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The Boys Vol. 3: Good for the Soul (Garth Ennis' The Boys) Kindle & comiXology

by Garth Ennis (Author), Darick Robertson (Illustrator, Artist), Tony Avina (Artist) Format: Kindle Edition
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The third Dynamite collection of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's "The Boys" is here! In "Good For The Soul" (issues 15-18): 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. In "I Tell You No Lie, G.I." (issues 19-22): 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. Also includes a complete cover gallery! Recommended for Mature Readers.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DJ7OBYM
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dynamite Entertainment; 3rd edition (October 1, 2008)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 1, 2008
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,096 ratings

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  1. Garth Ennis

    Garth Ennis

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    Garth Ennis is the award-winning writer of Hellblazer, Hitman, Punisher, Preacher, Pride and Joy and War Stories. He is much in demand for his hard-edged, wickedly humorous style.

    Photo by pinguino k from North Hollywood, USA (william and garth ennis) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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    Darick Robertson is an American comic book artist, writer and creator with a decades long career in the industry. His notable works include co-creating the award winning “Transmetropolitan”, “The Boys” and “Happy!” He has illustrated for both Marvel and DC Comics on characters including Batman, The Justice League, Wolverine, The Punisher and Spider-man.

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Jae Mullis
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant as always.
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2023
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Always a solid read. The Legend...a peach of a man.

Can not wait to crack open the next one. Brilliant.
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Preacher405
5.0 out of 5 stars Book
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2023
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Great
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Michael Martinez
4.0 out of 5 stars A Double-Edged Tale
Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2011
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I really liked this collection of The Boys, because, as other reviewers have said, it gives you a lot of background information on this world that Garth Ennis has created. We essentially get to see the origin for the driving force behind the conflict between superhumans and the government that's backing The Boys. We also get an intense stand-off between The Boys and The Seven (Ennis' version of the Justice League), which almost kicks off World War III.

If you're wary about this series because you've looked at the item pages for the trades and seen how the reviews are all over the place, it's probably due to how obvious it becomes in this collection that much of the drama and awesomeness stems from the concept of a direct conflict between The Boys and The Seven (or the government versus the superhumans in general). Therefore, it can seem like anything else is just a distraction from the real tale, particularly since Ennis keeps The Boys' pasts wrapped in mystery and the tales of The Boys tracking and beating down Degenerate Superhero #358 are starting to get stale.

Thus, MAJOR PRO: shedding of light on a world that's kept you in the dark so far and a set-up for the dust-up we're all wanting to see. MAJOR CON: the exposition and forward momentum shown in this collection can make the other arcs and trades seem bland by comparison, which can also contribute to the notion that much of what's going on is crass for crassness' sake.
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N. Durham
5.0 out of 5 stars Taking things to a whole other level
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2008
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Good For the Soul, the third collected volume of Garth Ennis' The Boys, takes Ennis' riff on superheroes to a whole new level. In the midst of finding himself in a surprising new relationship, Hughie learns the origins of big-time corporation Vought-American and their ties to the superhuman community, while Butcher takes a stand against Homelander and the rest of The Seven. There are a good number of more revelations abound in Good For the Soul, as well as some trademark Ennis gross-out moments (one of which involving Hughie that will have you rolling around the floor laughing), and even a surprisingly touching moment between Frenchman and Woman. Where Good For the Soul really shines though are in the concluding issues, where Hughie learns of The Seven's greatest failure years before on one September morning. The Boys really does find Ennis at his best, possibly equaling the insane brilliance he crafted years ago with Preacher. Darick Robertson provides more solid artwork as well, including some shocking scenes that will stay with you. All in all, The Boys just keeps getting better and better the longer it goes on, and Good For the Soul is the best of The Boys yet.
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John L. Thompson
5.0 out of 5 stars A good storyline...
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2022
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A good storyline with a kick- grabs hold a never lets up. A story with a solid backdrop and opens the door for future stories. Highly recommended!
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Catfish
5.0 out of 5 stars Garth Ennis kicks more butt!
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2008
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The Boys is not for the faint of heart. You've got nudity, violence and gore galore in this episode mixed with some bad taste to boot. But that's not what this is about.

This issue of the Boys picks up and really fleshes out the universe so much more. In past episodes, you learned a little bit more about the corporate influence that pervades their world. In this one, you'll learn all about it and what drives the team a bit more.

That being said, is this book full of crass, tasteless humor at times. Yes. If you're easily offended, I'd hope you would have given up after book one. But if you liked the first two, you'll be very happy with the direction the series is going in. It's refreshing to read a bit more down and dirty comic series about the "supes".
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John R. Vasquez
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for the Soul? Not sure about that...
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2008
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but I do enjoy this series. If you have read the previous volumes then this is a continuation of the story, if not, then I would really recommend reading vol 1&2 first.

This book isn't so much good for your soul as helping turn your soul a little darker, not that it's a bad thing. I really enjoy this series and like the moral ambiguity of the main characters. It is a series that I am not sure I like the "good guys", but I definitely hate the "bad guys".

If you cannot handle graphic violence and sexual situations then this is not for you. This is a GRAPHIC NOVEL in every sense of the word, and for the most part is not gratuitous, but actual helps define the characters and the story.

So five stars for a story that is intriguing and will keep me coming back.
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Birdie
5.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2021
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Nice to have background.... Really beginning to dislike Homelander. The scene on the airplane was pretty. Scary. Wondered why, with the series not backing away from graphic violence the actual crash wasn't illustrated. But oh, right. Those who saw it need no pictures.
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bernardtime
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 28, 2024
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Love the TV show, and the comics are good too. 5* onto the next comic.
Just wish they didn't cost so much per comic.
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Alejandro Glez Ponce
5.0 out of 5 stars Gran historia
Reviewed in Mexico on September 3, 2020
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La continuación del volumen 1. No decepciona por el contrario motiva a seguir con la historia en el volumen 3
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Anna
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in Canada on October 14, 2018
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Great read
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Kay
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Reviewed in India on November 30, 2017
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I have the whole series. Garth Ennis is brilliant. The art-work is brilliant. I would definitely recommend it to everyone who likes reading graphic novels
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Mugen Tokumei
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and hilarious read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 21, 2019
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The story is very engaging and comes to a head in this issue. The Boys are still a mysterious group, but this lays the foundation of our understanding of the Seven
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