FREE THE BOYS: HEROGASM V. 5 PDF Garth Ennis,Darick Robertson,John McCrea | none | 01 Dec 2009 | Titan Books Ltd | 9781848567146 | English | London, United Kingdom Soldier Boy | The Boys Wiki | Fandom The Boys is an American comic book serieswritten by Garth Ennis and co-created, designed, and illustrated by Darick Robertson. The series is set between — [1] in a world where superheroes exist. However, most of the superheroes in the series' universe are corrupted by their celebrity status and often engage in reckless behavior, compromising the safety of the world. The story follows a small clandestine CIA squad, informally known as "The Boys", led by Butcher and also consisting of Mother's Milk, the Frenchman, the Female, and new addition "Wee" Hughie Campbell, who are charged with monitoring the superhero community, often leading to gruesome confrontations and dreadful results; in parallel, a key subplot follows Annie "Starlight" January, a young and naive superhero who The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 the Seven, the most prestigious — and corrupted The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 superhero group in the world and The Boys' most powerful enemies. Ennis has said that The Boys would "out- Preacher Preacher ", presumably referring to the extreme violence and sexuality that were that series' hallmark. The book was adapted by Amazon Studios into a television serieswhich premiered The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 July 26, The first six issues of The Boys were published by Wildstormstarting in On January 24,the series was abruptly canceled with issue 6. Ennis later explained that this was because DC Comics of which Wildstorm was an imprint before it was disbanded were uneasy with the anti- superhero tone of the work. Co-creator Darick Robertson said that "DC is being good about reverting our rights so we can find a new publisher and we're in the process of doing that now". While Robertson was on exclusive contract to DC, he was given special dispensation The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 continue working on The Boys. A collected edition of the first six issues was also published by Dynamite, with a foreword by Simon Pegg. Pegg was the model on whom the character Hughie was based on in the way he was drawn in the comics by Robertson. In February Dynamite announced a spin-off mini-series Herogasmwith art from John McCreawho Ennis has worked with numerous times before, [9] and Keith The Boys: Herogasm v. 5, a friend of McCrea's of whom he has said: "Keith's strengths are my weaknesses and vice versa. Our heroes' minor role in the story gradually alters its dynamic, until something happens in 4 that sends things off on a completely unexpected tangent. After that, life gets serious fast, and by the end you'll have witnessed events that will change things in the Boys' world for good. We'll start to pick up on the effects of that with 31 of the regular title. The book would have been The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 and chipped away at until writing it was pure frustration. Billy Butcher learns of a presidential directive charging the CIA with monitoring all superheroes. He uses the directive to get the backing required to reform "The Boys", a black ops team designed to police the superhero community. Butcher brings together Mother's Milk, the Frenchman, and the Female of the Species, but the Boys' fifth member, Mallory, The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 to return as his grandkids were murdered due to his involvement with the group. Requiring five in the team, Butcher recruits a Scottish conspiracy theorist named "Wee" Hughie; his girlfriend was accidentally killed by A-Train, a member of major superhero team The Seven. At the Boys' first meeting in New York CityButcher reveals The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 their first mission The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 to intimidate a teen superhero group called Teenage Kix. The Boys conduct surveillance on the group, using the dirt they gather to blackmail its members into compliance. It is revealed that all superpowers come from Compound V, a drug invented by Nazi scientists; a low-powered version mixed with cocaine is called Blue, and it is used to attain a singular, powerful high or, as revealed during the surveillance, allows prostitutes to endure or recover from sex with superhumansbut it carries a risk of spontaneous and horrifying mutations. Judging that he is suitable to join the team, Butcher uses subterfuge to inject Hughie with a specially formulated mix of V that permanently gives him super-strength and durability—much to Hughie's chagrin. Meanwhile, Annie January, an evangelical Christian who fights crime as the superheroine Starlight, is recruited to join the Seven, the most elite of the superhero teams. Annie quickly learns that the Seven are not as wholesome as their reputation suggests, as she is coerced to perform oral sex on the Homelander, A-Train, and Black Noir to gain entry into the group. Hughie and Annie meet, unaware of each other's occupations, and find themselves attracted to each other. The Teenage Kix are sent a message from The Boys, along with selections of surveillance revealing their misdeeds, with a directive to expose one of their members, or the Boys The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 make their own choice on whom to expose; the team picks the black homosexual hero Shout Out to appease the Boys, believing that his loss will hurt the team the least. Homelander informs the Kix that the Boys are responsible. Teenage Kix confronts the Boys, but is unprepared for their ferocity; Blarney Cock is killed in the ensuing fight when he threatens Hughie, who panics and lashes out, punching through Blarney Cock's chest. Butcher introduces Hughie The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 the Legend, a comic book magnate and one of Butcher's sources. The Legend has the Boys investigate the mysterious murder of a young gay man that he believes was committed by a superhero. The ensuing investigation leads to Tek Knight and his former sidekick, Swingwing. During the course of the investigation, Hughie and Butcher discover Tek Knight a hero the Boys never approached because his powers came from technology, not Compound V is suffering from an odd compulsion to fornicate with any orifice that presents itself. Hughie determines that the victim had approached Swingwing and confronts the hero, who reveals his intense homophobia and tries to escape. Hughie chases him down and fights Swingwing, Butcher staying out of the fight. After Hughie defeats Swingwing, Butcher approaches Swingwing under the premise of forcing him to become an informant for the Boys; unbeknownst to Hughie, Billy sabotages Swingwing's jetpack, which later fails leading to Swingwing's death from being run over by the Staten Island ferry. However, Hughie becomes depressed that there is no real justice for the murder victim. Despite this, he is able to bring a gay couple back together. Tek-Knight, disgraced by his former butler's expose of his condition, rescues a woman from a falling wheelbarrow and subsequently saves the planet when he destroys an asteroid by engaging in coitus with an orifice in the asteroid, dying in the resulting explosion. 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 travel to Moscow, where the local supes are mysteriously exploding. The Boys stop this plot by placing a bomb in Nina's vibrator, and Butcher detonates the supes, while Hughie bonds with Vas and is disgusted by the group's willingness to torture. However, when Butcher gives the information to the CIA, he finds Director Rayner isn't going to do anything about it, due to the fear of Vought- American using their superhumans on the CIA, and possibly the country itself, The Boys: Herogasm v. 5 retaliation. Hughie visits The Legend, determined to find out more about the Boys — their history, their personalities, and their mysterious hidden agenda. Annie January alias Starlight has her own doubts about membership of the Seven. Hughie must also deal with his new romance with Annie January and the return of Blarney Cock as a brain damaged zombie Compound V is used to resurrect some supers, but with extreme brain damageas the Boys get closer to finding out about their relationship. Hughie learns the true origins of the supes while the rest of the Boys meet with members of the Seven for a discussion. The Legend goes on to reveal the history of Vought-American, concerning their faulty contributions to both WW2 and Vietnam. He then tells Hughie about their first major success regarding the Supes, the creation of the Homelander, the Seven, and his own past experiences working for Victory Comics, Vought- American's publishing company, specialising in fabricating VA's superheroes deeds. Meanwhile, as the rest of the Boys meet with the Seven, A-Train attempts to rape Starlight, only to end up being blinded in one eye. After a brief history of the team is given, the Boys send in Hughie undercover to G-Wiz, one of the junior teams in the franchise, with the Female and the Frenchman as back up in case anything goes wrong. 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. It is later revealed that most, if not all of the G-Men were abducted as children, and not, as the G-Men claim, "orphans and outcasts". Meanwhile, the members of G-Wiz are instructed to kill Hughie, after Hughie is revealed to be a spy.