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The Origin of Butcher From The Boys Revealed

Only Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson can tell the story.

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Finally, the story that readers of The Boys have been waiting for, Butcher's origin story. Dynamite Entertainment has announced Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker for a July release.

"This is the story I've been waiting to tell since the very beginning of The Boys," says writer Garth Ennis.   "A good, long, disturbing look into the dark."


Readers will finally get the story of Billy Butcher, the Boys' mysterious leader. Taking place in locations such as the backstreets of London's East End to the carnage of the Falklands War, the story will consist of love and tragedy as we discover the secrets of the most violent man in comics and what it the terrible nature of the forces that drive him. When the story's finished, he'll be ready to finish things once and for all.


There's only one man that can join Ennis in telling this tale: == TEASER ==

Series co-creator, Darick Robertson has been hard at work on the interior pages of the series.

"This mini series is essential to the "Boys" legacy," says artist Darick Robertson. "The script is one of Garth Ennis' finest, (personally my favorite since our work together on Marvel's Punisher: Born). It answers a lot of questions about who Butcher is and why he is the way he is. It is heartbreaking, and yet has the kind of action and humor you'd expect from the two of us. If you're a fan of the series, this is the story you've been waiting for!"



How about we check out some of those interior pages?

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Here's what Dynamite Entertainment's publisher Nick Barrucci had to say:

Garth and Darick have created a story so compelling, that it took till now to be able to offer to fans. The story is powerful and the art is incredible.   We want to excite fans by showing off incredible and meticulously drawn interior pages by Darick. This is THE Boys series that if you have never read The Boys, this is a great introduction to that world.