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I always wondered why nobody did it before me. I mean, all those comic book movies and television shows, you'd think at least one eccentric loner would have stitched himself a costume. Is everyday life really so exciting? Are schools and offices really so thrilling that I'm the only one who ever fantasized about this? C'mon. Be honest with yourself. We all planned to be a superhero at some point in our lives.

—Kick-Ass (Dave Lizewski)

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Reprint of the 1st story from
Kick-Ass #1

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Synopsis for "Kick-Ass"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Kick-Ass #1
Dave Lizewski, regular high school kid being raised by a widower father, takes it upon himself to become a real life superhero. After getting together a suit and doing some training he confronts his first criminals, which doesn't go well for him.

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Reprint of the 1st story from
Kick-Ass #2

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Kick-Ass #2
Dave Lizewski is in the hospital recovering from the broken back and two broken legs received from being hit by a car. His memory is spotty, but he does remember ditching his superhero costume before the paramedics arrived, keeping his alter-ego a secret for now. Months of surgery, counseling, and therapy later he's allowed to go home, where he feels guilty watching his father turn the living room into a make-shift infirmary and work harder than before to chase the bills. Depressed and guilty, he burns his comics and swears off of his super hero experiment, though as soon as he's off the crutches he puts the suit right back on. Back on the street a group of young women mistake him for a pervert on account of his uniform and verbally accost him, following him down the street. At the same time a man bumps into Lizewski running away from something. Three more men arrive on the scene right behind him and start delivering a vicious beating, which Lizewski jumps in the middle of, saving the first guy. The "save" is caught on video by an onlooker's camera phone, who exclaims "this is so going on YouTube."

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Reprint of the 1st story from
Kick-Ass #3

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Synopsis for "Kick-Ass"

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Kick-Ass #3
The YouTube video of Dave Lizewski fighting off a gang of Puerto Ricans has made him an overnight sensation, even being shown on the local news and garnering mentions on Late Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. All of the attention has finally given him a superhero name: "Kick-Ass".

In a penthouse somewhere a Mr. Genovese sees the video on television and greets it with "not another one".

Lizewski, still wearing his suit under his clothes, has a confident swagger to his walk at school, despite fresh bruising and bandages. In Mrs. Zane's English class he and Katie Deauxma get caught talking, with the teacher referring to Dave as Katie's "boyfriend". Dave is shocked at how well Katie takes her saying that, as previously she would have freaked out at such an implication, and decides it's because he's now so "cool".

Later, his best friend Todd fills Dave in on the circulating rumor that he has been prostituting himself and his "muggings" were actually beatings from clients. He tells him that Katie, who's mother runs a shelter for battered women, is being nice to him because she's adopted him as her "gay best friend". Dave realizes it's true, and decides to go with it, hanging out with her as her "sexually non-threatening male companion".

Over lunch at the 5 Stars Diner, Dave and his father talk about the recent "muggings". After assuring him he's not being bullied at school, Mr. Lizewski gives his son a police issue can of Pepper spray for protection.

Kick-Ass goes on patrol, planning to jump from roof to roof for the first time. He changes his mind, however, when he realizes just how far apart they are, not to mention how high. On the sidewalk he's greeted by random strangers who appreciate the work he's been doing.

One of the messages on the Kick-Ass MySpace--set up to let people request help--was from a woman complaining about her ex making prank phone calls. He decided to go speak to the guy, Eddie Lomas, but when he arrives he finds a large man, Marv, who mocks his suit. Marv invites him into the apartment, which is full of people, who do not hesitate to mock him more. Lomas, having not seen him on the news, has no idea who Kick-Ass is and gets upset when he's asked to back off of his ex. After saying he can "call, talk to, or f*ck" her anytime he likes, Kick-Ass warns him that if he doesn't leave her alone, he'll break his legs. The people in the apartment begin to crowd around him, so he uses the pepper spray. Unfortunately he's hit in the back of the head with a champagne bottle, knocking him to the ground before he can do anything else. Kick-Ass starts to take a beating when suddenly a sword pierces Lomas' chest from behind. A small girl in purple pulls her weapon out and cleans it off. After slicing off half of Marv's head she looks at the others and asks them "what they can do".

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