Big Game

by Mark Millar, Pepe Larraz (Artist)

Overview

Collecting the smash hit crossover event of 2023 where over twenty Millarworld franchises are brought together for the first time and chaos ensues. This is Nemesis versus Kick-Ass, Kingsman, Superior, The Magic Order, Huck, the Night Club and all your favorite characters from our comic books, movies and TV shows. Written by superstar writer Mark Millar (Civil War, Old Man Logan) and Marvel superstar artist Pepe Larraz (X-Men), this series is being released on the 20th anniversary of Millarworld's first ever book WANTED.

Collects BIG GAME #1-5

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534399112
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	12/19/2023
Pages:	152
Sales rank:	355,544
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Multi award-winning writer Mark Millar is the writer of JUPITER'S LEGACY from Image Comics, which he co-created with artist Frank Quitely. Also at Image, his WANTED comic series was the industry's biggest-selling creator-owned book of the last ten years until he smashed his own record with KICK-ASS, each issue selling more than Spider-Man and X-Men from issue one with an unprecedented five printings every issue. Both properties were sold as movies before the first issue hit the stands and everything Millar has ever created is in various stages of theatrical development. Wanted starred Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. Kick-Ass stars actor Nicolas Cage.

In addition to WANTED and KICK-ASS, Millar has revamped the X-Men, launched a number one Spider-Man title, brought Captain America into the 21st Century and made Superman a communist.

Editorial Reviews

"Millar’s skill for conveying characterization and exposition through action and Larraz’s (X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023) fluidly dynamic illustration make this an action-packed, breathtakingly paced, and surprisingly accessible superhero epic." —Library Journal (starred review)

From the Publisher

★ 12/01/2023

Millar (The Chosen One) crafts a crossover epic, drawing on characters from 20 different titles he's created over the past two decades. In 1986, a coalition of supervillains calling themselves the Fraternity massacred Earth's superheroes and brainwashed the public into forgetting they ever existed, before assuming control over the planet. Today, after becoming aware of the emergence of a new generation of heroes, the Fraternity launches a global terror campaign in order to preserve their power. Thankfully, the world's heroes are spurred to action. A suave British superspy recruits the vigilante Hit-Girl for a guns-blazing counteroffensive, and her former sidekick comes out of retirement to battle evil as Kick-Ass. A brilliant billionaire/daredevil/occultist travels back in time in search of the key to victory, while teenage vampires muster the courage to stand up against evil. A family of powerful magicians also ponders how to help without disrupting the fabric of reality—or if they should simply bring this reality to an end. VERDICT Millar's skill for conveying characterization and exposition through action and Larraz's (X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023) fluidly dynamic illustration make this an action-packed, breathtakingly paced, and surprisingly accessible superhero epic.

Library Journal