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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
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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.
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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.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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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Love it!
Very adult graphic novel - very funny. How far can Garth Ennis go? Hopefully a lot longer!
Published on 6 Jan 2010 by R. Green
Ok but overhyped
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). Read more
Published on 15 May 2009 by Grev
Nonsense
Preacher fans beware - this book is truely LAME. It may hold limited appeal for 13 year old readers new to Viz magazine, but otherwise, The Boys is a turgid read. Read more
Published on 26 April 2009 by Richard Webb
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