The Boys #7

Story: God (a.k.a Garth Ennis)
Art: Darick Robertson

Hey look at the time. Its fanboy time again. Sure it's been a month since I've touched a comic and yes, I've been drinking less than normal but don't worry dear reader, I'm back and off the wagon. Point in fact, its only 10:30 and I've been drinking since 10:00 AM. So this review should be not only educational but also entertaining, ridden with typos and at times make no sense what so ever. Lets put on our drinking hats, put on some Motorhead, and review The Boys' return from hiatus.

Originally published by DC imprint WildStorm Productions, The Boys was dropped for being written by Garth Ennis; By that I mean it was too graphic, vulgar and well written for DC to handle. The first six issues are fantastic and show the titular characters getting back together to once again keep the capes in check with their brand of vigilante justice. Turns out that all those wonderful super powers that everyone has come from doing drugs…ok not all drugs but a specific kind. In pure form it gives you powers indefinitely. In small form it just acts like pcp on crack…err…you know what I mean. The Boys use this drug to level the playing filed with these bastards, cause most of them are, bastards that is, and act like the Russian CIA agents before the wall fell. Any cape doing anything illegal is visited and treated like redheaded stepchild in a foster home.

That first arc introduces a new boy to the group who lost his girl in a tragic if not darkly humorous superhero accident. The end of the first arc concludes wonderfully with the new guy testing out his newfound powers in the middle of a fight with a superhero group and accidentally punching through the one cape he was fighting. If that weren't enough ichor for the fan base, then a hamster wiggles its way out of the dead cape's nether regions wrapped in duct tape. This part doesn't need to be mentioned for story or art reviewing, I just wanted to see that in type.

That was the last issue that WildStorm produced before they dropped The Boys like a colicky baby. The good news is that Dynamite Entertainment, the same folks that bring you Army of Darkness, picked up the dropped series and said do whatever the fuck you want, you're Garth fucking Ennis. Cause he is you know, Garth Fucking Ennis. It is actually his middle name. True story.

The new issue, well, its great. The opening line alone is worth the price of admission. An armor clad cape sits in an office saying "Doctor—I can't stop fucking things…" The title of this arc is "Get Some" and that alone is worth buying all the issues. Any group that is willing to pun and pun well gets my loyalty. The story lines is basically just starting to get rolling but two separate tracks are already being laid to converge and I predict a lot of violence and mayhem, which I look forward to. The Boys are getting started up with their intel gathering and training their new recruit while the cape with the nymphomaniac impulses is killing small Mexican rodents with his member, and trying not to pull a fucked up Graduate on his young side kick. Lots of jokes abound and Ennis's dark humor is prevalent throughout. I just don't see this ever going south.

The artwork has kept its standards high as well and with the publishing crossover nothing has been lost. Darick Robertson continues to draw The Boys with detail that rivals most any comic that I've seen. In this issue two of The Boys enter a comic shop and Robertson gives each and every comic in the shop that you can see a distinct title and cover art. Roberston 's dedication to the small details makes The Boys an entertaining read; His attention to human anatomy sometimes makes you squeamish (see the hamster scene mentioned above). As long as Robertson continues to flesh this comic out it will always be worth looking through.


Currently this comic is one of my favorites. As anyone who has read any of my past Ennis based posts before can tell you, I'm gay for the guy. I know my fellow hounds will kill me but I think this particular series is groundbreaking in what it is doing and its continuation after being dropped by a major publisher to go to an independent is a rare occurance. For that alone I'd like to give The Boys our top rating but I need to know what that character is.

Drinks drunk: one very heavily poured Knobb Creek and Coke.