From the sick and twisted mind of Garth Ennis, co-creator of "Preacher", and the vicious pencil of Darick Robertson, artist of "Transmetropolitan", comes a darkly hilarious story that will change the way you look at superheroes forever!Wee Hughie's joined The Boys, a group of covert operatives who police - and when necessary, punish - the super "heroes" (who are usually anything but). His first full case? Investigate the murder of Swingwing, former partner of the Tek-Knight, a man with a fetish so disgusting you'll have to see it to believe it!This hugely controversial new series - which caused an uproar upon original publication - explores the sordid side of superheroics! It is intended for adults only!
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Garth Ennis is the award-winning writer of Hellblazer, Hitman, Punisher, Preacher, Pride and Joy and War Stories. He is much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style. Darick Robertson is the critically acclaimed artist and co-creator of Transmetropolitan. He is also the artist on Fury and Punisher (both with Garth Ennis), and the creator of Space Beaver.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By J Witts
Format:Paperback
This is another truly excellent installment of The Boys by Garth Ennis. Just as brilliant and funny as the original and another absolutely essential purchase. Rest assured if you liked the first volume then you will lap this up too.
By ZC21
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After readin the Boys vol 1 i was blown away and went and bought vol 2-12.
After reading this i thought what a waste of money i hope its not all down hill. I can say having read up to vol 6 that so far this is by far the worse one. But, stick with it because Vol 3 goes back to the quality you got for vol one.
I have leant this to a few friends and they all agree its the weakest one.
After reading this i thought what a waste of money i hope its not all down hill. I can say having read up to vol 6 that so far this is by far the worse one. But, stick with it because Vol 3 goes back to the quality you got for vol one.
I have leant this to a few friends and they all agree its the weakest one.
By Vicki Hill
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This was bought for someone's birthday, it arrived much quicker than anticipated and was in perfect condition on receipt. They were extremely happy once they'd received it.
By Smokey
Format:Paperback
Having only read the first graphic novel of The Boys only a week or two ago I didn't need to wait too long to get to this one.
I found the characters, new and old to be just as good as in the first one and I loved both story lines in this one too. The one complaint I did have was that I didn't enjoy the art work by the additional artist they brought in for the last two comics of the series. I'm not sure why they had to do this and the art work is in no way terrible however I did find it a bit of a distraction so I will be deducting a star for this.
I also felt that they could have done more with Little Nina's character (the bad guy) in the second storyline too but it didn't take away from the storyline. I just would have liked to have seen her in action.
Overall a thoroughly enjoyable read for fans of The Boys. If you haven't read The Boys yet I suggest you start at the beginning though.
I found the characters, new and old to be just as good as in the first one and I loved both story lines in this one too. The one complaint I did have was that I didn't enjoy the art work by the additional artist they brought in for the last two comics of the series. I'm not sure why they had to do this and the art work is in no way terrible however I did find it a bit of a distraction so I will be deducting a star for this.
I also felt that they could have done more with Little Nina's character (the bad guy) in the second storyline too but it didn't take away from the storyline. I just would have liked to have seen her in action.
Overall a thoroughly enjoyable read for fans of The Boys. If you haven't read The Boys yet I suggest you start at the beginning though.
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I am a big fan of Garth's run on Hellblazer, Preacher and Hitman but this strikes me as a retread of some of his older ideas.
The trademark Ennis dialogue is still sharp, and the characters well defined but the ultraviolence feels a bit cheesy after a couple of decades.
I like the artwork by Robinson and Snejbjerg - Robinson's Killer the bulldog is especially vivid.
Garth has done and can do better than this.
The trademark Ennis dialogue is still sharp, and the characters well defined but the ultraviolence feels a bit cheesy after a couple of decades.
I like the artwork by Robinson and Snejbjerg - Robinson's Killer the bulldog is especially vivid.
Garth has done and can do better than this.
5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Grev
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The Boys is one of those comics you pick up every month that the critics rave about but you can never really figure out why (like the Invisibles, but for different reasons). Okay so it's different from the lame run of the mill U.S. comic product, but a work of genius? Nope. It's full of Garth Ennis's usual trademarks, i.e. lots of rude words and situations, but for all the intent it never really goes anywhere. As I'm writing it's up to issue 30 of 60, and so far the only interesting characters, the Female, the Homelander, and in particular the psychotic Butcher (around whom the whole story revolves) have still barely been explored. So far, so what, basically. Ennis writing a superhero series based on the fact that he hates the whole concept of superheroes should be a lot more interesting than this, frankly (it's certainly not a patch on http://www.amazon.co.uk/Marshal-Law-Fear-Loathing/dp/1840234520/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309985042&sr=1-1 - now that was REAL hatred of the genre!).
Then again I thought the Ennis series that this is always compared to, Preacher, was a load of overrated cobblers to - which it is.
Then again I thought the Ennis series that this is always compared to, Preacher, was a load of overrated cobblers to - which it is.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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As a fan of Ennis you really can guarantee the quality of not only the story arcs but the graphical nature to which these compendiums pay homage to. Its fun, it's a dark twist on the world to which the characters inhabit and lets face it, if you're fed up with goody two shoes Superhero characters its great to see the fallibility of these paragons of mankind. Ennis does it with spades with his usual dark humour and mind twists his way through the stories. Great fun and to be honest something that I really have to recommend to the older fan of the graphic novel due to the adult nature blended within the story arc. Epic action with an adult twist as Superheroes discover that there's a price for vice and screwing over the little guy.
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