Kick-Ass (character)

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Kick-Ass is the name of three fictional characters serving as the title characters and the protagonists of the Kick-Ass series, published by Marvel Comics under the company’s imprint Icon Comics, and by Image Comics, all created by artist John Romita Jr. and writer Mark Millar. The first Kick-Ass, the protagonist of Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years David "Dave" Lizewski, is an initially 15-year-old high school student and comic book fan whose dreams inspire him to become a real-life superhero dubbed "Kick-Ass", partnering and later training under Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl. The second Kick-Ass, a supporting character in Hit-Girl, Paul McQue, is an initially 12-year-old middle school student bullied at school, whom Mindy recruits after Dave's retirement. The third Kick-Ass, the villain protagonist of Kick-Ass – The New Girl, Patience Lee, is an Afghanistan war veteran and single mother who dons the Kick-Ass costume and mantle to steal money from various crime bosses for her family, before becoming a crime boss/supervillain herself, leading to Mindy hunting her down in Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl. In Big Game, Dave comes out of retirement after being granted real superpowers by the Magic Order to take on the joint forces of a time-travelling alien armada from the past and Wesley Gibson's Fraternity of Super-Criminals, before joining the superhero team The Ambassadors as Codename: America.

Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass is portrayed by Aaron Taylor-Johnson in the feature films Kick-Ass (2010) and Kick Ass 2 (2013) and the video games Kick-Ass: The Game (2010) and Kick-Ass 2: The Game (2014). The character will return in School Fight (2024).