The Boys: Herogasm #3 (Ongoing)

Garth Ennis really goes over the top with this six-issue limited spin-off of his hit series . At first glance, it dangerously treads the line of pornography. Yet reading the first two issues further reveals several layers and sub-texts: it is not just a raunchy satire of the comics crossover and the comics industry's obssession with it; it also holds a mirror to us comic book readers for drooling and getting off on such events with masturbatory delight. The stylized, cartoonish art by McCrea and Burns is never more apt here, to distance the viewer and at the same time to piledrive the idea how utterly freaky the sex would be if superheroes ever have the chance to go at it. Yet it is never just about the sex alone. If you can get the pun on the name , then you can see how much of a metaphor is for comics of today. Even for a Garth Ennis work, graphic and sexually explicit language and content. For mature readers only.

The first-ever Boys spin-off mini-series features the pairing of Ennis with Hitman artist John McCrea and covers by Boys artist and co-creator Darick Robertson! The occasional death at Herogasm isn’t that unusual, but how one member of Fantastico checks out is nothing short of spectacular. In the resultant chaos the Boys make their move- on a target that may not be all he seems. Hughie, meanwhile, runs smack into Black Noir in the worst possible way, while Jack From Jupiter spills a few more secrets to A-Train. And speaking of secrets, what does the man from Vought-American want with Vic the Veep…? Written by GARTH ENNIS; Art by JOHN McCREA; Cover by DARICK ROBERTSON --

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