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An evil so profound it threatens all mankind! The mightiest heroes on the planet uniting to defend us all! A secret crisis of such utter finality that a countdown to civil or infinite war seems unavoidable! The Seven, Payback, Teenage Kix, Fantastico, and every other super on Earth team-up for an annual event like no other. Where they go, can a certain "five complications and a dog" be far behind?
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Garth Ennis is the award-winning writer of Preacher, Hellblazer, Hitman and Judge Dredd. Much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style, he is now writing a new Authority: Kev series for DC/WildStorm, as well as Marvel's Punisher. Darick Robertson is the critically acclaimed artist and co-creator of Transmetropolitan.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"Herogasm" is the name of an orgy the supes attend every year when they tell the rest of the world that they're joining forces to fight off a space alien threat far away. They get together on a remote tropical island and it's "Caligula" but more graphic.
There's not much more to the story - Homelander's planning something, Vought American continue their plan for world domination, the Boys find some more backstory to their version of 9/11 that wasn't elaborated on in "Good for the Soul". But it's not enough for a full book.
I'm not a prude by any stretch but there's far too much gratuitous porn. Supes doing it with hookers, doing drugs, this goes on for pages and pages. If I wanted porn I'd have some, but when I pick up a comic book, especially one as good as this series is, I expect something more, and sadly, this book has none of the interest of the previous 4.
John McCrea's not a terrible artist but Darick Robertson is a better one and his presence is definitely missed in this book. Hopefully the hints set up in "Herogasm" will make for a much more interesting 6th book. This book is definitely missable and adds nothing to the overall story arch of this series.
There's not much more to the story - Homelander's planning something, Vought American continue their plan for world domination, the Boys find some more backstory to their version of 9/11 that wasn't elaborated on in "Good for the Soul". But it's not enough for a full book.
I'm not a prude by any stretch but there's far too much gratuitous porn. Supes doing it with hookers, doing drugs, this goes on for pages and pages. If I wanted porn I'd have some, but when I pick up a comic book, especially one as good as this series is, I expect something more, and sadly, this book has none of the interest of the previous 4.
John McCrea's not a terrible artist but Darick Robertson is a better one and his presence is definitely missed in this book. Hopefully the hints set up in "Herogasm" will make for a much more interesting 6th book. This book is definitely missable and adds nothing to the overall story arch of this series.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This comic is going off the boil.
The idea of the boys was fresh new, and really worked with Garths raw humour poking fun at conventional super heroes. But now... the story hasn't moved on, and is actaully becming a bit stale. Sorry to say that cos Garth is a legend.
The idea of the boys was fresh new, and really worked with Garths raw humour poking fun at conventional super heroes. But now... the story hasn't moved on, and is actaully becming a bit stale. Sorry to say that cos Garth is a legend.
Format:Paperback
Sex, violence and corrupt superheroes! What more could an immature reader want! The BOYS are great, no doubt, but what started as a refreshing and superb take on stupid superheroes has been gradually going downhill with each following issue. As it has been said before by other reviewers, the storyline has become too simplistic and vulgar. Where has the greatness of the first two volumes gone?
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Garth Ennis Rocks
I have long been Garth Ennis fan and The Boys is simply excellent. It is funny, humourous, dark and has human touch to the characters. Read more
Published 17 months ago by R. Bhaskar Dutt
Another great Boys Chapter from Ennis!
"The Boys" is definately a required taste and this chapter is an enjoyable diversion from the mainstream series. Read more
Published on 5 May 2010 by R. Williams
Slippery slope
The Boys started off as a violent, sexually explicit satire on traditional U.S. comics and has had a few good moments along the way but this spin off series, now collected in... Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2010 by WJ Davidson
excellent read, mais...
I love THE BOYS, except the fact that the Frenchman can't actually speak French at all! He speaks like Google translates! Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2010 by Claragorilla
breathtakingly good
filthy, gross, rude and highly innappropriate for all ages - but hysterically funny with a nice gritty political message lobbed in for good measure, if you like the previous 4... Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2009 by G. Donohoe
The crossover to end all crossovers!
Shock! Alien invaders are approaching Earth & they're "more indestructible" than last time! Gasp! This will require a titanic team-up of all of earth's heroes & even some of its... Read more
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by Sam Woodward
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