The Boys (comics)

The Boys
Cover of The Boys Volume 1: The Name of the Game (June 2007), depicting the titular group (clockwise from top left: The Frenchman, Mother’s Milk, The Female, Wee Hughie, and Billy Butcher.)
Publication information
Publisher	WildStorm/DC Comics (#1–6) Dynamite Entertainment (#7–72, Dear Becky)
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero
Publication date	October 2006 – November 2012
No. of issues	72
Main character(s)	The Boys The Seven The G-Men Vought-American The U.S. Government
Creative team
Created by	Garth Ennis Darick Robertson
Written by	Garth Ennis
Artist(s)	Darick Robertson Peter Snejbjerg (#13–14) John Higgins (#26, #28) Carlos Ezquerra (#31–32, #34) Richard P. Clark (#42–43, #72) Russ Braun (#44–51, #56–71)
Penciller(s)	John McCrea (#33, #39, #52–55, #65) Keith Burns (#33, #39, #52–55, #65) Russ Braun (#65)
Inker(s)	Rodney Ramos (#11–12) Matt Jacobs (#22) Hector Ezquerra (#31–32, #34) John McCrea (#33, #39, #52–55, #65) Keith Burns (#33, #39, #52–55, #65) Russ Braun (#65)
Letterer(s)	Greg Thompson (#1–6) Simon Bowland (#7–72)
Colorist(s)	Tony Aviña
Editor(s)	Ben Abernathy (#1–6) Kristy Quinn (#1–6)
Collected editions
The Name of the Game	ISBN 91-33-30546-3
Get Some	ISBN 19-33-30568-1
Good for the Soul	ISBN 19-33-30592-4
We Gotta Go Now	ISBN 18-48-56298-5
Herogasm	ISBN 16-06-90082-X
The Self-Preservation Society	ISBN 16-06-90125-7
The Innocents	ISBN 16-06-90150-8
Highland Laddie	ISBN 16-06-90207-5
The Big Ride	ISBN 16-06-90220-2
Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker	ISBN 16-06-90264-4
Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men	ISBN 16-06-90341-1
The Bloody Doors Off	ISBN 16-06-90373-X
Dear Becky	ISBN 15-24-11990-3

The Boys is an adult superhero comic book series, written by Garth Ennis and co-created, designed, and illustrated by Darick Robertson. The first volume was published by WildStorm, which canceled it after six issues; the series was picked up by Dynamite Entertainment, which published the following eight volumes: Get Some, Good for the Soul, We Gotta Go Now, The Self-Preservation Society, The Innocents, The Big Ride, Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men, and The Bloody Doors Off.^[1] Debuting in October 2006, the series concluded in November 2012 after 72 issues were published. In the fourth volume, the series is revealed to be set in the same fictional universe as Ennis' previous 1995–2000 DC Vertigo series, Preacher, with former vampire Proinsias Cassidy cameoing as a bartender. Three 6-issue spin-off limited series were also produced during the series' original run: Herogasm, Highland Laddie, and Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker, with an 8-issue epilogue series, Dear Becky, published from June–December 2020.

The book was adapted by Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television into a five-season television series that premiered July 26, 2019 on Amazon Prime Video, from which a franchise was launched—web series Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman, which premiered July 7, 2021—spin-off animated anthology series, Diabolical, which premiered March 4, 2022 (of which the third episode, "I'm Your Pusher", is set in the same continuity as the comic series)—and live-action spin-off series Gen V, which premiered September 29, 2023.^[1][2]