Hit-Girl # 7 Review

Writer: Jeff Lemire // Artist: Eduardo Risso // Publisher: Image Little Lady Snowblood The second arc of the Image Hit-Girl relaunch reads like the best parts of Reservoir Dogs and Fargo that were too brutal for censors. In issue #7, Mindy Sherman, tween assassin, finds herself at the bulls-eye of an ambush brought about by her dead target’s father, Billy. Using the only escape they can, Hit-Girl and her hermit benefactor are able to flee, but not without more casualties.  Outgunned and still nursing her own injury, Hit-Girl adopts news tactics to take the fight back to her assailants. Together, Lemire and Risso create a full sensory experience in the Kashechewan wilderness, forcing Mindy to adapt her urbanite, vigilante swagger for the stealth of a winter huntress.

In the previous issue, Hit-Girl found herself at the mercy of a kind stranger who helped nurse her back to health after her bear-trap incident.  They don’t have too many of those in New York yet, so she clearly was not prepared.  While the old hermit nursed Mindy to health, the father of the dead target had enough time to rally his own crew in an attempt to snuff out Hit-Girl. The first act of this issue has Mindy and the hermit trapped in the cabin, surrounded by a barrage of bullets and the threat of being smoked out.   After catching a bullet in the fray, the old man hallucinates that Mindy is his daughter Helen, the same image Mindy saw in between consciousness in issue #6. Using the last of his wits and stre…