- Paperback: 276 pages
- Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment (22 Nov 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1606902202
- ISBN-13: 978-1606902202
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,854,177 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Bad things are coming
25 Nov 2011
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The Big Ride, the ninth collected volume of Garth Ennis' The Boys, full on showcases the fact that there are bad things coming on the horizon for our heroes. As Butcher and his crew await the upcoming conflict with The Seven, we get glimpses to just what happened some time ago when The Boys were first formed with Butcher's one-time ally Mallory. Hughie comes back into the fold and the history of Vought-American is revealed, with losses to come on both sides of the fence and this volume ending practically sitting on a powderkeg. Co-creator Darick Robertson isn't around much except for the covers he's drawn, but the artwork from John McCrea, Russ Braun, and Keith Burns is good for the most part. The only real gripes I have with this volume is that the pacing of it just feels off. The issues dealing with Mallory's recollections of war and the dawn of the superheroes, while important to the overall storyarc, just slow things down so much here that you can't help but lose interest. That aside though, by the time The Big Ride comes to a conclusion, you'll be salivating to see what happens next.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Petering out?
17 Dec 2011
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I've been a Garth Ennis fan since the days of Preacher and Hitman. I've loved his ability to tell a story that could be dark at times, incredibly accurate examining the human condition and hideously funny at the wrong times.When Garth debuted The Boys, I figured this would be a great title as it was meant to be his satire/slamming of superhero comics. In previous volumes, it's been established that these "superheroes" are the product of Vought American, a former military contractor who profited at the expense of others' lives with substandard munitions and gear. They made superhumans with a special formula and sought to get back into the military arena with The Seven, until in The Boys version of 9/11, The Seven messed up a rescue mission that destroyed the Brooklyn Bridge. And so these superhumans have been established as untrained, incompetent, hedonistic and in the case of The Homelander, psychopaths with godlike powers. But honestly, all parody aside, why would Vought not train the supes? It's not holding up as much and I kind of realized that as of the Highland Laddie trade. That trade was disappointing outside of the romantic resolution between Hughie and Starlight. This trade collects a years' worth of story and had some interesting revelations here and there...but it wasn't satisfying or shocking. I'm only hoping that the Butcher miniseries and the final arc will make up for the hold pattern of these last 2 Boys trades.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
An improvement
5 Dec 2011
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This was a huge improvement over the previous volume, we actually get the story moving forward again. Don't care for the new artist, though, Butcher doesn't seem quite as menacing and if Annie weren't blond I'm not sure I'd recognize her.
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