Customer Reviews
Turning comic book canon on its head - By: Gms Carroll, 08 Nov 2008 
Imagine if someone dared to pen a Hollywood Babylon for superheroes & the people who need to keep themin 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 & his bulldog Terror who leads a shadowy group called The Boys, Mother's Milk - a former US Ranger & conscience of Butcher, Frenchie - someone who you have little background on but pleasingly eccentric & The Female - who doesn't speak, but kills a lot.
Ennis creates characters as rich as his previous Preacher series & I am looking forward to the next volumes
Epic Ennis - By: Gareth Wilson, 18 Jul 2008 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 & 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 & mind twists his way through the stories. Great fun & 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 & screwing over the little guy.
Boys don't cry! - By: Chasamatazz, 19 Mar 2008 The fine art captures the superb action, & as much gritty realism as you can fitin a superhero graphic. A world seen when the rose tinted glasses have been lost. A fantastic idea which has been well crafted, & will leave you drooling for more.
Awesome Stuff - By: Shrew, 14 Dec 2007 Garth Ennis at his brilliant best. Guts, Gut laughs & simon pegg. If you liked "the preacher" you will love this. A clever & interesting take on the superhero genre with plenty of deep dark humour. Wholeheartedly reccomended! I cannot wait for the next installment! This reeks of quality!
Garth Ennis is a Genius! - By: Mr. Dean A. Marks, 14 Dec 2007 Once again Garth Ennis demonstrates his brilliancein this unique & hilarious graphic novel. The story follows the exploits of Hugh Campbell who after witnessing his girlfriends demise is enlisted into "The Boys" a CIA funded team trained to deal with super heroes who step out of line. As with most of Garth Ennis's work it is packed full of violence, gore, nudity & plenty of politically incorrect humour which will have you laughing well into the night. Believe me when I say that after reading this you will never be able to look at super heroesin the same way again.
