This is revealed to be a hallucination; the wheelbarrow actually killed him, and his delusion (and likely his sexual compulsion) turned out to be the result of a large brain tumor. The Boys is an American comic book series, written by Garth Ennis and co-created, designed, and illustrated by Darick Robertson.It was originally published by Wildstorm before moving to Dynamite Entertainment.. ", but didn't. [30][31], "La Plume De Ma Tante Est Sur La Table" (#37), "Proper Preparation and Planning" (#48–51), Miniseries: "Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker" (#1–6), "Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men" (#60–65), "Hanging with the Boys: Ten Questions for Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson", "Amazon Orders 'The Boys' Superhero Drama Series Based On Comic From Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg & Seth Rogen", "Garth Ennis talks The Boys and more (interview)", "The Boys Lands @ Dynamite Entertainment", "Why *that* cameo in Amazon's The Boys is more significant than it looks", A Quick Herogasm Check-In with John McCrea, "Saying Goodbye To "The Boys" with Garth Ennis, Part 1", "Garth Ennis' THE BOYS – 50 Issues of Superhuman Corruption", Diamond Announces 2009 GEM AWARD Nominees, "Q&A with 'The Other Guys' director Adam McKay", "Columbia Pictures Drops Comic Book Adaptation 'The Boys' (Exclusive)", "Screenwriters Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay Talk THE BOYS Movie, Adam McKay's Vision, the Involvement of Garth Ennis, and More", "Seth Rogen Is Shopping An Adaptation Of THE BOYS To Cable Nets", "Amazon Orders Fred Armisen-Maya Rudolph Comedy, Wong Kar-wai Drama, 3 Other Projects (EXCLUSIVE)", "The Boys" Are Back in Town: Ennis & Robertson Speak, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Boys_(comics)&oldid=987384991, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Frenchie returns from the war to find his lover has run off with his "rival" (shown in flashback to be a victim of constant bullying by Frenchie). He uses the directive to get the backing required to reform "The Boys", a black ops team designed to police the superhero community.

Mother's Milk discovers that Silver Kincaid was abducted as a child from outside a store where her uncle had taken her for ice cream. Meanwhile, the Vought-owned Vice President joins the festivities, and the Boys learn more about the corporation's plans as they target a Secret Service agent to try to determine V-A's infiltration of the White House through Red River operatives placed in the Secret Service. [24] On April 30, 2013, Manfredi and Hay were hired by Paramount to write the film,[25] though the project never came to fruition. The story arc ends with Soldier Boy tied to a chair, while Butcher prepares to torture him for information. Butcher drops in a concussion grenade to knock her out, with the intent of using her as a weapon.