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[This review was originally posted on Patreon.]
STORY: Mark Millar
ART: Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
COLORS: Sunny Gho
LETTERS: Melina Mikulic
COVER: Amy Reeder
VARIANT COVER ARTISTS: Kim Jung Gi with Sunny Gho; Rafael Albuquerque; John Romita, Jr. with Dean White; Rob Doyle
28pp, Color, $3.99 U.S. (February 2018)
Rated M/Mature
Hit-Girl created by Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr.
Hit-Girl is a comic book vigilante character created by Mark Miller and John Romita, Jr. She first appeared in the comic book series, Kick-Ass (2008) and is Mindy McCready, a 'tween girl trained from an early age by her late father to be a costumed superhero and assassin.
Hit-Girl appeared in all three initial Kick-Ass comic book miniseries and also appeared in her own five-issue miniseries, Hit-Girl (2012, Marvel Comics/Icon). Mark Millar announced last year that he was bringing Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl back in new miniseries. The new Hit-Girl is written by Millar, drawn by Ricardo Lopez Ortiz; colored by Sunny Gho; and lettered by Melina Mikulic.
Hit-Girl #1 opens in Palmire, Columbia, South America. We meet hit man Fabio Mendoza a.k.a. “Mano.” A member of “Perros de Guerra,” the notorious gang, Mano is on his way to prison where he will begin serving 10 life sentences. But Hit-Girl has what she thinks is a better deal for Mano. She is still trying to find a new Kick-Ass to replace the retired original, but has Hit-Girl chosen the right, right-hand-man replacement?
I am not crazy about the cover art for Hit-Girl #1, drawn by Amy Reeder. I really dislike the interior art by Ricardo Lopez Ortiz; my imagination does not want to read it. And it pales in comparison to the art of Hit-Girl's originator, John Romita, Jr. Millar's story does have some intriguing bits in this first issue... or maybe I'm just reaching.
But I love Hit-Girl, so I will make the best of this comic book. You never know what surprises Mark Millar will pull out of his writer's hat, and Ortiz's art might grow on me. And again, maybe I'm reaching...
5 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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