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''The Boys'' is an American creator-owned comic book series, written by Garth Ennis and co-created, designed and illustrated by Darick Robertson. It was originally published by Wildstorm before moving to Dynamite Entertainment. The series is set between 2006–2008 in a world where superheroes exist. However, most of the superheroes in the series' universe are corrupted by their celebrity status and often engage in reckless behavior, compromising the safety of the world. For this reason, a superpowered CIA squad, known informally as "The Boys", is charged with monitoring the superhero community; the name is Butcher's contribution, a reference from his neighborhood that those in power would send "the boys" to handle anyone causing trouble. Ennis has said that the series would "out-''Preacher'' ''Preacher''", presumably referring to the extreme violence and sexuality that were that series' hallmark, and that the series would end with its seventy-second issue. ==Publication history== The first six issues of ''The Boys'' were published by Wildstorm, starting in 2006. On January 24, 2007, the series was abruptly canceled with issue 6. Ennis later explained that this was because DC Comics (of whom Wildstorm was an imprint before it was disbanded) were uneasy with the anti-superhero tone of the work. The planned collection of said issues was also canceled. Co-creator Darick Robertson said that "DC is being good about reverting our rights so we can find a new publisher and we're in the process of doing that now".〔(The Boys Ends At Wildstorm ), Newsarama, January 24, 2007〕 Ennis then released a statement some other publishers had expressed interest, and that issue 7 and a trade of the first six issues would be available. While Darick Robertson is on exclusive contract to DC, he has been given special dispensation to continue working on ''The Boys''. In February 2007 the series was picked up by Dynamite Entertainment and it resumed in May. A collected edition of the first six issues was also published by Dynamite, with a foreword by Simon Pegg. In February 2009 Dynamite announced a spin-off mini-series ''Herogasm'', with art from John McCrea, who Ennis has worked with numerous times before,〔(Ennis & McCrea Bring You to Herogasm ) (press release), Comic Book Resources, February 27, 2009〕 and Keith Burns, a friend of McCrea's of whom he has said: "Keith's strengths are my weaknesses and vice versa."〔(A Quick Herogasm Check-In with John McCrea ), Newsarama, March 18, 2009〕〔(John McCrea Talks Herogasm ), Comic Book Resources, March 25, 2009〕 The series is ''The Boys'' version of the big 'event' storylines but, according to Ennis "while we're having a pop at the notion of mass crossovers within a shared universe, we're not picking on 'Crisis' or 'Secret Wars' or 'Countdown' or whatever in particular."〔(Ennis & McCrea's Epic "Herogasm" ), Comic Book Resources, March 11, 2009〕 The idea for the mini-series came about because the first part of the story does not involve the team and focuses on the superheroes, but will have an impact on the main series: After ''The Boys'' was completed, Ennis told Comic Book Resources that the comic had benefitted from Wildstorm cancelling it, as Dynamite gave him far more freedom than DC ever would have: "We'd have died on the vine (DC ). The book would have been chipped and chipped away at until writing it was pure frustration." He also admitted to "a sigh of relief" as Wildstorm had been dissolved as an imprint not long after the move.〔(Comic Book Resources: Saying Goodbye To "The Boys" with Garth Ennis, Part 1 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Boys (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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