I wonder if Paul Levitz got all upset over this issue of The Boys or if it was something else. Regardless, I’m ahead of myself. But there’s some forced prostitution here and it seems like something someone would get upset about. I love how Ennis effortlessly demonizes superheroes. There’s a real charm to it.
The story’s split between Starlight–a good Christian teen superhero girl (lots of the superheroes are good Christians, something I can’t remember anyone before Ennis coming up with)–joining the premier superhero team and Hughie meeting the rest of the Boys.
While Starlight’s story is awful, Ennis makes it into the comedic one. There’s a little comedy in Hughie and Butcher going through the South Bronx, but not much once they meet up with everyone else. Except maybe the Female. She’s a lot of fun.
It’s excellent stuff… but the ending is a little too abrupt.
CREDITS
Cherry; writer, Garth Ennis; artist, Darick Robertson; colorist, Tony Avina; letterer, Greg Thompson; editors, Kristy Quinn and Ben Abernathy; publisher, Wildstorm.
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