Kick-Ass Returns With a Massive Binge-Ready Compendium Paperback This Summer

Wepa, Crusaders! Hide the fragile furniture and reinforce those bookshelves, because Kick-Ass is officially back and this time, it is not creeping in quietly through the back alley. Nah, fam. It is kicking the front door open with one massive, binge-ready compendium paperback collecting the original Dave Lizewski saga in full street-level chaos mode.

The New York Times bestselling and worldwide phenomenon returns in Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years, a door-stopping paperback collection from Mark Millar the wild mind behind Civil War and Kingsman and legendary artist John Romita Jr., whose work on Spider-Man and Captain America already speaks louder than half the internet on a Monday morning.

This complete compendium brings together Kick-Ass, Vol. 1 #1-8, Kick-Ass, Vol. 2 #1-5, Kick-Ass, Vol. 3 #1-6, and Kick-Ass, Vol. 4 #1-8, giving readers the full Dave Lizewski ride in one chunky paperback package. Translation? No hunting down volumes, no “wait, what issue am I missing?” nonsense. Just sit down, strap in, and let the madness unfold.

For anyone new to the mayhem, Kick-Ass asks the beautifully ridiculous question: “How come nobody’s ever become a superhero before?”

And Dave Lizewski, being the kind of New York teenager who clearly skipped the self-preservation seminar, decides to answer that question by putting on a costume and hitting the streets. He is not rich. He is not bulletproof. He does not have cosmic powers, military training, or some magical destiny glowing in his backpack. He is just a comic-obsessed kid with guts, a suit, and a very dangerous misunderstanding of how real-world violence works.

That is where Kick-Ass hits different. This is superhero fantasy dragged through cracked pavement, busted teeth, viral fame, and consequences that do not play nice. Dave wants to protect the innocent, but he quickly learns the hard way that real danger does not pause for dramatic speeches. The streets are not panels on a page, and the bad guys are not waiting around to be impressed.

With Millar’s sharp, brutal storytelling and Romita Jr.’s kinetic, punch-you-in-the-mouth artwork, Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years is the kind of collection that reminds readers why this series became a phenomenon in the first place. It is funny, violent, messy, heartfelt, reckless, and completely unafraid to ask what would actually happen if a regular kid tried to become a superhero.

Spoiler alert: it gets ugly.

But that is the beauty of it!

Kick-Ass: The Dave Lizewski Years Compendium Paperback arrives this summer from Image Comics, ready to bring the original saga back to longtime fans and introduce a new wave of readers to the street-level madness that started it all.

So yeah, clear some space on the shelf.

This one is coming in heavy.

Kick-Ass Compendium paperback (ISBN: 9781534331884) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, August 12 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, September 8.

Kick-Ass Compendium will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.

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