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Kick-Ass by Mark Millar
4.0

Disturbing & nuts, probably a little more so than the movie. Similar to Watchmen, it looks at the superhero genre through a more realistic lens--showing that superheroes in real life would fall onto a spectrum between pathetic & psychotic. The depiction of the superhero as middle-upper class white fighting against lower-class POC works as a critique (though I'm not sure how intentional), since the main characters are not entirely sympathetic or reliable. Looking forward to reading the sequels, & see how Millar & Romita's sensibilities evolve out of the Myspace age.