The Boys #72

The Boys #72 delivers the perfect ending to one of the most epic superhero stories of the last decade. I wouldn't hesitate to rank this series equal to Preacher in a list of Ennis' best works. Read Full Review

With every loose end tied up, I can't help but simply be speechless. For this comic series to be so extreme at some points, a nice, simple ending is all a reader could ask for. In the end, the simplicity of this issue really won me over. I will miss this series but of course, all good things must come to an end. I give it a 9/10. Read Full Review

All in all, The Boys has been an excellent run and I'll be sorry to see it go. But it was fun whilst it lasted, and it made the impact it wanted too. Very few titles can say they've done that as well as The Boys. Read Full Review

"The Boys" #72 is a coda and a simple one at that. Ennis and Robertson bring their book to a close and there are some familiar smiles to be had but this is far from the masterful ending I was looking for. The six-month gap in story allows for some easy transitions, but the pretty little bow of happily ever after isn't necessarily deserved. Ennis chooses to deliver a positive message over one that could have been more powerful. I wonder if he as a creator and we as readers will heed it. Read Full Review

This isnt the most exciting issue. There are a number of moments that will elicit a chuckle, but other than that its mostly just Hughie paying respects to his former friends, talking to Stillwell, and being reunited with Annie. Its just a way of saying goodbye to the characters, especially Hughie himself. Theres nothing wrong with that, but its just not capable of meeting the high quality of some of this series. So The Boys doesnt go out with a bang, just a farewell. Read Full Review

Nisyee

Aug 20, 2022

It was overall fine but kinda boring journey at mid and in the beginning, i was really hoping for good moments at the end of the comics which everything was built up for but it turned out bad. I think there are a lot of troubles like tons of gore and sexual moments are pushed all the time i mean i am fine with it but it just gets annoying sometimes when done a bit too much. Second is the boys kills supes pretty much easily they just punches and hit them with bats and etc which made the whole thing just pretty boring and what the boys's power then from compound V? just strength? all same? it just brings all the tension down which makes it boring like for them only supes that are scary for them is homelander and maybe stormfront oth ers are just thrown out. Third, nothing really interesting happens at all because like fights that were exciting always ends up not shown, Black Noir vs The Homelander wow that's gotta be pretty intense fight but nope lol, next is Butcher just finishing off Black Noir and thats it. After all the built ups it's gone like how most of the the other fights go, for more it would be how a-train and deep's fight against butcher happened? and how jupiter orange hero just got stabbed by butcher did it just happened and others etc. It was honestly hard to finish, just didn't really had any interest, although i like the story but most of the things are bad and is definitely not worth reading however the boys tv show is really good, it shows what the comics could have been with amazing actors and story is pretty much changed but in a good direction and you can entirely just watch the show for homelander aswell because the actor played homelander really good. more