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THE BOYS VOL. 1s THE NAME OF THE GAME
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 Garth Ennis Darick Robertson

The BOYS ONE: DYNAMITE EDITION

In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, some-
one's got to make sure the “supes” don't get out of line. And someone will.

Billy Butcher, Wee Hughie, Mother's Milk, The Frenchman and The Female are The Boys: a CIA-backed
team of very dangerous people, each one dedicated to the struggle against the most lethal force on
Earth- superpower. Some superheroes have to be watched. Some have to be controlled. And some of
them- sometimes- need to be taken out of the picture.

That's when you call in The Boys.

Written by: Célored by:

GARTH ENNIS TONY AVINA

Illustrated by: Cover by:

DARICK ROBERTSON DARICK ROBERTSON

Lettered by: The Boys..Created By:

GREG THOMPSON ENNIS & ROBERTSON

DYNAM
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OR ANYTHIN',
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SOON TO SAY THAT,
OR SOMETHIN'?

AM I
GONNA SCARE
YOU OFF IS
THAT IT?

I KNEW
AFTER A
WEEK,
HUGHIE.
EVEN WITH
EVERYTHING
THAT HAPPENED
AFTERWARPS,
HUGHIE ALWAYS
REMEMBERED:

THAT KIGS WAS LIKE

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SEE YOU,

BIG ENGLISH
GUY? TALKS LIKE
MICHAEL CAINE?

THAT'S
RIGHT,
MA'AM.

HE HASN'T GOT
AN APPOINTMENT OR
ANYTHING; BUT HE JUST
WALKED IN--I MEAN HE
HAS FULL AGENCY
CLEARANCE, IT
CHECKS OUT
LIKE--
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MES YOU CIRT% YOU SEE WHERE
FILTHY; REPULSIVE I WIPE ME 2/CK,
SON OF A BITCH; Luv--
YOU MAKE ME
WANT 7O
PUKESS

| DIRECTOR
 SON, PLEASE
LET GO, YOU HAVE
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YOU DON'T WANNA SEE
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OF 7 7 THAT WAY. YOU CLINT.
MATTER
FACT?

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GUESS I
BETTER GET
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PEOPLE TO
DEAL WITH
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I SUPPOSE e §=ARROGANT
YOU'VE COME TO \ PIECE OF SHIT
OFFER YOUR AS EVER...
SERVICES.

DUNNIT? YOu
I'M HERE HAD YOUR KNICKERS
TO GRANT RE OFF YOU THERE LIKE
\ 'EM,; LUV. agi AFUCKIN’ SPEEDIN'
BULLET.

TRY TO SLIP YOU

A LENGTH AT ONE
OF THE WEEKLY
BRIEFINGS?

THE PRESICENT BEEN ANY NEW

IS A MAN OF 7O7AL WHATEVER
YOU'VE COME DIRECTIVES COME
MORAL INTEGRITY. JUST OUT OF THE OVAL
HEARING SOMEONE LIKE TO SAy, SAY
IT. I'M Busy. OFFICE LATELY?
YOU TALK ABOUT HIM IS
ENOUGH TO TURN MY
STOMACH.

COME ON;
RAYNER. I
HEAR THINGS,
yOu KNOW
THAT.
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CALLED ME AS SOON PROGRESS ON
AS YOU HEARD. I KNOW YOUR OWN; AS A
WHY YOU DIDN'T, BUT MATTER OF INTEREST?
YOU SHOULD'VE. BIG SUCCESS
S0 FAR?

IS IT FUCK.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY, HALF THE TIME YOU
NOBBERS COULDN'T SORT
OUT A PI6S-UIP IN SOMETHING LIKE 7WO
A BREWERY. AHUNPREDP THOUSANP
SUPES \N THE WORLD, AN'
I'M WILLIN' TO BET YOU'VE
GOT NO FURTHER THAN NAMES
AN' HEADSHOTS ON NINETY-
FIVE PERCENT.

you
KNOW A MAN
WHO DOES.

HEROES OR VILLAINS,
SAINTS OR SINNERS,
TEENAGE OR GOLDEN AGE:
I KNOW 'EM OR
I KNOW A MAN
WHO DOES. WON'T TALK TO
ANYONE BUT
ME, MADAM
DIRECTOR.
 YOU MAY
AS WELL GO
AHEAD, LUV.

SUPERPOWER'S = : ONE DAY,

f THE MOST DANGEROUS BULLETS OR OUTRUN YOU MIGHT TWIG
POWER ON EARTH. THERE'S ~ TACHYONS OR SWIM ACROSS : : WHAT YOU'RE REALLY
i, MORE AN' MORE OF 'EM ALL THE SLIN; YOU'VE BETTER THINGS 7 SM INVULNERABLE To 1S
" THE TIME, AN' SOONER TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE THAN /ff 4 E YOUR HUMANITY.
OR LATER THEY'RE
GONNA WISE UP. TWO HUNDREDTH ;
: FUCKIN' TIME. y AN'
y \ THEN GOD
HELP US
ALL.

——
YOU MAVE
THIS DEAL WITH MY
PREDECESSOR. THE
FIRST TIME AROUND, BACK
BEFORE IT ALL WENT
TO SHIT.

YOU HAVE
THE EXPERTISE; WE
HAVE THE RESOURCES AND
LEGITIMACY THAT ALLOW YOu
TO OPERATE. THAT MUCH
—~ I UNDERSTAND.

WHAT I 2ON’7--
WHAT TRULY DISTURBS
ME, BECAUSE I'VE CALIGHT
A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S BEHIND
THOSE EYES--IS WHY YOU DO
THIS IN THE FIRST
PLACE.

IS WHAT
MIGHT BE IN IT
FOR You.

I'M Just
A BLOKE IN
NEED OF A JOB,
Luv.
 THEY HAVE
TO BE WATCHED.
DAKOTA BOB SAID IN OTHER
IT HIMSELF. WORDS, YOU
NEED--
$0 YOU NEED
SOMEONE TO WATCH
"EM, SOMEONE TO GATHER
INTEL--OR SA/7; WHICH IS MY
PREFERRED TERM--AN' USE IT
TO PLAY 'EM. SOMEONE WHO'S
READY TO REMINP 'EM WHO'S
BOSS AT A MOMENT'S
FUCKIN' NOTICE.

NOW AN’
bY AGAIN, WHEN THE
OCCASION DEMANDS
IT, YOU NEED SOMEONE
WHO CAN KILL ONE
OR TWO OF

WELL, M.M.'S I HEAR THEY

WHERE ALL RIGHT, I'M FOUND THIS GEEZER
ARE THE REST GONNA GO AN' SEE HIM IN BALTIMORE WITH HIS
OF THEM? TONIGHT. THE FRENCHMAN'S FACE TORN OFF AN'
PROBABLY SAT IN SOME STUCK UP HIS ARSEHOLE,
CAFE, TALKIN' INTO HIS $0 IT SOUNDS LIKE THE
EXPRESSO LIKE A FEMALE'S GONE BACK
MAP FUCKIN' TO FREELANCIN'
BASTARD. FOR THE MOB...

A REPLACEMENT
FOR MALLORY. HE RIGHT, OF
WON'T BE COMIN' COURSE. YOU
GOT HIS GRAND-
CHILDREN

A FAVOR,
Luv.

TRY NOT TO
GET QUITE SO WET
WHEN YOU MENTION
THAT.
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CAMPBELL

VI WONDER IF
f WE MIGHT
COME IN FOR
» A MOMENT

TRULY,
EXPRESS OUR TRULY
DEEPEST TERRIBLE
CONPOLENCES

AGENCY
ATTACHED
TO THE
EARLY DAYS NX
HOME OFFICE
—_ BUT WE FELT
LET'S SAY IT IMPORTANT
NATIONAL, TO KEEP YOU
RATHER THAN IN THE LOO
LOCAL P

EVENTS LIKE BRINGS US

THESE HAVE MORE THAN SADLY; MIGHT
TO THE LEGAL
ALL KINDS OF YOU CAN SEE THIS
QUESTION
RAMIFICATIONS IMAGINE TRAGEDY
MERELY AS
AMMUNITION PERSONAL

DIFFERENT
THINGS TO
DIFFERENT
PEOPLE

UNDERSTAND,
WE UNDERSTAND,
THE LAST THING
WE WANT TO DO
IS RUSH YOU

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FOR YOUR OWN BLACK EYE,
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RETINAL
SOME
NOT TO PURSUE
BRUISING
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS,
ANP WE COULD THEN
RECIPROCATE _

RIGHT
DECISION

OURSELVES
OUT; DON'T
you

I DON'T
WANT FUCKIN’
COMPENSATION. I
WANT HER
BACK.
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 JUST TO LET
YOU KNOW I'M
I'M BACK, AN'
EVERYTHING'S

MONKEY.

YOU HAVE A GOOD

OLD WRIGGLE THERE.
WHEN YOU'RE DONE,
WE'LL GO BACK IN AN’
YOU CAN HAVE YOUR
GIRL MAKE ME A NICE # om
CUPPA TEA.

THENT'LL
J = HAVE A SHUETI Ye
; | AT YOUR FILES, ALL Jj
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PROPER TEA,
MONKEY. NOT THAT
SHIT WITH THE FLICKIN'
TAMPON STRING IN IT
YOU SEPTICS THINK
1S TEA.
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LOT MORE
OF IT ABOUT ALL
OF A SUDDEN, AIN'T LACKADAISICAL. HERE'S /WC/NERON
THERE? SUPES ARE GETS SHOT DOWN OVER SOME LITTLE
GETTIN’ FUCKIN’ ‘ Bk, COLOMBIAN VILLAGE, AN' THE SEVEN MAKE THE
CARELESS. ; } DONATION TO THE GOVERNMENTF AN' LO AN'
( a BE-FUCKIN'-HOLD, FARO RECRUITMENT
SHOOTS THROUGH THE ROOF...

HERE, THAT'S...THAT
MONKEY? WAS LAST WEEK, EVEN MENTIONE? MONEY.
WHO'S THIS? THEY WENT TO SEE HIM jj THAT'S USUALLY THE
YESTERDAY, HE SIGNED FIRST THING THEY START
: Z| > SCREAMIN' ABOUT.
THE RELEASE WITHOUT

WHY BO You :
NEED FIVE, ANYWAY? CAUSE |
I MEAN THE FEMALE I FUCKIN
ALONE... Do.

SINCE
WHEN DO YOU ASK
THE QUESTIONS,
MONKEY?
 GOIN' RIGHT
FOR ME FOR
ONCE...!

JUST STOP
FUCKIN’
7QURNIN’, WILL
you?
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