Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker #4 of 6
Dynamite Comics
Ennis, Robertson & Avina

Every once in a while Ennis delivers a stunning issue of the Boys where he shocks the reader with a powerful visual that is backed by toying with a character's inner most feelings. If the image is just grotesque with no story behind it comes across as just shock for the sake of shock. It's when he pulls off this connection where the visual is graphic, but that it only adds to the power behind the idea that he is at his best. This issue pulls off that trick to perfection. This mini-series has been entertaining but has been stuck in the same slow style of storytelling that has been a curse to The Boys for a couple of years now. This issue holds nothing back as we get the definite origin of Butcher. This is the gamma-bomb, the spider bite, the parents getting gunned down in the alleyway. It's a terrific issue and origin during point.

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