αδιάφορη είναι και στρατόκαυλη! Κι ενώ ο Millar μας είχε απογοητεύσει σε αυτή τη σειρά, ήρθε το Hit-Girl για να μας δώσει ελπίδες ότι έστω κάποιο απ’ τα reboots του Kick-Ass μπορεί να μας θυμίσει κάτι απ’ τα παλιά.
Φυσικά, όπως θυμόμαστε όλοι, η Hit-Girl ήταν η side-kick του Kick-Ass, η οποία όμως τον έσωσε πολλές φορές από δύσκολες καταστάσεις. Και πάντα τον έσωζε με πολύ στυλ και πολύ αίμα! Γιατί παρά τη γλυκιά εμφάνιση της teen superhero, είναι μια απ’ τις πιο βίαιες ηρωίδες στην ιστορία των comic. Εκπαιδευμένη σε όλη την παιδική της ηλικία απ’ τον πατέρα της, η Hit-Girl πολεμάει το έγκλημα σκοτώνοντας κακοποιούς με κάθε ορθόδοξο και (κυρίως) ανορθόδοξο τρόπο!
Η επιστροφή της νέας Hit-Girl σε δίκη της solo σειρά ήταν ένα ρίσκο για τον Mark Millar, ειδικά από τη στιγμή, που είχε ανακοινώσει από την αρχή ότι οι δύο νέες ηρωιδες θα έχουν ξεχωριστές ιστορίες, αφού μάλιστα τις χωρίζουν εκατοντάδες χιλιόμετρα. Έτσι, η νέα Kick-Ass ξεκίνησε την περιπέτειά της στην Αμερική, ενώ η νέα Hit-Girl βρίσκεται στην Κολομβία.
Η νέα Hit-Girl ονομάζεται Mindy και είναι ένα έφηβο κορίτσι που ζει στην Κολομβία. Εμπνευσμένη απ’ τους αγαπημένους της superheroes αποφασίζει μια μέρα να καταπολεμήσει τις εγκληματικές συμμορίες που ελέγχουν τη χώρα, πλουτίζοντας από το εμπόριο ναρκωτικών. Όμως, παρά τον επαρκέστατο πολεμικό εξοπλισμό της, δεν μπορεί μόνη της να φέρει σε πέρας την αποστολή της. Ψάχνοντας για ένα νέο Kick-Ass, γρήγορα αντιλαμβάνεται ότι είναι δύσκολο να βρει ένα παιδί στην ηλικία της να ρισκάρει τη ζωή πολεμώντας πάνοπλους εγκληματίες. Όμως δεν το βάζει κάτω. Απελευθερώνει από τη φυλακή ένα διαβόητο κακοποιό, τον Fabio Mendoza, γνωστό με το παρατσούκλι Mano, τον οποίο αναγκάζει να τη συντροφεύσει στον πόλεμο εναντίον των συμμοριών, σε μία τις οποίες συμμετείχε και ο ίδιος πριν συλληφθεί για τις άγριες δολοφονίες πάνω από 100 ανθρώπων.
Ο Mano και η Hit-Girl ξεκινούν μία ασταμάτητη σφαγή των συμμοριών της Κολομβίας, ανοίγοντας ένα κύκλο αδιανόητης βίας, η οποία είναι χαρακτηριστική της original Hit-Girl, αλλά και γενικότερα του κόσμου του Kick-Ass. Έχοντας ένα ολόκληρο οπλοστάσιο γεμάτο με πολεμικά gadgets του ρωσικού στρατού, η Hit-Girl και ο Mano ξεκληρίζουν ολόκληρες συμμορίες και φαίνονται αήττητοι. Όμως δεν ιδιαίτερα σοφό να εμπιστεύεσαι ένα διαβόητο κακοποιό…
Από την άλλη η αλήθεια είναι, ότι η υπερβολική έμφαση στη δράση, τη βία και τις φαντασμαγορικές σκηνές, σε κάποιες στιγμές θυσιάζει τις δυνατότητες ανάπτυξης του σεναρίου. Σε κάποιες στιγμές σκέφτεσαι ότι ο Millar μπορούσε να γράψει λιγότερες σκηνές βίας και περισσότερους διαλόγους ανάμεσα στους χαρακτήρες, προκειμένου αυτοί να αναπτυχθούν περαιτέρω. Και ίσως αυτό είναι το μεγαλύτερο ελάττωμα του νέου run της Hit-Girl: οι μονοδιάστατοι χαρακτήρες.
Βέβαια μιλώντας για το σενάριο και τους χαρακτήρες, θα πρέπει να σημειωθεί ότι εδώ ο Millar επιστρέφει με μια nerd ηρωίδα. Το νέο Hit-Girl είναι γεμάτο αναφορές στη nerd και pop κουλτούρα, όπως θα έπρεπε να είναι και το Kick-Ass αν δεν έκανε την ανεξήγητη κίνηση ο Millar να βάλει πρωταγωνίστρια μια βετεράνο που κοροϊδεύει τους superheroes. Η Hit-Girl είναι μια αυθεντική nerd, που γίνεται superhero γιατί διαβάζει comics και θέλει να μοιάσει στους αγαπημένους της superheroes, αλλά και να πολεμήσει το έγκλημα της περιοχής της. Με αυτό τον τρόπο ο Millar επαναφέρει μια εναλλακτική superhero, που μπορούμε να την διαβάσουμε και ως κριτική ή παρωδία όλου του αντίστοιχου είδους. Τι πιο κοντινό στον original Kick-Ass;
Επιστρέφοντας, λοιπόν, στα θετικά της πρώτης ιστορίας, που αναπτύχθηκε στα 4 πρώτα τεύχη δεν γίνεται να αγνοηθεί το εξαιρετικό σχέδιο του Ricardo Lopez Ortiz. Ο Ortiz είναι ένας νέος καλλιτέχνης στον κόσμο του Kick-Ass, o οποίος φέρνει ένα ολοκαίνουριο look στην ιστορία του Millar, απομακρυνόμενος από το ρεαλισμό στο σχέδιο του John Romita Jr. Το πολύχρωμο σχέδιο του Ortiz θυμίζει anime, δίνοντας έτσι μια αίσθηση αυθεντικότητας στις splatter σκηνές, που διαδέχονται η μία την άλλη. Επιπλέον τα διάφορα gadgets της Hit-Girl δίνουν την ευκαιρία στον Ortiz να δείξιε με πολλούς διαφορετικούς το ταλέντο του, κάνοντας κάθε μάχη διαφορετική. Το σχέδιο του Ortiz δεν μας αφήνει ποτέ να βαρεθούμε!
Τέλος, πρέπει να παραδεχθούμε ότι το πρώτο δείγμα της Hit-Girl ήταν εξαιρετικά θετικό, δια χειρός Mark Millar, που έκανε την δυνατή επιστροφή που έπρεπε να είχε κάνει και στο Kick-Ass. Τα 4 πρώτα τεύχη της Hit-Girl στην Κολομβία είχαν τα προβλήματά τους, αλλά ήταν άκρως διασκεδαστικά. Πλέον, η σκυτάλη έχει περάσει στην έμπειρη πένα του Jeff Lemire (Moon Knight, Old Man Logan, Thanos, Sweet Tooth), ο οποίος συνεχίζει τις νέες ιστορίες της Hit-Girl, αυτή τη φορά στον Καναδά και σίγουρα μας γεννά αισιοδοξία για τη συνέχεια!
November 8, 2018
Por las reseñas y la baja calificación de los usuarios de Goodreads, esperaba que este cómic fuera malísimo. Debo de admitir que aunque definitivamente no pasará a la historia, no es un cómic malo.
Me gusta la premisa. Millar trata de darnos una trama, lo que se aprecia, ya que normalmente los cómics de Kick Ass son pura acción con una ligera línea conductiva. Aquí también tenemos una línea muy delgada pero al final, una trama conductora. Hit-Girl trata de seguir adelante tras el retiro de Dave como Kick Ass, ahora trata de buscar un compañero para reemplazarlo, su búsqueda la lleva a Colombia y a aliarse con un sicario.
Aquí es cuando entran mis mayores problemas. Se supone que el gancho de la serie de Hit Girl es que se vuelve global, y en los distintos arcos de la historia estará viajando al rededor del mundo. Sin embargo esta serie no tiene nada de Colombia en ningún momento. Los personajes son morenos, con cabellos morados y rasgos de gente blanca, simplemente con piel morena. Los escenarios tampoco se ven colombianos. Se toca el tema de narcotráfico, obviamente como un cliché, sin profundizar ni hacerlo parte realmente importante de la serie. Me parece muy pobre la investigación y ejecución de parte de Millar.
El arte me gusta en el aspecto dinámico, va a tono con la obra. El ilustrador puede mostrar caos e irreverencia. Mi crítica sigue siendo que no se siente que los personajes estén en colombia.
Los personajes me gustaron, me sorprendió un poco algunos giros. Lamentablemente no creo que Hitgirl haya crecido de alguna manera, y la relación con mano no está bien desarrollada.
Me entretuvo. Lo leí de una sola sentada y no me aburrió ni me pareció soso. En el aspecto de entretenimiento cumple bien, pero al analizar la obra profundamente te das cuenta que no hay nada ahí. ¿Seguiré leyendo la serie? Tendremos que esperar para ver.
Me gusta la premisa. Millar trata de darnos una trama, lo que se aprecia, ya que normalmente los cómics de Kick Ass son pura acción con una ligera línea conductiva. Aquí también tenemos una línea muy delgada pero al final, una trama conductora. Hit-Girl trata de seguir adelante tras el retiro de Dave como Kick Ass, ahora trata de buscar un compañero para reemplazarlo, su búsqueda la lleva a Colombia y a aliarse con un sicario.
Aquí es cuando entran mis mayores problemas. Se supone que el gancho de la serie de Hit Girl es que se vuelve global, y en los distintos arcos de la historia estará viajando al rededor del mundo. Sin embargo esta serie no tiene nada de Colombia en ningún momento. Los personajes son morenos, con cabellos morados y rasgos de gente blanca, simplemente con piel morena. Los escenarios tampoco se ven colombianos. Se toca el tema de narcotráfico, obviamente como un cliché, sin profundizar ni hacerlo parte realmente importante de la serie. Me parece muy pobre la investigación y ejecución de parte de Millar.
El arte me gusta en el aspecto dinámico, va a tono con la obra. El ilustrador puede mostrar caos e irreverencia. Mi crítica sigue siendo que no se siente que los personajes estén en colombia.
Los personajes me gustaron, me sorprendió un poco algunos giros. Lamentablemente no creo que Hitgirl haya crecido de alguna manera, y la relación con mano no está bien desarrollada.
Me entretuvo. Lo leí de una sola sentada y no me aburrió ni me pareció soso. En el aspecto de entretenimiento cumple bien, pero al analizar la obra profundamente te das cuenta que no hay nada ahí. ¿Seguiré leyendo la serie? Tendremos que esperar para ver.
September 26, 2018
The baddest little vigilante in America goes international in this outrageous new series from comic book legend Mark Millar.
Hit-Girl is the moniker of Mindy McCready, a pre-teen vigilante killer who is the Kick-Ass universe’s most effective and terrifying hero. Introduced early on in the first volume of the Kick-Ass comic, Mindy was a 10-year-old girl who had been indoctrinated by her father, Big Daddy, into becoming an expert killer and crime fighter. Despite an attempt to live a normal life after the death of her father, Mindy has reverted to her vigilante ways with her trademark extreme violence and sassy attitude.
Following the events of the Kick-Ass 3 comic, Hit-Girl has decided to take her vigilante gig international and bring her version of justice to criminals around the world. However, with her partner, Dave Lizewski, the original Kick-Ass, retired, and his replacement (a young man Hit-Girl randomly recruited off the street) deciding to quit in the face of armed criminals, Hit-Girl is all on her own. With a request for help in Colombia looking too big to handle by herself, Hit Girl decides to recruit a partner as deadly and deranged as herself.
Enter Fabio ‘Mano’ Mendoza, the most ruthless and dangerous hitman in Palmira, Colombia. Freeing him from imprisonment, Hit-Girl ‘convinces’ Mano to help her with her mission, utilising an explosive device to keep him in line. Armed with an array of advanced and insanely destructive weapons, Mano helps Hit-Girl turn all of the city’s gangsters into corpses. But what will happen when Hit-Girl forces Mano to target his own gang?
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Hit-Girl is the moniker of Mindy McCready, a pre-teen vigilante killer who is the Kick-Ass universe’s most effective and terrifying hero. Introduced early on in the first volume of the Kick-Ass comic, Mindy was a 10-year-old girl who had been indoctrinated by her father, Big Daddy, into becoming an expert killer and crime fighter. Despite an attempt to live a normal life after the death of her father, Mindy has reverted to her vigilante ways with her trademark extreme violence and sassy attitude.
Following the events of the Kick-Ass 3 comic, Hit-Girl has decided to take her vigilante gig international and bring her version of justice to criminals around the world. However, with her partner, Dave Lizewski, the original Kick-Ass, retired, and his replacement (a young man Hit-Girl randomly recruited off the street) deciding to quit in the face of armed criminals, Hit-Girl is all on her own. With a request for help in Colombia looking too big to handle by herself, Hit Girl decides to recruit a partner as deadly and deranged as herself.
Enter Fabio ‘Mano’ Mendoza, the most ruthless and dangerous hitman in Palmira, Colombia. Freeing him from imprisonment, Hit-Girl ‘convinces’ Mano to help her with her mission, utilising an explosive device to keep him in line. Armed with an array of advanced and insanely destructive weapons, Mano helps Hit-Girl turn all of the city’s gangsters into corpses. But what will happen when Hit-Girl forces Mano to target his own gang?
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June 20, 2021
I was curious, but not really invested in this thing. Millar, and I presume the rest of the writers of the this run, have completely forgotten how to write Hit-girl. Instead they're going for the "12 year old Deathpool with HQ characteristics" personality. Why even bother at that point?
Well, for starters, on my part, the few elements in Kick-Ass I appreciated made me believe a stand-alone story with Hit-girl could work. Maybe one of these days they revive these characters and do something with them but... yeah, it doesn't look like they've upgraded much from the issues presented here so I'm not holding my breath.
Yeah, this shit was bad even for Millar levels. Especially for Millar levels, look: he was never an outstanding writer to begin with, but he knew his one or two tricks to make for engaging storytelling. This sucks...
Well, for starters, on my part, the few elements in Kick-Ass I appreciated made me believe a stand-alone story with Hit-girl could work. Maybe one of these days they revive these characters and do something with them but... yeah, it doesn't look like they've upgraded much from the issues presented here so I'm not holding my breath.
Yeah, this shit was bad even for Millar levels. Especially for Millar levels, look: he was never an outstanding writer to begin with, but he knew his one or two tricks to make for engaging storytelling. This sucks...
December 30, 2020
Vuelve Hit-Girl, la pequeña psicópata que por fin es mostrada simplemente como tal, sin mayor pretensión. Este comic se puede equiparar a una película slasher, donde el monstruo psicópata es el verdadero protagonista y uno como espectador sólo está a la espera de las inventivas formas que encontrará para asesinar a grandes cantidades de personas, con la diferencia de que aquí se trata de una “superheroína” que mata a criminales en lugar de a adolescentes calenturientos. Entonces no cabe esperar gran cosa a nivel historia: no tiene propósito e incluso me aburrió un poco.
El arte no es malo, pero el estilo caricaturezco de Ricardo López Ortiz simplemente desentona con el estilo realista al que nos tenía acostumbrados Romita Jr. e incluso Frusin en el nuevo título de Kick-Ass.
No es un completo desperdicio, pero es totalmente prescindible
El arte no es malo, pero el estilo caricaturezco de Ricardo López Ortiz simplemente desentona con el estilo realista al que nos tenía acostumbrados Romita Jr. e incluso Frusin en el nuevo título de Kick-Ass.
No es un completo desperdicio, pero es totalmente prescindible
July 6, 2022
Here's a comic book equation. Take the uniqueness of Kick-Ass and subtract the driven plot. You end up with something like this Hit-Girl (global tour) series. It doesn't REALLY need to happen, but if the Kick-Ass-iverse is to continue it must go somewhere.
The original Kick-Ass has retired. Mindy is having a rough time finding a replacement that is as into the retribution angle as she is. Does she go lone vigilante or does she pick up a partner along the way? Maybe there's another choice. Take someone who's already well versed in killing and force them (similar to a Suicide Squad contract) to kill ALL the bad people they know.
Throw in some Russian made 'smart weapons' and you have the start of the global tour by Hit-Girl.
First stop? Colombia!
The original Kick-Ass has retired. Mindy is having a rough time finding a replacement that is as into the retribution angle as she is. Does she go lone vigilante or does she pick up a partner along the way? Maybe there's another choice. Take someone who's already well versed in killing and force them (similar to a Suicide Squad contract) to kill ALL the bad people they know.
Throw in some Russian made 'smart weapons' and you have the start of the global tour by Hit-Girl.
First stop? Colombia!
December 3, 2019
Maybe I should be thankful they wrote Colombia in the right way. Cause there were so many inaccurate things about Colombia there that I had to stop thinking it was there. For the record Colombia is not Mexico, and is not the Latino neighborhoods on USA. Also, Palmira, really? Fells like random. There were a couple of nice looks to real Palmira, tho.
Anyway I liked the rage of Hit Girl and how all the stuff ended for the kid. But it was a really plain story, where is the real plot? There was so much lost potential there.
Manito arriba si eres de Colombia y estabas preguntándote "que carajos?" cada vez que cambiabas de página.
Anyway I liked the rage of Hit Girl and how all the stuff ended for the kid. But it was a really plain story, where is the real plot? There was so much lost potential there.
Manito arriba si eres de Colombia y estabas preguntándote "que carajos?" cada vez que cambiabas de página.
June 16, 2018
This of course has the expected ultraviolence, energy and destruction of body parts, but it's missing a bit of the DNA of the originals. There was little creative about the actual script – certainly there is none of the clever cussing I might have expected – and the artwork, while having some nicely graphic deaths (the microwave gun, especially), was messy with needless lines, and sometimes really hard to work out. It wasn't my idea of an ideal match, art-wise. But that's a minor quibble really, as this is still kinetic fun, and very much NSFW.
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