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The Boys: where to start reading
Adapts The Boys by Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.
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You watched through
After Season 1, in the books you are
at Vol 1: The Name of the Game.
the opening volume introduces the same premise and cast, but the show already goes its own way.
Show and books diverge here
Season one sets up the same world and characters as the first volumes, but reworks how the team comes together and invents much of the plot.
Start reading at Volume 1Spoiler-safe, only what the show already showed you.
The full map
Vol 1: The Name of the Game + Vol 2: Get Some
Vol 3: Good for the Soul + Vol 4: We Gotta Go Now
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The books, in order
- 1Vol 1: The Name of the Game2007
- 2Vol 2: Get Some2008
- 3Vol 3: Good for the Soul2008
- 4Vol 4: We Gotta Go Now2009
The show keeps the comic's premise and core cast but invents most of its plots. Early seasons draw loosely on the opening arcs (The Name of the Game, Get Some, the Herogasm concept), yet character fates, the team's powers and whole storylines are reworked, so the comic is best read as its own separate story rather than a season-by-season companion.
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