The Boys, Vol. 4 [Paperback]

Garth Ennis (Author), Darick Robertson (Author)

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Publication Date: July 14, 2009

The fourth Dynamite collection of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys is here! Also includes a complete cover gallery!

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About the Author

Garth Ennis is the award-winning writer of Hellblazer, Hitman, Punisher, Preacher, Pride and Joy and War Stories. He is much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style. Darick Robertson is the critically acclaimed artist and co-creator of Transmetropolitan. He is also the artist on Fury and Punisher (both with Garth Ennis), and the creator of Space Beaver. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment (July 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1606900358
• ISBN-13: 978-1606900352
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Continues to be a wild ride that only Garth Ennis can come up with, July 19, 2009

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This review is from: The Boys, Vol. 4 (Paperback)

We Gotta Go Now, the fourth collected volume of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys, finds Butcher and co. taking aim at some new superpowered adversaries this time around. Hughie goes undercover as a new would-be member of the supes franchise called the G-Men, and discovers some dirty and some plain old horrifying secrets in the process about their millionaire founder and leader. Naturally though, things don't go too smoothly for Hughie during his undercover time, as Ennis once again manages to pull out all the stops in an effort to disgust, shock, horrify, and tickle the funny bone of the reader. While The Boys so far has gleefully jabbed at mainstream superhero comics, Ennis' riff here on the mega-popular X-Men franchise is just too fun to pass up. Darick Robertson's artwork continues to be solid as well, which isn't much of a surprise either really. All in all, I've found The Boys to be endlessly entertaining since its inception, and with seeds being planted for some future uber-chaotic events on the horizon, here's hoping that the best is yet to come from The Boys.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Frat party of weird, messed up fun ....., September 25, 2009

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This review is from: The Boys, Vol. 4 (Paperback)

I'm going to be upfront about this item, it's an enjoyable comic to have and read. As usual Garth Ennis has not tame himself down, which is the good thing. This is vol. 4 of an amazing series where we get another chapter of the flip side of super heros. I'm assuming that you have the first 3 volumes already, if not, get them for you will be asking for more if you've just read one.

This edition sort of seems to be picking on a famous group everybody knows, the G-Men. If you're wondering, What's G-Men ? Get this and find out !!!!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ennis continues his wild romp, August 16, 2009

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This review is from: The Boys, Vol. 4 (Paperback)

In the fourth volume of The Boys, Wee Hughie is sent off to investigate 'G-Force' - Ennis' analogue of the X-Men.

There are a half-dozen different G-teams, all of which operate under slightly different rules from the rest of Vought American's superhero 'franchises'. Still, they're incredibly profitable (everyone loves to buy gear supporting these 'outsider' heroes), so they're left to their own devices. However, when a founding member of 'G-force' commits suicide in a spectacular fashion, a lot of parties decide it may be time to intervene...

Wee Hughie is sent to join the junior G-Force team (think this world's New Mutants equivalent). What he finds is a LOT of seriously warped kids living in a superheroic frat house, complete with porn room.

As Hughie investigates from the inside, MM goes off on some detective work, and the rest of the Boys sit tight (mostly trying to control their psychopathic impulses).

Although another entertaining installment in the series, the Boys is starting to run out of ways to maintain its early days of shock & awe. The ridiculous fratboy antics of the G-teams are mostly just... gross. In the earlier collections, Ennis combined his dark & salty humor with surprising revelations and intriguing plot twists. 'We Gotta Go Now...' feels a little stale in comparison. Although the comedy is still there, the ultimate revelations feel a little predictable and a little forced.

This does, however, seem like a blip (a 'dip' down into a 4-star rating isn't bad!) - and this collection does set up bigger and better things for Volume 5. The Boys has been a unique take on 'superheroics' since the first issue, and continues to toe its unrelenting, no holds barred approach.