The Kick-Ass mantle has now passed from Dave to a black woman named Patience Lee.
As both a mother and a veteran, Patience hails from quite a different background than Dave.
Check that out below, along with a sampling of Romitas art from the new book.
Credit: Millarworld
The first issue of the newKick-Asswill hit stores Feb. 14, 2018.
I dont know what it is about Kick-Ass as a concept, but its caught on like no other.
I never wanted to stop writing it.
Millarworld
I just had other things I wanted to do at the same time and unfortunately not terribly fast.
But its nice to get back and write a story that had been in my head a long time.
Kick-Ass was always a legacy character for me.
Millarworld
The same thing should happen again in five years.
What separates Patience Lee from Dave Lizewski?
What does she do differently with the Kick-Ass mantle?The big difference is that shes immensely capable.
Millarworld
He just had good intentions.
It would be boring seeing a teenage superhero just screwing up again.
Patience is also a military veteran.
Millarworld
How did she get from soldiering in Afghanistan to superhero-ing in her own country?
Patience is obviously a bit more experienced at fighting and killing than Dave was when he started out.
How violent might this comic get?Millar.
Millarworld
I can guarantee absurd levels of violence with those ingredients.
You have a talent for getting great artists to work with you, like Olivier Coipel onThe Magic Order.
You see it with actors and directors all the time.
Millarworld
Dave LizewskisKick-Assis what followed, and now weve rolled the dice a third time.
We both feel its our strongest work together.
The writing and the art.
Millarworld
Im more excited about this coming out than anyone, and our initial orders are through the roof.
