Brandon Borzelli's Geek Goggle Reviews

The Boys #61
Dynamite Entertainment
Ennis, Braun & Robertson

The Boys is such an odd book sometimes. Ennis tends to build up to something big and the payoff makes the lead-in issues so worth the wait. However, in the moment, the building up can be a painful process. This issue is almost entirely set-up and it drags way too much for my tastes. Ennis provides a good cliffhanger but it isn't enough to make this issue above average.

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The Boys #54
Dynamite Comics
Ennis, McCrea & Robertson

Part Three of "Barbary Coast" could very well be the most boring issue of The Boys to date. It doesn't mean that it's a bad issue by any means but it's essentially a brain dump combined with a history lesson from Mallory to Hughie. Mallory continues his long origin story that picks up from his first involvement with super soldiers in World War II from the previous issue to more current times, right up until he meets up with Butcher. The issue reads very much like a wikipedia entry for The Boys and while it answers a lot of questions it just feels so overwhelming that I'm not sure what's the big reveal or just a filling in of the blanks.

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The Boys #53
Dynamite Comics
Ennis, McCrea & Robertson

I dreaded reading the latest issue because the content placed super heroes in World War II. Few creators express as much love for World War II as Ennis, but on the other hand, inserting heroes into the war had me conjuring up visions of Captain America running with his shield as he opens up holes in the German front for Patton's 3rd. My concerns were completely off base. Not only does Ennis inject heroes into the Battle of the Bulge, but he does so in keeping with the theme of this series while maintaining a level of integrity and reality for the actual events that took place during the war. This was an excellent issue.

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The Boys #49
Dynamite Comics
Ennis, Braun & Robertson

Butcher and The Boys continue down the road of a big confrontation with The Seven while we begin to get more glimpses into the first dust up with The Seven. The arc is also serving as the first real look at the character Hughie replaces: Mallory. The issue isn't as strong as others in the series, probably because it seems like the problems that existed for the first confrontation haven't changed enough to show even a little progression between the groups. I'll be looking for things to pick up for the anniversary issue.

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