Books in series
#1
The Boys #1
2009
Dynamite Entertainment never actually had the honor of publishing issue #1 of the Boys (we started with #7), but now we're going to do it!
#2
The Boys #2
2006
Team leader Billy Butcher, described by a confidential C.I.A. report as "the most lethal individual ever encountered by this agency," is on the hunt for new recruits - but it takes something special to join this outfit. You have to be smart. You have to be strong. And you have to hate supes with every ounce of black passion in your heart.
#3
The Boys #3
2006
The dark new series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson heats up as Wee Hughie gets his first taste of action with the Boys when Butcher throws him into the deep end. Meanwhile, meet the planet's mightiest heroes, The Seven, and the young superheroine who would join them.
#4
The Boys #4
2006
They're young, they're beautiful, they're the number one teen they're Teenage Kix, and they're right in The Boys' gunsights. Hughie gets his first look at our heroes doing what they do best - and isn't too keen on some of the things he sees.
#5
The Boys #5
2006
The Teenage Kix have learned who was responsible for their recent public relations nightmare - and it's payback time! But things won't go as planned for either side, as Hughie must cope with the horrors of war.
#6
The Boys #6
2006
The Teenage Kix bring the fight to the Boys' doorstep and learn immediately that they've taken on more than they can handle! The Boys are back in business, but is it all too much for Hughie to handle?
#7
The Boys #7
2007
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT is proud to welcome Gath Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys as they present issue #7 of the series! The series continues from Dynamite with issue #7 as Butcher takes Wee Hughie to meet the Boys' greatest weapon against the a man called "The Legend." Plus, meet the troubled hero Tek Knight - a man with a problem so unusual you'll have to read this comic to believe it! Starting with issue #7, Dynamite is your new home for The Boys each and every month. Find out for yourself why everyone's been talking about The Boys!
#8
The Boys #8
2007
The Legend has the Boys investigating the murder of a relative apparently at the hands of a super...but the winding trail will take many turns and all roads lead to the Tek Knight! What secret does this man of machinery hold?
#9
The Boys #9
2007
The game is a foot as Hughie and Butcher's murder investigation runs deeper into the Tek-Knight's background. The deeper they dig, though, the bigger the mystery. And what dark secret does Hughie have about the Tek-Knight and his headquarters?
#10
The Boys #10
2007
Hughie has pieced together the mysterious death of a young man and a super-human is to blame...but is apprehension of the culprit going to be possible? Can a murderer who wears a cape be punished?
#11
The Boys #11
2007
The Boys travel to Moscow, where the local supes are falling foul of a mysterious and violent enemy. An old ally awaits our heroes in the former Soviet Union- and with the brutal Russian mafia involved, they'll need all the help they can get, in part one of the four part "Glorious Five Year Plan".
#12
The Boys #12
2007
The most talked about comic of the year continues from DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT, writer/co-creator Garth Ennis and artist/co-creator Darick Robertson! The plot thickens as Little Nina's backers are revealed, and the Boys dig deeper into the mystery of the exploding supes. Hughie learns the delicate art of prisoner interrogation, and Vas lets slip the secret of the Black Skull Vodka... in Glorious Five Year Plan, part two.
#13
The Boys #13
2007
Little Nina's backers are revealed, Butcher ruins Monkey's day, and the Boys find something nasty in the borscht. Can Hughie finish the job alone? And is he ready for the secret of... Love Sausage?
#14
The Boys #14
2008
It's Hughie and Vas- aka Love Sausage- alone against the might of Russian Organized Crime. Meanwhile Butcher organizes one surprise for Little Nina and an even bigger one for everybody else. The balance of power shifts dramatically in the conclusion of "Glorious Five Year Plan."
#15
The Boys #15
2014
Hughie visits The Legend, determined to find out more about The Boys- their history, their personalities, and their mysterious hidden agenda. Meanwhile, Annie January (alias Starlight) has her own doubts about membership of The Seven. This storyline also reveals a little more about the other members of the team- beginning with Butcher, and his relationship with CIA director Susan Rayner.
#16
The Boys #16
2014
The most talked about comic of the year continues from DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT, writer/co-creator Garth Ennis and artist/co-creator Darick Robertson! Hughie discovers that death is not the end as the latest member of Teenage Kix goes walkabout. Meanwhile life gets better for Annie, while Butcher and Mother's Milk enjoy a joke- a very practical joke- at the Seven's expense. And the Frenchman rushes to prevent the Female from making a big mistake, in "Good For The Soul"... part two. Recommended for Mature Readers.
#17
The Boys #17
2008
The most talked about comic of the year continues from DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT, writer/co-creator Garth Ennis and artist/co-creator Darick Robertson! Part one of the four part "Good For The Soul": Hughie visits The Legend, determined to find out more about The Boys- their history, their personalities, and their mysterious hidden agenda. Meanwhile, Annie January (alias Starlight) has her own doubts about membership of The Seven. This storyline also reveals a little more about the other members of the team- beginning with Butcher, and his relationship with CIA director Susan Rayner.
#18
The Boys #18
2008
"Good For The Soul" concludes with a bang- or a splat- as a reluctant Hughie takes on the resurrected Blarney Cock in a no-holds barred brawl for it all. Annie January tells A-Train the long and the short of things, Mother's Milk continues to mystify, and Butcher provides some much-needed advice on funeral arrangements. And will Hughie ever be allowed to forget his "facial incident"?
#19
The Boys #19
2008
Part one of the four part "I Tell You No Lie, G.I.": Wee Hughie sits down with The Legend to get the lowdown on the Boys and their enemies from the very beginning. All will be revealed, or at least that's what Hughie's expecting- who started it all, who did what to whom, why the Twin Towers are still up and the Brooklyn Bridge is down. Meanwhile, Butcher and the others meet their sparring partners... and deep down in the bowels of their hovering headquarters, Annie and A-Train discover the Seven's darkest secret. Recommended for Mature Readers.
#20
The Boys #20
2008
"I Tell You No Lie, G.I." continues as more mysteries of the past are revealed. Butcher plays a dangerous game, Terror crosses the line, and the Legend reveals the secret origin of the Seven... and the secret of Compound V into the bargain.
#21
The Boys #21
2008
The Seven bite off more than they can chew, and then some. Stopping a hijacked airliner looks easy enough in comic books, especially with SUPERPOWERS... but what happens when you try it for real? The Legend tells Hughie the dreadful secret behind the worst day of the twenty-first century, in "I Tell You No LIe, G.I." part three.
#22
The Boys #22
2008
The Legend winds up his history lesson, leaving Hughie not quite as enlightened as he might have hoped. A-Train makes a move on Annie, while the Homelander throws a tantrum- and a lot more besides. Butcher, meanwhile, makes a discovery all his own - one that will have far-reaching consequences for our little crew, as "I Tell You No Lie, G.I." concludes with a bang.
#23
The Boys #23
2008
They're outcasts. Renegades. Rogues. Outsiders. They're the world's most profitable superheroes. They're the G-Men. But all is not well with mysterious millionaire John Godolkin's band of misfits. Silver Kincaid, one of the original G-Men, has just committed suicide in the most public and grotesque way possible. That's not good news for Voight-American's number on franchise, with G-Force, G-Coast, G-Style, G-Wiz, the G-Brits, and the G-Nomads all depending on their slice of the G-pie! There's far too much at stake for anyone to go poking around the G-mansion now. Who knows what dirty secrets might be waiting down there in the dark? So it's just too bad that Butcher, Hughie, Mother's Milk, the Frenchman, and the Female have decided to do precisely that. Even if they risk finally biting off much, much more than they can chew! A storyline so big that Darick Robertson and other big-name creators will be providing alternate covers for begins here!
#25
The Boys #25
2008
Hughie - or perhaps that should be 'Bagpipe' - meets the original G-Men, and their mysterious benefactor John Godolkin. Secrets of the G-Mansion abound, including one that leaves our hero breathless. Frenchie and the Female begin surveillance as MM works the clues, and Butcher pursues answers from another source entirely. And in the background, unseen by either Boys or G-Men, shadowy forces prepare to make a move of their own... 'We Gotta Go Now', part three Also, the series of alternate covers counting down to issue #30 continues, this time featuring legendary Judge Dredd artist Carlos Ezquerra!
#26
The Boys #26
2009
Hughie takes a break from his undercover op, hoping to find a little Romance amidst the chaos of the G-world. MM's investigations take him down some dark paths- though not as dark as Butcher's, who gets a nasty surprise and promises even worse for the culprit. And in the senses-shattering story of the year, featuring two-fisted titanic action the way you demanded it, the endlessly uncanny G-Men go for... brunch?
#27
The Boys #27
2009
New York turns emerald green as Saint Patrick's Day strikes, and Hughie gets to see the G-Wiz boys at their very worst. He also sits down for a pow-wow with Butcher, who lets a couple of secrets slip- to Hughie's extreme discomfort. And back at the G-Mansion, the G-Men face the most vocal component of the G-Empire... in We Gotta Go Now, part five.
#31
The Boys #31
2009
It had to happen sooner or the supes get mad enough to go after the Boys. One of the world's most powerful superteams decides to hit our heroes, all guns blazing, and the Female is the first to fall into their lethal trap. Meanwhile, Hughie is still plagued with doubt, and Annie finds herself on the receiving end of the worst new look ever- in THE SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY, part one. And this special four issue story arc is drawn by legendary artist and Judge Dredd co-creator - Carlos Ezquerra!
#32
The Boys #32
2009
With the Female gone and the survivors left reeling, the Boys find out who's after them the hard way- walking straight into a nightmarish trap. Pulping teenage supes is one thing, but how will our heroes fair against a front-rank supe team of unimaginable power? Blood flies and bones shatter, as Butcher decides to meet fire with fire... in The Self-Preservation Society, part two.
#33
The Boys #33
2009
With the rest of The Boys out of the picture, the surviving members of Payback find themselves at an advantage of four to one- unfortunately for them, the one is Butcher. As the carnage unfolds, Vought struggle with ongoing internal divisions, Hughie calls in reinforcements, and Annie finds herself up against the Seven's biggest guns- but an unexpected ally may yet save her honor...
#34
The Boys #34
2009
the super-nazi, the Aryan demigod, the worst of the Third Reich's racial dreams come true... versus what's left of The Boys. Can our ragged little band defeat this dreadful ubermensch? Will the Female ever awaken from her coma? Will the cavalry arrive in time, or ever? All this and more, in the bonesnapping, gut-rupturing conclusion to The Self Preservation Society.
#35
The Boys #35
2009
Origins time. In the first of the two part 'Nothing Like It In The World', Mother's Milk tells Hughie the story of his life to date- his upbringing in Harlem, the secret of his massive strength, the catastrophe that struck his family, and the unforgettable boxing championship disaster that led him to join The Boys. Recommended for Mature Readers.
#36
The Boys #36
2009
Mother's Milk's story concludes with a bang, as we find out the nature of the debt he owes Butcher and see him bear witness to a great American tragedy. Hughie gets another view of The Boys' mission, one he hadn't considered before, in part two of Nothing Like It In The World.
#37
The Boys #37
2009
High in the French Pyrenees lies the little mountain village of Franglais, as quiet and peaceful a place as you could imagine... until her favorite son comes home. The Frenchman's origin is finally revealed, in a pulse-bounding tale of seething passion, vile betrayal and classic Gallic melancholy. Who is Black Pierre? Why is the lovely Marie not there to welcome her beloved Frenchie home? And how can one croissant change everything? Find out in The Boys #37!
#38
The Boys #38
2010
The Female of the species is more deadly than the male, according to the poem - just how deadly is revealed in the secret origin of the Boys' most mysterious member. The dawn of nuclear warfare, rumours of mutant Japanese monsters from the ocean, a subscription to Marie Claire- all this and more in 'The Instant White Hot Wild'.
#39
The Boys #39
2010
What Hughie knows is not what Butcher knows, and what Annie January knows is something else again. Meanwhile, Frenchie tries a different tack with the Female, and MM keeps abreast of all developments. The second half of the saga kicks off with a bang that leaves everyone reeling, in this special prologue episode to the next Boys What I Know. Suggested for mature readers.
#40
The Boys #40
2010
So where are the good superheroes? The warriors for truth and justice, the defenders of the American way? The supes can't all be dirtbags... can they? Meet the true heroes of The Boys' universe, the young men and women who fight to make things right and ask nothing in the teenage adventurers from our far future that the world knows as SUPERDUPER! Meanwhile, convinced that Hughie was never what he seemed, Butcher goes to see the Legend- and sets something terrible in motion for our little Scots pal... Suggested for mature readers.
#41
The Boys #41
2010
Hughie goes to work on Superduper, and soon realises that he's never seen Supes like these before. With the arrival of new leader Malchemical, the Superduper kids have problems of their own- and Hughie's unexpected assistance only deepens Butcher's dark suspicions. MM, in turn, is starting to wonder about Butcher's motives in all this... our heroes weave a tangled web, in part two of 'The Innocents'.
#42
The Boys #42
2010
Things get serious as MM takes a terrible risk, setting him on a collision course with Butcher- whose own suspicions about Hughie grow stronger by the minute. Annie ponders whether honesty is really the best policy, Superduper lay down the law with team leader Malchemical, and someone quite unexpected drops in on Hughie from above... in the penultimate episode of 'The Innocents'. Suggested for mature readers.
#43
The Boys #43
2010
The conclusion of 'The Innocents' sees Hughie face off with the evil Malchemical in an extremely ill-advised showdown, and Butcher having one of his own with the furious Mother's Milk. The kids of Superduper get a hint of what they might be missing, as the true face of Vought-American's supe policy is revealed to them. And the man from Vought has a close encounter of his own...
#44
The Boys #44
2010
As the greatest religious festival on the superhero calendar gets under way in New York, the Homelander finds himself front and centre, very much against his will. But so does Annie, whose heightened public profile leads her to get something terrible off her chest. Meanwhile, Butcher ponders what to do about 'the Hughie situation', and MM makes his own feelings known... just when everything was going so well...
#45
The Boys #45
2010
Frenchie and the Female go undercover at BELIEVE, as the huge evangelist festival takes over New York City. The Homelander meets the mysterious Oh Father and his posse, Sidekick Twelve, while Hughie and Annie both struggle with the fallout from recent revelations. Butcher, meanwhile, makes a fateful decision of his own... MATURE THEMES
#46
The Boys #46
2010
Having learned a certain unpleasant truth, Hughie sets out to discover just how dangerous things will now be for the Boys. Frenchie and the Female stay glued to the Homelander, MM almost blows his top, and Annie hears some words of wisdom from an unexpected source. Butcher, meanwhile, gives Hughie the scoop on one of the team's highest-placed informants... but the most dreadful secret of all is still to come, in part three of "Believe".
#47
The Boys #47
2010
And it all comes tumbling down... Hughie's nightmare begins as he finds out the last and terrible truth about Annie, with Butcher watching carefully from the sidelines. The Homelander calls a secret gathering of the clans- and marks the occasion with a particularly gruesome blood sacrifice.
#48
The Boys #48
2010
With Hughie absent, Butcher re-examines The Boys' first encounter with The Seven, trying to figure out what went wrong. But first there's some disquiet in the ranks to be dealt with, not to mention the return of an old and unexpected enemy - who finally, incredibly, has come into his own. Meanwhile, on The Seven's floating headquarters, a flying lesson goes badly awry... 'Proper Preparation and Planning', Part One.
#49
The Boys #49
2010
The Homelander goes head to head with the source of his greatest torment, while Vought's Jess Bradley gets a bump up- and starts considering drastic action. Butcher, meanwhile, takes us on a trip down memory lane to the Boys' first meeting with the Seven- and the nightmare that ensued for one member of the team...
#50
The Boys #50
2011
The Boys' first encounter with the Seven reaches its bloody conclusion in the terrible aftermath of 9/11, as Mallory gets what he's looking for and Butcher very definitely does not. The Homelander shows just how far he'll go, Maeve finds a solution of her own, and the status quo is set- just in time for it all to fall apart... PIN-UPS FEATURING NEW ART OF THE BOYS (AND SOME GIRLS) AND ADDITIONAL BONUS MATERIALS!
#51
The Boys #51
2011
Butcher takes Terror to Washington DC so that the pair can solve a little Monkey-shaped problem together, but a trip down memory lane with CIA director Susan Rayner leads to some surprising conclusions. And that's when Butcher realises what's really been going on with Hughie...
#52
The Boys #52
2011
Beginning the four part 'Barbary Coast': Hughie travels out west to finally meet Lieutenant-Colonel Greg Mallory, the man who started The Boys. All kinds of secrets await our hero, beginning with the terrible story of the first supes to see action in World War Two. When the revelations cease, will Hughie return - or walk away from the team forever?
#53
The Boys #53
2011
Christmas 1944 sees Captain Greg Mallory safely in reserve, far from the front line with Nazi Germany. A good time to rest and refit, to recover from the horrors of war. Not such a good time for a unit of very special soldiers- backed by the Vought-American-Consolidated corp- to show up looking for combat experience. Hughie gets a war story he'll never forget, as the Battle Of The Bulge begins with a bang... The Boys #53, part two of Barbary Coast.
#54
The Boys #54
2011
In the aftermath of VAC's first superhero combat trial, Greg Mallory finds himself cast adrift- until the opportunity for vengeance suddenly presents itself. A clandestine organization arises with the coming of the cold war, and Mallory finds himself playing spymaster... with no inkling of the moral compromise he'll eventually be forced to make. Sixty years of the Boys' secret history continues, in part three of Barbary Coast.
#55
The Boys #55
2011
Mallory's secret history comes to a close with the grimmest revelations of all, leaving Hughie with a confession of his own to make. Everything is out in the open at last, in the final part of Barbary Coast.
#56
The Boys #56
2011
The countdown to the end begins, as Jack from Jupiter takes one step beyond- or does he? Hughie's triumphant return is not all he'd hoped for, but Butcher has bigger fish to fry. The Boys meet the mysterious Doctor Peculiar, in part one of the four-part 'The Big Ride'.
#57
The Boys #57
2011
Hughie's return to the fold is not all he'd hoped for, with our hero managing to incur the displeasure of everyone else on the team. At least he still has Annie, but her patience is growing somewhat limited. Meanwhile, the investigation into Jack from Jupiter continues- with Butcher growing more and more suspicious about what he finds...
#58
The Boys #58
2011
A return visit to Doctor Peculiar's yields more damning evidence against Jack from Jupiter- but even with a major supe in his sights, Butcher seems less and less happy with where the Boys' latest investigation is leading them. Hughie goes peeping where he really shouldn't, and learns more about Queen Maeve than he ever wanted to know. And before they know it, our heroes find themselves face to face with their deadliest enemies of all. Things go nuclear fast, in part three of The Big Ride.
#59
The Boys #59
2011
The Boys and The Seven rush towards what seems like the bloody conclusion to their long-standing conflict, while Hughie does his best to stick up for himself without giving too many secrets away. It might have been the greatest near-miss of all time... but then someone does something very, very stupid. 'The first bad day,' says Frenchie of what follows. 'Just the first.'
#60
The Boys #60
2011
The first of The Boys' two concluding stories begins with a bang, as Vought-American's plans for the White House are pre-empted in nothing short of spectacular style. Butcher prepares for war with the Homelander while MM finally loses it completely- in part 1 of the 6-part 'Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men'.
#61
The Boys #61
2011
As stormclouds gather, Vought-American enlist the mighty Team Titanic, but the Boys find themselves up against another super group entirely. Hughie finds Annie's patience running thin, while MM struggles to resolve an embarrassing family crisis without alerting the rest of the team. Meanwhile the Seven begin to fall apart, in part two of Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men.
#62
The Boys #62
2012
The new regime takes power in Washington DC, forcing the Boys to go on the offensive and Hughie to reveal a long-kept secret. Meanwhile at Vought-American other secrets are revealed, as Frenchie and the Female do what they do best. Rayner ponders high treason, the Homelander sets loose the dogs of war, and Butcher gives Hughie an unexpected present- in part three of Over The Hill With The Swords Of A Thousand Men.
#63
The Boys #63
2012
Everything comes to a head at once as Frenchie and the Female take on Team Titanic, Maeve and Annie have a heart to heart and Hughie comes face to face with the reason he joined the Boys in the first place. Vought-American are suddenly ready to parley, but with the White House in new hands and the Homelander's plans finally kicking in, is Butcher in any mood to listen?
#64
The Boys #64
2012
Still reeling from the events of last issue, Hughie follows his boss to Washington DC, where the US military struggles to throw a ring of steel around the Capitol. Meanwhile, MM's research finally bears fruit, but with all Hell breaking loose will his discoveries come too late? Billy Butcher goes off to meet his destiny, in the penultimate part of Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men.
#65
The Boys #65
2012
The showdown between Butcher and the Homelander turns out to be something neither of them expected, as all Hell breaks loose in the Washington skies and MM teaches Hughie one last Secret History lesson. One story ends and another begins, as Over The Hill With The Swords Of A Thousand Men reaches its bloody conclusion. Over 30 pages of story and art! The Countdown begins! 7 issues to go!
#66
The Boys #66
2012
The last Boys story begins with some very shady goings on in Moscow, as an old friend runs into some unexpected trouble. Butcher announces a promotion that doesn't please everybody, Annie makes a decision that horrified Hughie- and in the aftermath of last issue's super-carnage, Vought-American begin the struggle for survival. Part one of the six-part The Bloody Doors Off.
#67
The Boys #67
2012
The ghosts of the Legend's past rise to haunt him, and in a way so do MM's- as he catches up with his daughter and finds out much, much more about her recent mistakes than he bargained for. Meanwhile Hughie investigates the recent tragedy and end up in an unexpected showdown... with Monkey? The bodycount mounts in part two of The Bloody Doors Off.
#68
The Boys #68
2012
The next bad the Boys compare notes and find that all is very far from being as it should be. MM wants serious words with Butcher, Hughie gets Monkey exactly where he wants him, the Female has a revelation of her own- and news comes in of yet another fatality. Things continue unravelling fast, in part three of The Bloody Doors Off.
#69
The Boys #69
2012
The third bad as Hughie reels from the events of last issue, the trail leads him to the home of an old adversary thought long dead. Butcher gets in touch with a few details no one's yet considered, and Frenchie gives our hero a brutally honest rundown on his chances- before a lethal attack at the heart of the Boys' operation shatters the status quo forever. Hughie finally discovers exactly what he's doing, in part four of The Bloody Doors Off.
#70
The Boys #70
2012
On his own and out of options, Hughie resorts to extreme measures to keep himself in the game. Meanwhile, as vengeful forces close in from all around, Bradley considers a drastic step of her own- but will Stillwell allow her to get away with it? Butcher asks the big questions and Hughie finds out one last secret of his own, as The Bloody Doors Off races towards its fateful conclusion. 2 issues till the end!!!
#71
The Boys #71
2012
High above the streets of New York City, Hughie and Butcher reach the end of the line. There's blood to be spilled and truth to be heard. The last Boys storyline reaches its conclusion, in the sixth and final part of The Bloody Doors Off. One issue till the end!!!
#72
The Boys #72
2012
THE FINAL ISSUE! The long day closes on the Brooklyn Bridge, as our hero finally meets his destiny. There's one last deal to be done, As Stillwell finds out the real cost of doing business, and one last surprise for Rayner too - as she begins her long-dreamed of political career.
#15-30
The Boys Omnibus Vol. 2
2009
An all-new omnibus printing that includes The Boys Volume 3: Good for the Soul & The Boys Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now. In “Good for the Soul…” Everyone has something to get off their chest: Frenchie and the Female are up to something nasty with the Mafia, Mother's Milk goes to see his mom, Annie January wants a word with God himself, and Butcher enjoys yet another ghastly tryst with CIA Director Rayner. The Legend, meanwhile, offers to tell Hughie everything he wants to know about The Boys - all Hughie has to do is take a walk with the dead. In “We Gotta Go Now…” All is not well with mysterious millionaire John Godolkin's band of misfits. Silver Kincaid, one of the original G-Men, has just committed suicide in the most public and grotesque way imaginable. That's not good news for Vought-American's number one franchise, with G-Force, G-Coast, G-Style, G-Wiz, the G-Brits and the G-Nomads all depending on their slice of the G-pie. There's far too much at stake for anyone to go poking around the G-Mansion now. Who knows what dirty secrets might be waiting down there in the dark?
Author
Garth Ennis
Author · 366 books
Ennis began his comic-writing career in 1989 with the series Troubled Souls. Appearing in the short-lived but critically-acclaimed British anthology Crisis and illustrated by McCrea, it told the story of a young, apolitical Protestant man caught up by fate in the violence of the Irish 'Troubles'. It spawned a sequel, For a Few Troubles More, a broad Belfast-based comedy featuring two supporting characters from Troubled Souls, Dougie and Ivor, who would later get their own American comics series, Dicks, from Caliber in 1997, and several follow-ups from Avatar. Another series for Crisis was True Faith, a religious satire inspired by his schooldays, this time drawn by Warren Pleece. Ennis shortly after began to write for Crisis' parent publication, 2000 AD. He quickly graduated on to the title's flagship character, Judge Dredd, taking over from original creator John Wagner for a period of several years. Ennis' first work on an American comic came in 1991 when he took over DC Comics' horror title Hellblazer, which he wrote until 1994, and for which he currently holds the title for most issues written. Steve Dillon became the regular artist during the second half of Ennis' run. Ennis' landmark work to date is the 66-issue epic Preacher, which he co-created with artist Steve Dillon. Running from 1995 to 2000, it was a tale of a preacher with supernatural powers, searching (literally) for God who has abandoned his creation. While Preacher was running, Ennis began a series set in the DC universe called Hitman. Despite being lower profile than Preacher, Hitman ran for 60 issues (plus specials) from 1996 to 2001, veering wildly from violent action to humour to an examination of male friendship under fire. Other comic projects Ennis wrote during this time period include Goddess, Bloody Mary, Unknown Soldier, and Pride & Joy, all for DC/Vertigo, as well as origin stories for The Darkness for Image Comics and Shadowman for Valiant Comics. After the end of Hitman, Ennis was lured to Marvel Comics with the promise from Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada that he could write The Punisher as long as he cared to. Instead of largely comical tone of these issues, he decided to make a much more serious series, re-launched under Marvel's MAX imprint. In 2001 he briefly returned to UK comics to write the epic Helter Skelter for Judge Dredd. Other comics Ennis has written include War Story (with various artists) for DC; The Pro for Image Comics; The Authority for Wildstorm; Just a Pilgrim for Black Bull Press, and 303, Chronicles of Wormwood (a six issue mini-series about the Antichrist), and a western comic book, Streets of Glory for Avatar Press. In 2008 Ennis ended his five-year run on Punisher MAX to debut a new Marvel title, War Is Hell: The First Flight of the Phantom Eagle. In June 2008, at Wizard World, Philadelphia, Ennis announced several new projects, including a metaseries of war comics called Battlefields from Dynamite made up of mini-series including Night Witches, Dear Billy and Tankies, another Chronicles of Wormwood mini-series and Crossed both at Avatar, a six-issue miniseries about Butcher (from The Boys) and a Punisher project reuniting him with artist Steve Dillon (subsequently specified to be a weekly mini-series entitled Punisher: War Zone, to be released concurrently with the film of the same name). Taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth\_Ennis
