Kick-Ass 2 #4

Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. bring the heat in this fourth chapter of their boundary-pushing superhero series, with cover art by Romita Jr. and inker Tom Palmer that puts two formidable figures front and center: a red-clad masked figure blazing away with twin pistols, loomed over by a massive, dreadlocked warrior in a CCCP uniform with fists clenched and fire erupting behind them. The tagline — "The Must-Read Book for All Psychopaths!" — sets the tone perfectly for this unapologetically over-the-top 2011 series that revels in its own wild energy.