The boys

Another omnibus' worth covering two volumes (easier for me to review the Omnibus, despite me own the individual volumes!) - first we have The Boys, Volume 9: The Big Ride in which Hughie finally (fingers crossed) gets the truth, or as much as the truth available on Butcher. An investigation into mor Leggi tutto

It’s getting kind of tiresome… The show is leagues better from this. 2.5/5

Mad respect for the intense conclusion to part nine, and to the Butcher miniseries (part ten). I can accept the concept of a slow burn. Unfortunately there were too many pages of two people just talking.

Character development takes center stage as the comics continue to focus on Little Hughie's realization of the horrors he has gotten himself involved with as he teamed up with The Boys and found himself under the guidance of Billy Butcher. Has their desire to take down the supes made them just as da Leggi tutto

Best yet, butcher exposition is needed and we start to see hughie lose control. More to come

This review contains very light spoilers. In Volume 3, we got some nice background on some of the other members of The Boys. In this issue, we were provided some fascinating backstory on that enigmatic fellow, Butcher. He has a captivating and moving history that I feel will likely set things up for Leggi tutto

A very talky, info dumpy volume that nearly overstayed it's welcome. However everything is seemingly set up for the final collision, and we get a look into Butchers history, and an understanding of why he is the way he is. Who's gonna come out on top?

(Zero spoiler review for the final hardcover omnibus collecting this arc, with the score for this volume) Volume one was outstanding, volume two was meh at best, losing so much of what made the opening few arc's great, whilst throwing some bloody average AF art in there to boot. This downturn brought Leggi tutto