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CATALOG RECORD

Kick-Ass #1

Marvel · Series began 2008 · April 2008

Dates

Cover date
April 2008
On sale
2008
In stores
February 27, 2008
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (5)

Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Story arc: Kick-Ass Origin

This is part 1 of 8. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

  1. Kick-Ass #1
  2. Kick-Ass #2
  3. Kick-Ass #3
  4. Kick-Ass #4
  5. Kick-Ass #5
  6. Kick-Ass #6
  7. Kick-Ass #7
  8. Kick-Ass #8

Creators

pencils: John Romita Jr.inks: Klaus Janson, Tom Palmercolors: Dean Whitescript: Mark Millar, Damon Lindelof, Steve Niles, Brendan McCarthyletters: Chris Eliopoulos

Stories

  • Untitled · 23 pages

    Normal teenager Dave Lizewski decides to become a superhero.

Publisher’s description

The greatest super hero comic of all-time is finally here. WOLVERINE: ENEMY OF THE STATE's team of MARK MILLAR (CIVIL WAR) and JOHN ROMITA JR. (WORLD WAR HULK) reunite for the best new book of the 21st century. Have you ever wanted to be a super hero? Dreamed of donning a mask and just heading outside to some kick-ass? Well, this is the book for you--the comic that starts where other super hero books draw the line. KICK-ASS is realistic super heroes taken to the next level. Miss out and you're an idiot!

Reprinted in

Kick-Ass Must Have (2008), Kick-Ass (2010), Kick-Ass (2011), Kick-Ass (2013), Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years (2018)

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