Kick-Ass #4 - Marvel - Icon

I thought this issue . . went a little bit over the edge. I really like the natural progression that Mark Millar was taking with this Kick-Ass character. He found out that this 'super-heroing' wasn't really all it was cracked up to be. Some people didn't even want the help . . they just wanted to be left alone, no outside interference. While other people were begging for help, but their problems were so trivial that most could solve them on their own with a little planning and confidence. Then, on the other hand, there appears these 2 new characters . . Hit-girl and Big Daddy . . who take problem solving to a whole nother level. Their idea of fixing a problem is erasing it. Even if you have to use a chain-saw and samurai swords to do it. But they do seem to have a specific target. They seem to be bent on disrupting the practices of a certain crime-lord and his operations, or family. So, I guess, their justification is . .'the bigger the problem, the bigger the response'. Well whatever it is, it really turns Dave off to the whole business. Between these two's over-response, and violence . . and all the copying and worshiping that seemed to be appearing on the internet . . Dave was just becoming fed up with the whole thing. However, we find out that Dave, along with Hit-girl and Big Daddy, are closer to the same target than they realize. Our voraciously violent two-some is after Johnny G and his operations. Obviously he's an Italian mobster. This issue Dave finds out that he and his son frequent the same comic-shop. You know . . six degrees of separation and all that. I'm enjoying Mark's writing on this book. Although the subject does seem a little more blunt than his usual stories. But he can bring things out in the characters that other people can't. However what I'm really enjoying on this book is John Romita Jr's art. I've been a fan for a long time, but . . some of the things he does are better than others. You can tell he seems to be taking a special interest in this book. I think that this is the last book in this mini . . unless it goes to 6 . . I'm not sure. But, obviously, this isn't going to be the end of the story. There's going to be more books, or another series. I think this story has made to much of an impact to die on some shelf somewhere.