The Boys
Started in 2006
Published by Dynamite Entertainment
72 issues
Completed Series
Genres:
Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson bring you THE BOYS.
Wee Hughie was an average guy with everything going for him. A fiancee at his side, things were perfect...at least until everything was torn away by a superhero!
In this world, the superheroes are ungrateful uncaring asses. The comic follows the story of Wee Hughie as he is recruited to and later joins "The Boys", a CIA black ops team dealing with super-powered threats. The team consists of five super-powered beings made to deal with the incidents just like Hughie's. Butcher (a man whose wife was raped and killed by a superhero), Mothers Milk (a man who is forced to feed off his own mother's breast for his powers), Frenchman (a strange animal-like man with unknown origin), the Female (of the Species) (a mute but deadly assassin with no past) and of course...poor Wee Hughie.
In an interview, Garth Ennis had stated the series "may last up to 72 issues" and that it "will out-Preacher PREACHER".
Publishers
- #1-6: WildStorm (DC Imprint)
- #7-72: Dynamite Entertainment
Spin-Offs
The Boys had three spin-off minis, they were collected as volumes in The Boys series rather than as stand-alone stories. A fourth mini serves as both a sequel and prequel to the series.
- Herogasm
- Highland Laddie
- Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker
- Dear Becky
Trade Paperbacks
- Volume One: The Name of the Game (#1-6)
- Volume Two: Get Some (#7-14)
- Volume Three: Good for the Soul (#15-22)
- Volume Four: We Gotta Go Now (#23-30)
- Volume Five: Herogasm (The Boys: Herogasm #1-6)
- Volume Six: The Self-Preservation Society (#31-38)
- Volume Seven: The Innocents (#39-47)
- Volume Eight: Highland Laddie (The Boys: Highland Laddie #1-6)
- Volume Nine: The Big Ride (#48-59)
- Volume Ten: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker (The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker #1-6)
- Volume Eleven: Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men (#60-65)
- Volume Twelve: The Bloody Doors Off (#66-72)
- Volume Thirteen: Dear Becky (The Boys: Dear Becky #1-8)
Definitive Edition Hardcovers
- Volume One (#1-14)
- Volume Two (#15-30)
- Volume Three (#31-38 and The Boys: Herogasm #1-6)
- Volume Four (#39-47 and The Boys: Highland Laddie #1-6)
- Volume Five (#48-59 and The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker #1-6)
- Volume Six (#60-72)
Omnibus Editions
- The Boys Omnibus Volume One (#1-14)
- The Boys Omnibus Volume Two (#15-30)
- The Boys Omnibus Volume Three (#31-38)
- The Boys Omnibus Volume Four (#39-47)
- The Boys Omnibus Volume Five (#48-59)
- The Boys Omnibus Volume Six (#60-72)
Digital Omnibus
- Volume One (#1-22)
- Volume Two (#23-47)
- Volume Three (#48-72)
Hardcover Omnibus Editions
- The Boys Hardcover Omnibus Volume One (#1-30)
