Product Description

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 Hughies, 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. This volume collects issues 15-22 of the Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10650 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Garth Ennis kicks more butt!
The Boys is not for the faint of heart. You've got nudity, violence and gore galore in this episode mixed with some bad taste to boot. But that's not what this is about.

This issue of the Boys picks up and really fleshes out the universe so much more. In past episodes, you learned a little bit more about the corporate influence that pervades their world. In this one, you'll learn all about it and what drives the team a bit more.

That being said, is this book full of crass, tasteless humor at times. Yes. If you're easily offended, I'd hope you would have given up after book one. But if you liked the first two, you'll be very happy with the direction the series is going in. It's refreshing to read a bit more down and dirty comic series about the "supes".

Taking things to a whole other level
Good For the Soul, the third collected volume of Garth Ennis' The Boys, takes Ennis' riff on superheroes to a whole new level. In the midst of finding himself in a surprising new relationship, Hughie learns the origins of big-time corporation Vought-American and their ties to the superhuman community, while Butcher takes a stand against Homelander and the rest of The Seven. There are a good number of more revelations abound in Good For the Soul, as well as some trademark Ennis gross-out moments (one of which involving Hughie that will have you rolling around the floor laughing), and even a surprisingly touching moment between Frenchman and Woman. Where Good For the Soul really shines though are in the concluding issues, where Hughie learns of The Seven's greatest failure years before on one September morning. The Boys really does find Ennis at his best, possibly equaling the insane brilliance he crafted years ago with Preacher. Darick Robertson provides more solid artwork as well, including some shocking scenes that will stay with you. All in all, The Boys just keeps getting better and better the longer it goes on, and Good For the Soul is the best of The Boys yet.

Downward slide continues
The Boys Vol. 3: Good for the Soul

The Boys just haven't been the same since Book 1, Name of the Game. Moving the comic from DC to Dynamite seems to have reduced its quality and momentum noticebly, to the point where the wicked humor just feels forced and lifeless. There seems to be little overall vision to the tale; instead, a bunch of stuff happens.

The story is flat (few genuine shocks or surprises), the love stories go on and on, the dialogue is limp, and the art looks hastier and hastier. If I were Ennis, I'd just give this one up.