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 Cover ofHit Girl in Colombia (2018) | |
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| Publisher | Image Comics |
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| Publication date | February 21, 2018 – January 15, 2020 |
| No. of issues | 24 |
| Main character | Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl |
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| Created by | Mark Millar John Romita Jr. |
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Hit-Girl is acreator-owned comic book sequel series toKick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years, created byMark Millar and illustrated byJohn Romita Jr., part of theKick-Ass franchise and set in theMillarworld. The series was published byImage Comics from 2018 to 2020. The title, featuring a successive change of writers and artists for each four-issue story arc, followsMindy McCready / Hit-Girl leaving the United States to carry on her fight for justice on a worldwide scale, depicting events mentioned in the epilogue ofBook Four ofThe Dave Lizewski Years.[1][2] It was followed byKick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl andBig Game.
The first series ofHit-Girl is retroactively referred to asHit-Girl: Season One following the release of the second series, titledHit-Girl: Season Two.
InHit-Girl, Vol. 1:In Colombia, orHit-Girl vs. Colombia, Hit-Girl leaves New York behind to dispense justice to gangland country Colombia. After mother seeks Hit-Girl's help to avenge her child's murder, Hit-Girl blackmails Colombia's most notorious hitman into helping her kill every criminal in the country.
InHit-Girl, Vol. 2:In Canada, orHit-Girl vs. Canada, Hit-Girl ventures to snow-covered Canada to slaughter a corrupt Canadian government and crime syndicate, after accidentally massacring servicemen of the Mounties.
InHit-Girl, Vol. 3:In Rome, orHit-Girl vs. Rome, Hit-Girl is stranded in Rome while pursuing a thief, facing off against the supernatural forces of the crime boss nun overseeing the Vatican, who seeks out the golden skull of the Saint of Killers, which will allow her redemption to enter Heaven.
In February 2019, the series restarted under the titleHit-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 asHit-Girl vs. Hollywood andHit-Girl: The Golden Rage of Hollywood (stylised asHit-Girl in... The Golden Rage of Hollywood), a 'remake' of Smith's filmJay & Silent Bob Strike Back but starring Hit-Girl instead ofJay and Silent Bob.[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 toHollywood 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.
InHit-Girl, Vol. 5:In Hong Kong, orHit-Girl vs. Hong Kong, Hit-Girl ventures to Hong Kong to dismantle the Liu Triad, the criminal organisation in charge of Southeast Asia. after murdering leader Boss Liu, Mindy learns he had been an innocent puppet for his little sister, the actual ruler of the criminal underworld, finding she may have met her match in capacity for cruelty.
InHit-Girl, Vol. 6:In India, orHit-Girl vs. India, Hit-Girl travels to the desolate slums of India, slaughtering the masterminds behind the city's begging industry, facing Hijra assassins, and training other children to pick up in her stead once she leaves the country behind.
The first issue ofKick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl, a five-issue crossover between Hit-Girl and thesupervillainousPatience Lee incarnation of Kick-Ass (written bySteve Niles, art byMarcelo Frusin), was published on November 11, 2020, seeing Mindy return to America to kill Patience.[4][5] The series concluded with the release of the fifth issue on April 11, 2021,[6] and was collected as the fourth volume ofKick-Ass – The New Girl.
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 barHit-Girl In Hollywood, the first arc ofSeason Two of the series.Hit-Girl was called "visually stunning" by Darryll Robson ofMonkeysFightingRobots.[7]
In January 2019,Kevin Smith expressed interest inHit-Girl in Hollywood receiving a film adaptation, with "a woman [being] in charge" of production.[8]
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