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The Boys #10: Carnicero (2012)

by Garth Ennis(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Norma Editorial

series

The Boys

review 1: Here Ennis fills out the backstory of Billy Butcher, leader of The Boys and the man with the most focussed hatred of the despicable superhumans of the comic's universe. A tale of an East End childhood, an abusive father, serving as a Marine in the Falklands (which gives Ennnis a chance to do one of the things he does best - write war comics), and how he met his wife. And her tragic fate. Involving, yep, despicable superhumans. Grim and violent, shot through with sentimentality, but also an interesting portrayal of a boy born into violence, and how that same violence in him is shaped.
review 2: This is a story that really didn't need to be told, or at least not at this length. The first three issues, focusing on Butcher's pre-Supers life, are actually quite dull... more. We've seen Ennis' war stories before, we've seen his perfect women before (that'd be every woman Ennis writes about), and the fact that Butcher had an angry, abusive father isn't really that interesting.The story picks up a little bit in the latter half, but finally learning for certain why Butcher hates supers wasn't enough to carry six issues. And the ending was typical Ennis over-the-top crap that just makes you roll your eyes.In the end, we did learn about Butcher, but the story was solely adequate. less

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