A review by crystalstarrlight
The Boys Volume 7: The Innocents by Garth Ennis

4.0

Bullet Review:

Part 2 of "I can't read emails and now I need to finish ASAP to return overdue library books". I've been checking out library books since I was in first grade, and this is the first time I've ever kept books past due (2020 doesn't count).

Developments finally come to a head in this one, namely the big one involving Hughie's girlfriend and who is helping The Boys spy on The Seven. (Other developments I wish would get addressed still haven't, but I am hopeful they will soon.) I kinda want to smack Hughie senseless for his asinine response to all this, but we are all human I suppose, and Butcher certainly didn't help him make a good decision.

To be honest, one of the reasons I really liked this volume is that this volume moves beyond just "Superheroes are vile" and art of piss, gore, blood, vomit, boobs, and gobs and gobs of sex of all forms. I feel like this volume is building off the previous, and stuff is moving in a direction -Homelander starts branching out his plan, which is nice to see more of than just some evil villain cackling in the background, we're seeing more of the Vought-American guy, we know most of protagonist"s backstories now