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Kick-Ass: The New Girl
Kick-Ass: Frauenpower 2
Die neue Serie zum verfilmten Comic-Kracher von Superstar Mark Millar! Als maskierte Rächerin Kick-Ass kontrolliert die Kriegsveteranin Patience mehrere Gangs und hetzt sie auf andere Banden. Jetzt wird sie aber vom Kartell ins Visier genommen, das einen rachsüchtigen alten Feind der neuen Kick-Ass reaktiviert … Von Steve Niles - (30 Days of Night) und Marcelo Frusin (HELLBLAZER). "Die beiden sind das großartigste Team aller Zeiten!" – Mark Millar. Die neue Serie mit brutal viel Frauenpower geht weiter!
152 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 10, 2019
About the author
Steve Niles
834 books464 followersSTEVE NILES is one of the writers responsible for bringing horror comics back to prominence, and was recently named by Fangoria magazine as one of it's "13 rising talents who promise to keep us terrified for the next 25 years."
Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.
Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea.
--from the author's website
Niles is currently working for the four top American comic publishers - Marvel, DC, Image and Dark Horse. He got his start in the industry when he formed his own publishing company called Arcane Comix, where he published, edited and adapted several comics and anthologies for Eclipse Comics. His adaptations include works by Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and Harlan Ellison.
Steve resides in Los Angeles in his bachelor pad with one cat. While there's no crawlspace, there is a questionable closet in one corner and no one is quite sure what is hidden in there...but we have an idea.
--from the author's website
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December 17, 2025
(B) 75% | More than Satisfactory
Notes: Goes super-fast, all blood and blasts, but still not so exciting, albeit barbaric it's so generic, no meaning to its fighting.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Issues #7-9 ◦ Issues #10-12
Notes: Goes super-fast, all blood and blasts, but still not so exciting, albeit barbaric it's so generic, no meaning to its fighting.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Issues #7-9 ◦ Issues #10-12
May 22, 2019
Steve Niles comes along and just pushes along a storyline that really...doesn't need to be made.
We have our hero Kick Ass now in control of a bunch of gangs and is trying to do better on the street. The idea is far fetch as fuck but COULD be interesting. Do something productive with the gangs, give us a inner look at trying to make the streets better....or can do a average story of the bad guys teaming up to kill Kick-Ass but somehow she still gets the upper hand.
This is kind of a lame addition to the Kick-ass series. It's not badly written, though Niles misses the Millar edginess. Also, the art is okay for what it is but the fights scenes and such don't look particularly well done. The thing with this is that it's a fast read but not all that interesting. I wish I could write Kickass simply because I love the idea but this was just meh. A 2 out of 5.
We have our hero Kick Ass now in control of a bunch of gangs and is trying to do better on the street. The idea is far fetch as fuck but COULD be interesting. Do something productive with the gangs, give us a inner look at trying to make the streets better....or can do a average story of the bad guys teaming up to kill Kick-Ass but somehow she still gets the upper hand.
This is kind of a lame addition to the Kick-ass series. It's not badly written, though Niles misses the Millar edginess. Also, the art is okay for what it is but the fights scenes and such don't look particularly well done. The thing with this is that it's a fast read but not all that interesting. I wish I could write Kickass simply because I love the idea but this was just meh. A 2 out of 5.
March 21, 2020
Millar and Romita Jnr handed the book over in a difficult place, humorless and with Kick-Ass as a crime boss - leaving little scope for Steve Niles to be innovative., so essentially we have civilian as a crime boss story… just average, if that. Also Romita Jnr set the art bar so high that it was never going to be matched, nevermind beaten! If you want to give us a Black Kick-Ass, create a new concept, this will always be compared (unfavorably?) with the original, and even worse you hand it over to other creators showing little loyalty to the creation! This average and somewhat trite volume gets a 6 out of 12.
March 11, 2019
Kick-Ass raises her own street gang and fights the Juggernaut... sort of! So I was a big fan of the first volume as I thought it brought something new to the series. Now we're back with a new volume and a new creative team! The story follows Patience as she is now using Maurices old crew as her vigilante gang, as they take over all the gangs of LA while also giving her enough money to look after her family. That is until she fights a new mob and a new kingpin!
To start with what I enjoyed, I still liked Patience as a protagonist, she is a compelling character while also having a Breaking Bad vibe, as everything she does, she does for her family. I like the vigilante gang Patience uses as it reminded me of the Sons of Batman from DKR. I was a bit worried about going into this volume with the new creative team, but Steven Niles does a good job in the writing department. It's not on Mark Millar's level but it's decent and the issues are definitely more action-packed. The artwork is also good, nice and clean looking which I like to see in comics. I still miss John Romita Jr's art, but the new art is decent enough!
In terms of what I didn't like, it was mainly with the finale. Similarly to the finale at the end of the first volume, it gets a bit too over the top for my liking. Patience once again wins based on pure dumb luck, which is not a bad thing, but it feels less satisfying when she finds easy solutions when the odds are heavily against her. Also, I wasn't joking when I said she fights the Juggernaut, she literally fights a "super villain" who looks like the Juggernaut, no two ways about it! I guess you could say its a more grounded version, similar to how Big Daddy from the original series looked exactly like Batman. But it for me it added to the over the top ridiculousness to the finale that I mentioned earlier! In the end, I just wish they came up with something else for a final confrontation.
In conclusion, this was another solid volume from this series! I will still collect and read it, I just hope the next volume can improve on some of the issues.
To start with what I enjoyed, I still liked Patience as a protagonist, she is a compelling character while also having a Breaking Bad vibe, as everything she does, she does for her family. I like the vigilante gang Patience uses as it reminded me of the Sons of Batman from DKR. I was a bit worried about going into this volume with the new creative team, but Steven Niles does a good job in the writing department. It's not on Mark Millar's level but it's decent and the issues are definitely more action-packed. The artwork is also good, nice and clean looking which I like to see in comics. I still miss John Romita Jr's art, but the new art is decent enough!
In terms of what I didn't like, it was mainly with the finale. Similarly to the finale at the end of the first volume, it gets a bit too over the top for my liking. Patience once again wins based on pure dumb luck, which is not a bad thing, but it feels less satisfying when she finds easy solutions when the odds are heavily against her. Also, I wasn't joking when I said she fights the Juggernaut, she literally fights a "super villain" who looks like the Juggernaut, no two ways about it! I guess you could say its a more grounded version, similar to how Big Daddy from the original series looked exactly like Batman. But it for me it added to the over the top ridiculousness to the finale that I mentioned earlier! In the end, I just wish they came up with something else for a final confrontation.
In conclusion, this was another solid volume from this series! I will still collect and read it, I just hope the next volume can improve on some of the issues.
December 22, 2020
ATENCIÓN: Contiene spoilers del final del Libro Uno.
Comienza donde se quedó el volumen anterior, con Patience apoderándose del mando de las pandillas para usarlas contra sus opositores, destinar sus ganancias a mejorar su comunidad y limpiar las calles de crimen. Es como una especie de Breaking Bad con superhéroes, con Patience convenciéndose a sí misma de sus motivos altruistas pero poniendo en riesgo a su familia al mismo tiempo. En esto conserva la esencia de Kick-Ass en cuanto a la compulsión de seguir haciendo cosas peligrosas por motivos dudosos y poniendo en duda si algún día Patience cruzará la raya y se volverá totalmente Walter White o no. Pero el cambio de equipo creativo se siente.
Steve Niles es un buen escritor, pero a veces lo siento sobradamente dramático. Se agrega un elemento de tensión respecto a Maurice, el cuñado comatoso, que realmente es incongruente con la historia anterior y refleja una mala labor editorial. Y el arte de Marcel Frusin, entre Eduardo Risso y Richard Corben, es dinámico pero está lejos de la maravilla que nos presentó Romita Jr. En general es de lectura ágil y entretiene, pero no llega muy lejos. Y la resolución, con lo más parecido a un supervillano, es risible y poco climática.
Comienza donde se quedó el volumen anterior, con Patience apoderándose del mando de las pandillas para usarlas contra sus opositores, destinar sus ganancias a mejorar su comunidad y limpiar las calles de crimen. Es como una especie de Breaking Bad con superhéroes, con Patience convenciéndose a sí misma de sus motivos altruistas pero poniendo en riesgo a su familia al mismo tiempo. En esto conserva la esencia de Kick-Ass en cuanto a la compulsión de seguir haciendo cosas peligrosas por motivos dudosos y poniendo en duda si algún día Patience cruzará la raya y se volverá totalmente Walter White o no. Pero el cambio de equipo creativo se siente.
Steve Niles es un buen escritor, pero a veces lo siento sobradamente dramático. Se agrega un elemento de tensión respecto a Maurice, el cuñado comatoso, que realmente es incongruente con la historia anterior y refleja una mala labor editorial. Y el arte de Marcel Frusin, entre Eduardo Risso y Richard Corben, es dinámico pero está lejos de la maravilla que nos presentó Romita Jr. En general es de lectura ágil y entretiene, pero no llega muy lejos. Y la resolución, con lo más parecido a un supervillano, es risible y poco climática.
January 10, 2022
Started reading this, and I realized that I needed to read vol.1 first. I did. And I was amazed at Mark Millar's writing even when it feels maaayyybe not full-ass (see what I did there?) he has a way of conveying these relatable characters in tough situations. Even when there is tons of action, you know who the characters are, how they feel, and why they do what they do more or less.
Steve Niles story picks up with the momentum of the pace that Millar has set up, but it just doesn't have the same depth IMO.
It is fun though.
Steve Niles story picks up with the momentum of the pace that Millar has set up, but it just doesn't have the same depth IMO.
It is fun though.
September 2, 2023
I don’t think this book needs to be a Kick-Ass book, but as far as what the story is and where it’s going, I’m enjoying it a lot. This is a totally different side of Kick-Ass in a new hero that feels weirdly familiar though to the rest of the book, so I don’t mind the legacy character.
Did Not Finish
May 14, 2019Millar y Romita eran lo que más me atraía de Kick-Ass ... sin ellos, la historia ya no me llama la atención. Principalmente el arte de Romita se extraña mucho aquí.
August 31, 2020
A clone of the first arc, moral equivalency and justification for repugnant and horrific self-serving actions.
February 27, 2020
Nachdem ich den ersten Band dieser Reihe förmlich verschlungen hatte, freute ich mich schon auf den weiteren Verlauf der Handlung. Immerhin hatte ich nun ein recht gutes Bild von Patience und ihrem Charakter und wollte wissen, wie weit sie gehen würde, um ihre Wohngegend um so einiges ungefährlicher werden zu lassen.
Gleich vorab kann ich sagen, das dieser Teil deutlich actionreicher und auch blutiger war. Patience Kampf um weniger Gewalt artete förmlich in einem Krieg aus, in welchem die eigentlichen Gangster ungern das Handtuch werfen möchten. Womit sie nicht gerechnet haben, ist aber die Organisation, welche Patience mittlerweile aufgebaut hat. Hier heißt es für sie tagsüber arbeiten und sich um die Kinder sorgen, während sie abends ihr Kostüm anzieht und für alle nur noch Kick-Ass ist.
Man könnte glatt meinen, das Patience zu dem geworden ist, was sie eigentlich bekämpfen wollte und tatsächlich stellt sie sich diese Frage im Heft. Kein Wunder, denn immerhin sind ihre Taten nicht weniger schlimm, auch wenn sie den Hintergrund haben, das Geld zu spenden oder Personen, die es wirklich brauchen, zu geben. Doch Gewalt ist Gewalt und die Spuren lassen sich nicht ewig verstecken.
Man dürfte bereits heraushören, das mir dieser Band eine Menge Spannung bot und mich dabei sogar hin und wieder überraschte. Jede Seite fesselte mich mehr, da Patience Kampf immer wieder das Richtige zutun einfach viele Punkte zum Nachdenken hinterließ. Der andere Punkt war natürlich die Gegenseite, welche man ebenfalls kennen und förmlich hassen lernen konnte, da sie mit allen Mitteln ihre Vorherrschaft erhalten wollen. Dabei schrecken sie nicht vor gefährlichen Psychopathen zurück, die bis in den eigenen Tod gehen würden.
Als letztes möchte ich noch den Zeichenstil von Marcelo Frusin loben, welcher es schaffte mir jede nur erdenkliche Emotion zu zeigen. Auch das Farbenspiel fand toll, da ein tolles Spiel aus Licht und Schatten erschaffen wurde, welches der Handlung nur noch mehr Tiefe gab. Kurz um, Band 3 ich freue mich auf dich.
Spannend, emotional und sehr gefährlich ging für mich im 2. Band der neuen Kick-Ass-Reihe weiter. Auch diesmal packte mich die Handlung mit seinen kraftvollen Bildern und der fesselnden Geschichte. Mit Patience wurde eine tolle Protagonistin geschaffen, die Herz aber auch Kampfgeist hat.
Gleich vorab kann ich sagen, das dieser Teil deutlich actionreicher und auch blutiger war. Patience Kampf um weniger Gewalt artete förmlich in einem Krieg aus, in welchem die eigentlichen Gangster ungern das Handtuch werfen möchten. Womit sie nicht gerechnet haben, ist aber die Organisation, welche Patience mittlerweile aufgebaut hat. Hier heißt es für sie tagsüber arbeiten und sich um die Kinder sorgen, während sie abends ihr Kostüm anzieht und für alle nur noch Kick-Ass ist.
Man könnte glatt meinen, das Patience zu dem geworden ist, was sie eigentlich bekämpfen wollte und tatsächlich stellt sie sich diese Frage im Heft. Kein Wunder, denn immerhin sind ihre Taten nicht weniger schlimm, auch wenn sie den Hintergrund haben, das Geld zu spenden oder Personen, die es wirklich brauchen, zu geben. Doch Gewalt ist Gewalt und die Spuren lassen sich nicht ewig verstecken.
Man dürfte bereits heraushören, das mir dieser Band eine Menge Spannung bot und mich dabei sogar hin und wieder überraschte. Jede Seite fesselte mich mehr, da Patience Kampf immer wieder das Richtige zutun einfach viele Punkte zum Nachdenken hinterließ. Der andere Punkt war natürlich die Gegenseite, welche man ebenfalls kennen und förmlich hassen lernen konnte, da sie mit allen Mitteln ihre Vorherrschaft erhalten wollen. Dabei schrecken sie nicht vor gefährlichen Psychopathen zurück, die bis in den eigenen Tod gehen würden.
Als letztes möchte ich noch den Zeichenstil von Marcelo Frusin loben, welcher es schaffte mir jede nur erdenkliche Emotion zu zeigen. Auch das Farbenspiel fand toll, da ein tolles Spiel aus Licht und Schatten erschaffen wurde, welches der Handlung nur noch mehr Tiefe gab. Kurz um, Band 3 ich freue mich auf dich.
Spannend, emotional und sehr gefährlich ging für mich im 2. Band der neuen Kick-Ass-Reihe weiter. Auch diesmal packte mich die Handlung mit seinen kraftvollen Bildern und der fesselnden Geschichte. Mit Patience wurde eine tolle Protagonistin geschaffen, die Herz aber auch Kampfgeist hat.
July 18, 2022
So much wasted potential...
Not much has changed since Book One. Patience has been fighting her own personal war against crime. She's been using skills and tactics she learned while deployed as a soldier in Afghanistan. Several of the gangs have been absorbed into her group. Blood money is being funneled back into the community to make up for all the damage the gangs did previously. She's, essentially, Robin Hood'ing it (yet CONTINUALLY monologuing about how she's barely scraping by). There's only one local mob boss to take out, and he's a well hidden nuisance. She pushes and the boss pushes back, hiring Violencio (looking less tattooed and heavily burned since he was locked up in Book One).
More fights..
More hospital visits...
A visit from an old friend...
and secrets that might not make it to the grave
(At this point I'll sidebar and say that the art is also VERY different these issues. It's time like this that a strong story is needed to make the art style change less noticeable. Crime stories have a gritty feel, and at least that is a mark in the artist's favor. Book Two gives us nothing new. It feels like a shortened version of something that could have been great.)
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Bonus: She REALLY likes jumping out of windows
Bonus Bonus: Violencia armored up as Marvel's Juggernaut? Vinnie Jones did it better in the movie
Not much has changed since Book One. Patience has been fighting her own personal war against crime. She's been using skills and tactics she learned while deployed as a soldier in Afghanistan. Several of the gangs have been absorbed into her group. Blood money is being funneled back into the community to make up for all the damage the gangs did previously. She's, essentially, Robin Hood'ing it (yet CONTINUALLY monologuing about how she's barely scraping by). There's only one local mob boss to take out, and he's a well hidden nuisance. She pushes and the boss pushes back, hiring Violencio (looking less tattooed and heavily burned since he was locked up in Book One).
More fights..
More hospital visits...
A visit from an old friend...
and secrets that might not make it to the grave
(At this point I'll sidebar and say that the art is also VERY different these issues. It's time like this that a strong story is needed to make the art style change less noticeable. Crime stories have a gritty feel, and at least that is a mark in the artist's favor. Book Two gives us nothing new. It feels like a shortened version of something that could have been great.)
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Bonus: She REALLY likes jumping out of windows
Bonus Bonus: Violencia armored up as Marvel's Juggernaut? Vinnie Jones did it better in the movie
February 7, 2020
Este segundo tomo me gusta mucho más que el segundo. El personaje de Patience sigue sin desarrollarse completamente pero se separa bastante del Kick Ass original. Tras los sucesos del primer volumen, vemos a Patience ser una Queenpin del crimen y utilizar a los pandilleros para evitar que se le salga de las manos. La premisa no es muy original, se enfrenta a otro líder de pandillas en una especie de guerra.
Patience es una veterana de guerra y me hubiera gustado ver más estrategias militares de su parte. Si la premisa no es original, el autor tenía una buena oportunidad al mantenernos al filo del asiento con algunos giros, algunas traiciones, algunos relatos de guerra pero escoge una trama muy directa, sin desviarse con flashbacks ni nada extra.
Increíblemente, aún así me entretuvo. Me gustó que fuera una lectura bastante rápida y que tuviera bastante acción. Me hubiera gustado un poco más de complejidad pero fue entretenida.
El tercer tomo podría ser interesante con el retorno de un personaje del primer volumen, veamos qué sucede.
Patience es una veterana de guerra y me hubiera gustado ver más estrategias militares de su parte. Si la premisa no es original, el autor tenía una buena oportunidad al mantenernos al filo del asiento con algunos giros, algunas traiciones, algunos relatos de guerra pero escoge una trama muy directa, sin desviarse con flashbacks ni nada extra.
Increíblemente, aún así me entretuvo. Me gustó que fuera una lectura bastante rápida y que tuviera bastante acción. Me hubiera gustado un poco más de complejidad pero fue entretenida.
El tercer tomo podría ser interesante con el retorno de un personaje del primer volumen, veamos qué sucede.
July 9, 2019
MEH.
Steve Niles in cabina di regia sembra essere finito lì per una scommessa persa con un amico.
Me lo immagino seduto alla scrivania, costretto a seguire un copione prestabilito dove non succede letteralmente un cazzo di niente. Si capisce dalla pagina uno come il volume viaggi su binari prestabiliti, il vero rammarico è vedere come un autore così cazzuto come Niles non aggiunga il tocco personale ma si limiti al compitino.
Anche le tavole sembrano ahimè una brutta copia dei lavori di Romita Jr.
Peccato, perché il primo volume era una meraviglia mentre qui il tonfo è bello grosso.
Steve Niles in cabina di regia sembra essere finito lì per una scommessa persa con un amico.
Me lo immagino seduto alla scrivania, costretto a seguire un copione prestabilito dove non succede letteralmente un cazzo di niente. Si capisce dalla pagina uno come il volume viaggi su binari prestabiliti, il vero rammarico è vedere come un autore così cazzuto come Niles non aggiunga il tocco personale ma si limiti al compitino.
Anche le tavole sembrano ahimè una brutta copia dei lavori di Romita Jr.
Peccato, perché il primo volume era una meraviglia mentre qui il tonfo è bello grosso.
August 11, 2019
An interesting premise, Kick-Ass in charge of the mob, but nothing very interesting is done with it. The fights and action are just okay, the plot is nothing new, in fact she behaves dumber than was established last volume. All these traps and ambushes were so obvious. Not too much in the way of character development, either. Too bad because Frusin is a trooper.
December 2, 2019
Volume 2 of the New Kick-Ass was excellent. The story continues with her rise to power and deals with both a new adversary and an old one. The new Kick Ass must learn to deal how to stay steps ahead of her enemies using her military skills.
All I can say about this volume is that its' a must read and eager to reading Volume 3 as it becomes available.
All I can say about this volume is that its' a must read and eager to reading Volume 3 as it becomes available.
December 12, 2022
Not as good as the first volume, but not that bad, either. Now the new Kick-Ass is the criminal boss of Albuquerque, looking to take down one more rival and cement her position. But things are never easy. The artwork here by Frusin is good stuff--reminds me of Eduardo Risso. This isn't earth-shaking stuff, but it's an easy read and I'll be checking out the next volume soon enough.
January 28, 2026
Steve Niles and Marcelo Frusin take over and the best thing to be said about it is that it's fine. Kick-Ass has taken over a lot of the criminal activity in Albuquerque with one gang remaining. She's funneling money back into the community while treating her gang members better. She's still a gang lord though whether she likes it or not. It all just seems very derivative and by the numbers.
February 14, 2019
Actually 3.5 starts. Just can't go to 4. Don't hate what they are doing, but don't love it. Kind of drags. I'll probably keep up reading the trades when I can get them free electronically from the library, but not enough left in this series to continue with the pull box.
February 4, 2020
One of the things I like about comics is that as different authors approach existing characters they can come up with something better. The New Girl is way better than the original Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, especially compared to the currently on-going Hit Girl story arcs.
January 26, 2022
2.5 nothing amazing but curious enough to find out what happens in vol 3 or maybe I’m bored . Doesn’t compare to the original kick ass but I appreciate what he’s trying to do with the chosen protagonist and storyline . The theme is a bit lost
March 27, 2022
The new Kick-Ass has become the head of a growing criminal empire, with the view of using it to take down all the rest. Here she comes up against some tough, smart gangsters who for some reason keep not killing her when they have the clear opportunity.
April 29, 2025
Patience isn't bad, she's just drawn that way.
This second volume is a little repetitive in places and therefore suffers from a slight sophomore slump.
The seeds it sows for volume three are interesting enough to tempt me back though.
This second volume is a little repetitive in places and therefore suffers from a slight sophomore slump.
The seeds it sows for volume three are interesting enough to tempt me back though.
May 6, 2019
Even with Mr. Niles at the helm, it's not as strong as when Millar/Romita were shaping the narrative.
May 10, 2019
This was so short - took me less than half an hour to read - but it was pretty okay, I guess.
January 26, 2020
Artwork & storytelling took a massive drop in quality from the first volume.
June 4, 2020
Loving the new female Kick-Ass. Great characters and thoughtful plotting combined with amazing art make this one of the best graphic novel crime/ action series. Highly recommended.
July 19, 2020
pas d'histoire, pas de personnages, des dessins pas très beaux.
August 29, 2020
I really liked Frusin's run on Hellblazer. The story here is more kinetic and violent and his style is effective.
September 24, 2020
Lots of action but missing the humour of the other books.
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