John Genovese

Johnny G
General Information
Real name:	John Genovese
First Appearance:	Kick-Ass #4 - October, 2008
Created by:	Mark Millar John Romita, Jr.
Affiliations:	Genovese Crime Family
Portrayed by:	Mark Strong

John Genovese, also known as Johnny G, is the main antagonist of the first Kick-Ass comic book story.

Biography

John Genovese is the head of a huge crime organization that is targeted by Big Daddy and Hit-Girl. Although it is said that both vigilantes followed inspiration from Kick-Ass, John hints that the two have been nagging him for a while, killing his people and busting his operations.

He is also a family man though, with a wife and a son. Genovese's son convinces him to fund his own superhero identity, Red Mist, designed to lure Kick-Ass, Hit-Girl and Big Daddy out of hiding. The plan works, and both Kick-Ass and Big Daddy are tortured. By this point, John knows that Kick-Ass is not to blame for Big Daddy or Hit-Girl's actions but since nobody knows who Big Daddy is, he wants to kill Kick-Ass as an example. Hit-Girl intervenes though, but not fast enough to save her father. She and Kick-Ass take on John and Red Mist. He almost kills Hit-Girl but intervention from Kick-Ass saves her. His genitals are shot off by Kick-Ass, distracting him so that Hit-Girl can kill him with a cleaver.

Film

In the film, he is renamed Frank D'Amico. Despite this, however, his role remains largely the same as in the comic, although he is also shown to be a highly skilled martial artist in the film and initially believes Kick-Ass to be the vigilante out to bring down both him and his business before learning through the actions of his son (posing as Red Mist) that it is Big Daddy and Hit-Girl who are the real threat to him.