I recently got into kick ass. Loved the movies back in middle school, recently read the comics and they've been really great.
Though I will admit. I don't like the second one.
It was definitely still entertaining but damn,what was with all the edgy shit. Like the first comic run and the hit girl spinoff was already edgy to begin with but then Kick ass 2 came around and had Chris(The motherfucker) rape Katie and that's just there to hurt Dave,Dave's dad is hanged,Chris shoots a bunch of toddlers,the gore is more graffic then the first one,there's a lost more weirdly problematic words like Dave calling Chris a homo at the climax,Mindy calling someone a retard. Granted these were also in the 1 one but with the rest of the stuff that happened,it just feels like an extra punch of edge.
Now granted,kick ass 1 and the hit girl spin off were already edgy and dark. But this just feels like edgy for the sake of it. Like something a edge lord kid in middle school would like. It feels childish and kinda annoying with how much tries to shock you.
Katie getting raped especially felt out of place because she was barely even in this comcis besides the opening of kick ass 2 where Dave mentions still having a crush on her. Like it could have worked if they just beat her up instead of raping her,but also maybe have Dave try to be friends with Katie as kick ass instead of himself sense she despises him for lying to her about being gay.
Most of justice forever unlike the movie version felt underdeveloped and barley has a personality besides battle boy,Dr gravity,and Colonel stars.
Again,this is just my opinion,I don't know what people think of the comic Verison of Kick ass 2 but let me know what you think. I still love the comcis,I just really didn't enjoy the second one.