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This is going to hurt! In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone's got to make sure the "supes" don't get out of line. And someone will! Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman, and The Female are The Boys: A CIA-backed team of very dangerous people, each one dedicated to the struggle against the most dangerous force on Earth - superpower! Some superheroes have to be watched. Some have to be controlled. And some of them, sometimes, need to be taken out of the picture. That's when you call in The Boys! Collecting the first six issues of the controversial series from Garth Ennis (Preacher) and artist Darick Robertson (Transmetropolitan)! This limited edition hardcover features an introduction by writer, actor, and producer Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Spaced) and over 50 pages of never-before-printed bonus materials!
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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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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Every year or so I discover some gem, and this is one. Great art, great characters, great story, totally readable and watchable. Special, different, in many ways, very important in a world that too often stops and starts itself with the same stories written and drawn in a different way.
This is not as seminal as Watchmen, but it is certainly a book and set of books that everyone should try. Give me more give me more give me more.
Plus - one character is based on a real-life person alive today, and this adds to the enjoyment.
This is not as seminal as Watchmen, but it is certainly a book and set of books that everyone should try. Give me more give me more give me more.
Plus - one character is based on a real-life person alive today, and this adds to the enjoyment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Oh boy! Don't really know what to think of this one. I didn't hate it to return it but I am still unsure on whether to continue reading it. It is not an easy pill to swallow. This is hardcore , dark and almost hateful at time. For a while I thought that it was gratuitous violence where the old "beware of superheroes because they cannot be trusted" concept was not successfully recycled. But then after reading it another time, I've let myself a bit more absorbed by the story, and found myself reading it a third time. You may say that if it was that bad I wouldn't read it three time and you are right. But I am still uneasy on the whole let's bash some superheroes regardless of their intentions because a good superhero is a dead one.
Still unsure, maybe I need to read the second part to make up my mind.
Still unsure, maybe I need to read the second part to make up my mind.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Imagine if someone dared to pen a Hollywood Babylon for superheroes and the people who need to keep them in line? That's the premise of The Boys. Volume one sets the scene introducing to us to our players Wee Hughie - a Scottish slacker with a good heart looking for vengence after his girlfriend is ran over by a superhero. Mike Butcher and his bulldog Terror who leads a shadowy group called The Boys, Mother's Milk - a former US Ranger and conscience of Butcher, Frenchie - someone who you have little background on but pleasingly eccentric and The Female - who doesn't speak, but kills a lot.
Ennis creates characters as rich as his previous Preacher series and I am looking forward to the next volumes
Ennis creates characters as rich as his previous Preacher series and I am looking forward to the next volumes
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The Boys Review
Having been a fan of Preacher many years ago, thought I'd give The Boys a go. I wasnt disappointed and am already half way through the 2nd Graphic novel.
Published 7 months ago by Tickel
The Boys are here!
This is quite simply an awesome series and here we see the beginning of a story full of twists & turns, sex & violence and good old-fashioned British humour. Read more
Published 11 months ago by J Witts
Definitely one for (sick) boys
An interesting premise, well executed (if not totally original, see Authority, Watchmen and even Astro City to an extent), this is the story of a world overrun with superheroes... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Mr. S. James
The start of something special
A very dark and very funny comic. It does only give you the first few combined but this is the start of a very special series of comics. Read more
Published 17 months ago by jasybaby
Has brought me back to Graphic Novels
Violence, sex and superheroes what more do you want.
My mate put me on to The Boys, I hadn't read a graphic novel in a few months and I just want to read everything about... Read more
My mate put me on to The Boys, I hadn't read a graphic novel in a few months and I just want to read everything about... Read more
Published 20 months ago by G. Faulkner
refreshingly orignal
This is an excellent idea, excellently executed (fan of Alliteration). The characters are complex in a good way, and truly show what people are capable of. Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2010 by L. Kehoe
Great Stuff
Some comics have already tried to tell us what the world would be like if it were really filled with superheroes. Read more
Published on 21 Feb 2010 by Stephen M
Overdone *mild Spoiler*
I've read quite a lot of Garth Ennis recently, and I liked some of his Punisher stuff. Preacher is an over-rated load of cack (although I read several of the graphic novels) and... Read more
Published on 12 Nov 2009 by Nicholas Connolly
I dont flat out hate ennis..
..but a lot of his writing outside of mainstream comics is what I would imagine Frank Miller would write if he was suffering from depression. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2009
Sheer genius
This has got to be my favourite comic of all time, written by (for my money) the best writer around today. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2009 by Duncan Robertson
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