Publisher: Image Comics Writer: Mark Millar Artwork: John Romita Jr, Peter Steigerwald Release Date: 14th February 2018 As a fan of the original comic book series and its big screen adaptations, I was definitely looking forward to getting back into the Kick-Ass universe. The original series was so good it almost felt like a true story put down on paper and, unlike other books that may have claimed to be be gritty, you could practically feel the dirt underneath Kick-Ass’s metaphorical fingernails. Well, I happy to say that the dirt is still there, and is now thoroughly compacted in. In this first issue we meet Patience, an ex-army badass who, upon leaving the army, gets screwed over by her husband and left to pay off his debts, keep a house over her head and look after her two kids. In order to make ends meet, she decides to shake down the gangs ruining her neighbourhood using her special forces training. Part of her plan involves dressing up as Kick-Ass in order to throw suspicion on the motives for the shake down. The logic and brutality in which Patience executes her plans practically pulsates off the page and fits in so [...]