Big Game (comics)
comic book limited series
Big Game is an American superhero comic book limited series written by Mark Millar and drawn by Pepe Larraz. Published by Image Comics, the series is a crossover event between the various properties of the Millarworld multimedia franchise created by Millar, a direct sequel to Wanted by Millar and J. G. Jones, and a prequel to Empress by Millar and Stuart Immonen. The series chronicles Wesley Gibson and his protégé Matthew Anderson / Nemesis' campaign to assassinate the world's new superheroes, as Agent Galahad of Kingsman and Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl take on the forces of Gibson's Fraternity of Super-Criminals. The series, originally published between July and November 2023, was subsequently collected in trade paperback former by Image Comics in December 2023, and as an omnibus with Wanted by Dark Horse Comics in 2024. It was followed by a sequel, Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery, later that year.
Premise
In 1986, a group of villains known as The Fraternity banded together to defeat the heroes of the Earth, while also brainwashing the entire planet into believing that the heroes never existed and were only fictional characters. In 2023, a new generation of heroes have begun to emerge following the actions of Dave Lizewski, who previously served as the hero Kick-Ass, which drives Wesley "The Killer II" Gibson, the new leader of the Fraternity, to gather his forces, as well as his protégé Nemesis, to kill this new generation before a new age of heroes can begin again.
As Edison Crane and the time-travelling Chrononauts are recruited by former hero Bobbie Griffin to face off against Wesley (while Crane is excavating the remnants of a prehistoric galactic empire), Agent Gary "Eggsy" Unwin of the Kingsman rescues vigilante Mindy "Hit-Girl" McCready from Fraternity assassins, and former vigilante Lizewski attempts to join the superhero team the Ambassadors.
Characters
Protagonists
Mindy McCready / Hit-Girl – A 27-year-old vigilante and assassin who has been waging war on crime since she was 10-years-old, in Kick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years, Hit-Girl, and Kick-Ass vs. Hit-Girl.
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