Garth Ennis, John McCrea, and Darick Robertson bring another tale from The Boys An evil so profound it threatens all mankind The mightiest heroes...
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Jun 19, 2011
Barky
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Dec 14, 2009
Dufour
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I didn't really understand why Ennis needed to do HEROGASM as a separate miniseries rather than part of the ongoing BOYS series. Perhaps it has something to do with how absolutely filthy this story is. It is abject reprehensibility in every way. And it rocks.
The least interesting stuff in HEROGASM is the ongoing subplot in THE BOYS about Vought-American and it stranglehold on U.S. politics. Where Ennis shines is his customary deconstruction of superhero mythology through absolutely d More...
The least interesting stuff in HEROGASM is the ongoing subplot in THE BOYS about Vought-American and it stranglehold on U.S. politics. Where Ennis shines is his customary deconstruction of superhero mythology through absolutely d More...
May 23, 2010
Erik
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As impressed as I have been with Ennis’s The Boys, this spin-off mini-series started out riotously enough – with the worlds’ greatest superheroes bidding the world goodbye as they fly off into space to counter a meta-threat, only turn tail and head to a remote island for a week-long orgy with their arch-nemeses. A proper spoof on those annoying multi-title crossovers that the Big Two still churn out on a yearly basis, if I’ve ever read one.
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Dec 28, 2009
The Man In The Hat
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The Boys wants to have its cake and eat it, too. It wants to condemn certain behaviour but takes great delight in showing it in great detail. It's been the biggest flaw of the series throughout and it all comes crashing into a heap in this collected edition.
It's humour is schoolboy level, thinking that a man farting on a woman's head is funny, but at the same time it tries to tackle some serious political issues. But then shows lots of sex and condemns it at the same time. Which it has More...
It's humour is schoolboy level, thinking that a man farting on a woman's head is funny, but at the same time it tries to tackle some serious political issues. But then shows lots of sex and condemns it at the same time. Which it has More...
Sep 20, 2011
Mike
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Vile and puerile - not my usual experience of Ennis (it's usually one *or* the other) but a nice little miniseries in the middle of a successful run. There's some interesting subplots around the VP and just how corrupt the White house is - but mostly it's a "meditation" on how sick these heroes really are - how corrupted by their unchecked powers they really get.
It's not like I don't enjoy this kind of fun stuff - but there's still something missing from the story. It doesn't More...
It's not like I don't enjoy this kind of fun stuff - but there's still something missing from the story. It doesn't More...
Sep 05, 2011
Mikael
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“Herogasm” isn’t exactly a part of the main storyline of “The Boys” but a special miniseries set in the same universe. We do get a glimpse of our favorite team and the familiar political games going on in an alternate America filled with superheroes. As a whole I still thought that too much of the point here was about having an excuse to show superheroes have kinky sex with each other (the title comes from a sex party held by the elite “supes”) and shock the reader in various other ways as well.
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Sep 18, 2011
Sam
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"Herogasm" is the name of an orgy the supes attend every year when they tell the rest of the world that they're joining forces to fight off a space alien threat far away. They get together on a remote tropical island and it's "Caligula" but more graphic.
There's not much more to the story - Homelander's planning something, Vought American continue their plan for world domination, the Boys find some more backstory to their version of 9/11 that wasn't elaborated on in More...
There's not much more to the story - Homelander's planning something, Vought American continue their plan for world domination, the Boys find some more backstory to their version of 9/11 that wasn't elaborated on in More...
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Mar 08, 2011
Federiken
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Ya se la agarraron con la JLA, con los Teen Titans, con los Avengers, con los michicientos grupos de X-Men, con tu vieja, con mi abuela y con nuestras mujeres. ¿Qué les queda ahora? Trascender los grupos de superhéroes y agarrarse directamente con un factor intrínseco a ellos: los crossovers. Esta miniserie recopilada no es más que una graaaan superorgía donde no queda títere con cabeza ni extremidad alguna. Ahora, a esperar a que lleguen los tomos siguientes.
Jun 08, 2010
Nicole
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Really, the title of this one says it all. In your craziest imagination you could never dream up "vacation" for superheroes the way that Ennis has. Then add The Boys, The VP of the US, and a bunch of Secret Service to the mix and just think of the mess that gets stirred up...
Oh, and LOVE seeing The Boys in their smart Hawaiian shirts. A nice change from the usual black trench coats ;b
Oh, and LOVE seeing The Boys in their smart Hawaiian shirts. A nice change from the usual black trench coats ;b
Nov 09, 2010
TJ
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Look at the title of this volume and then realize that this was written by Garth Ennis. Let your imagination begin to take you where you think the story will go and you won't have even arrived halfway to the depravity that Ennis inflicts upon your senses. Again, to all of my friends and family. Don't read this or anything else written by Garth Ennis. Trust me.
Feb 11, 2010
Steve
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Not as crass as you'd imagine a story about a superhero orgy would be. Some really important plot and character developments here, which strikes me as odd that this was published as a separate miniseries when it affects the main series so much. Why wasn't this another story in the book proper?
Jul 30, 2011
Le rythme se ralentit un peu dans ce tome, consacré à l'approfondissement de l'intrigue. Du coup on apprend plein de choses intéressantes sur les personnages, ce qui devrait permettre de relancer l'action dans le prochain épisode.
Jun 05, 2010
Cathy
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This certainly wasn't my favorite Boys issue. The sexcapades themselves got tedious and boring, and the plot involving Vic the Veep was hard to follow, perhaps because it had been a while since reading the last book.
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Oct 17, 2011
Trae
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Not, I repeat, NOT for the kiddies. Maybe it's just me but this one seemed to make less sense than v.4...but maybe v.6 will make it all relevant and slightly more cohertent.
Oct 29, 2011
BMK
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Meh, this one was a bit too juvenile for me. You expect a certain about of silliness in an Ennis comic but the first 3rd of the book was pretty much just superhero porn which gets old quickly.
Jul 28, 2011
Episode calme où l'on nous relate les origines des méchants de Vought american, mais pour l'origine des Boys, faudra repasser
Feb 26, 2010
Amber
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Not as great as some of the earlier volumes in The Boys comics, I thought this one was just okay.
Jul 31, 2011
Practically pornography, not funny and did really add to the story arch.
Jan 29, 2012
Histoire moyenne, qui partait pourtant sur une bonne base (traitement ironique de la mode du crossover), et s'appuyant de surcroît sur un trait assez hideux. La série n'est pourtant pas toujours des plus soignées au niveau graphique, mais là ça tient du massacre en règle.
Jul 10, 2010
Thalestral
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2 stars. Accidentally missed number 4 out, so will go back and read that one next. Didn't enjoy this one particularly, I found it a bit boring. Not enough violence and far too much repetitive sex. Blech.
Feb 20, 2012
