The Boys #2 is the second issue of The Boys and the second part of Volume One: The Name of the Game. It was originally published on August 30, 2006.
Plot[]
At her computer desk, Rayner looks through "The Boys" files and reads reports of violence committed by the Frenchman, the Female, and Billy Butcher. She says to herself that it's too late now.
Continuing from the previous issue, Billy meets a distraught Hughie in Scotland at a park. Butcher asks if he's all right. Hughie initially replies no, but confirms that he isn't all right. Butcher asks if he lost someone, but apologizes for bothering him and gets up from the bench to leave. Suddenly, a crying Hughie hears a "yip yip" noise and frustratingly asks what is that sound. It is revealed to be a male Shih Tzu dog, who defecates on ground while its elderly owner congratulates it. Hughie exclaims, "I hate those wee bastards." Butcher agrees and says that its owner won't clean up the feces, so someone else can step in it. Butcher asks Hughie if he wants to something funny and commands his pet bulldog Terror to "fuck it".
Terror begins to hump the Shih Tzu. The dog's owner is upset and tries to get Terror off of her pet. Hughie laughs in amusement and Billy notes that he seems happy now. Butcher quickly gets down to business and explains that he knows who Hughie is and the incident that happened to him, and he wants to speak with him about it. Hughie is confused and Butcher says they should go for a walk before calling Terror back. Hughie asks how does he know him and why he wants to talk with him. Hughie also asks who he is anyway. Butcher introduces himself and Hughie says some people call him "Wee Hughie" The two shake hands and Butcher says its a pleasure to meet him.
Butcher says that he was sorry to hear what happened to Robin and he knows that some people came to see him shortly afterwards and made him sign papers, even though he was grieving and in no state of mind to think clearly. Hughie asks who they were and how Butcher knows all of these things about him. Butcher explains that he used to be apart of a team that was tasked with preventing the sort of accidents that happened to Robin, or if they couldn't, they would make sure the guilty party would be in no condition to do it again. He says that his team kept on eye on the superheroes. Butcher says that his team has a chance to be revived and he is trying recruit its previous members. He says that he was in the United States during the weekend, doing just that.
Elsewhere, at a cafe called Jitter Bean, Frenchie drinks a cup of coffee and speaks to himself in a reflective manner. Three men sitting across from him insult his French heritage by calling names like, "surrender monkey", "cheese eater", and "f-----". Frenchie puts on his goggles and viciously attacks the three men. Suddenly, Butcher appears and says, "Pick the bones out of that, eh, Frenchie?" Frenchie is happy to see Billy and calls him "M'sieu Charcuter" (French for Butcher), before hugging and kissing him on the cheek, but Butcher tells him to stop it or people will get the wrong idea about them. As they leave the cafe and the battered men behind, Frenchie says, "Vive plus l'entente cordiale!", referring to the alliance between the United Kingdom and France.
The Female is seen at the doorstep of someone's house. Four people are heard inside, talking about someone named Frank who will talk Jimmy and straighten out some issue, but they have to lay low until then; Although, Frank hasn't answered his cellphone. As The Female quietly knocks on the door, one man says Frank must've turned it off while he talks to Jimmy, but the other man says his phone is on but he just isn't answering. One man suggests that Frank isn't in good shape to pick up and another man panics. Suddenly, the men hear The Female knocking and look through the window, and one of them opens the door to get rid of her. The man tries to speak to her, but she doesn't reply. The men begin to insult her and she forces her way inside of the house, before brutally murdering the men off-panel. Meanwhile, Butcher watches from a distance and says "Lovely"
Every morning, Mother's Milk was sitting on the chair drinking coffee with a "Fat Ass" cup, and Butcher standing drinking coffee as well, and he told him that a new lad can be an unknown quantity so that he could show him the ropes and gets him on the job. He tells him "Don't you be putting that." that he's got some cleaning to do and he gets a coaster and tosses him to his hand. His daughter Janine Wallis comes down to the stairs and she was happy saying hi to Butcher. Mother's Milk told his daughter about what she say about dressing up and then Janine told Mother's Milk it doesn’t work for him. He told she's got homework, and suddenly, Butcher looks for something awful and she runs outside the door. Butcher is going to piss and goes outside to hunt down 4 unnamed gang members, Butcher comes up to Mother's Milk's daughter Janine and one tries to ask "You f-————in' English?" and then he takes the gun and smashes it and says "Glocks got a wanker's gun, Son." and Janine panics that she didn't believe this and Butcher watches her and he told her he has no idea how lucky you are and told him to go back inside his house and show his dad some respect.
That night, Hughie tells Butcher when he works for the C.I.A. and then he wanted to hit supes, the ones with the resources to do the job. While he asked him for his million dollar inheritance and operate out of the cave, but Hughie told Butcher that he was awesome that they put subliminals on television and transplanting folks' brain tissue with alien D.N.A. and stuff. But Butcher says "Oh, Bloody Hell", and told him not the Illuminati or Department X meeting no one ever exists, but even though he said he's smarter than he really thinks about, Hughie asks him he's working for them, Butcher told him he wanted to stamp on the guys to stop things from everyone. Only Butcher had told him to shake hands with the devil and Hughie told him "Do you want me for this?", and Butcher says "Someone who's felt it", and Hughie told him he must fight and spy and all that. So Butcher just said he read the report that these three guys filed on those, he told him that he didn't ask for money and a pay-off so he told him to try and let some dude get away killing Robin.
At the bridge, Hughie was out of his depth and Butcher told him that he laughed his bollocks off his girlfriend being killed by A-Train, one of the members of the Seven, the worlds mighty superhero team of all. Butcher smiles at Hughie that he bugged the Seven's headquarters but he'll listen to the tapes with him, but Hughie was confused that they've got superpowers on their own, and Butcher says to him, "Ways and means." and he tosses a letter to Hughie and opens up some cash inside, so he calls his dog terror and told him to come to New York for a week or two to meet the Boys and Butcher says to him, "Nice talking to you, Hughie. See you.", and then he moves on.
Quick References[]
Issue Notes[]
- This was the second issue of the series.
- This is also the second issue of The Boys published by Wildstorm.
- Butcher has told his dog Terror to fuck it as Benjamin the Shih Tzu and Benjamin's owner stops Terror from fucking it.
- Hughie laughs and he had seen the most funniest thing he’d seen in ages. He takes long walks around Glasgow with Butcher.
- Frenchie was in Paris France and Butcher was excited to see him and said in French, "Vive plus l'entente cordiale!", he was so excited. Vive plus l'entente cordiale! means Long live the cordial understanding!
- The Female who has a lot of mutism was knocking at the door looking at four people talking to someone named Frank that he would talked to Jimmy but comes inside to kill them, but Butcher says to her, Lovely.
- Mother's Milk told him he doesn’t know and he drinks coffee, but Butcher has just saw his daughter Janine and runs through the door and suddenly a group of four gang members. Butcher tells them to stop them and he killed them to death, And Janine was shocked about the things they hate. So Butcher told her to go back inside the house.
Credits[]
Deaths[]
- At least 4 unnamed gang members
Trivia[]
- First appearance of The Frenchman.
- First appearance of The Female.
- First appearance of Mother's Milk.
- First appearance of Janine.
- First (and last) appearance of Benjamin.
| The Boys (Comic Series) | |
|---|---|
| Volume One: The Name of the Game | Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6 |
| Volume Two: Get Some | Issue 7 • Issue 8 • Issue 9 • Issue 10 • Issue 11 • Issue 12 • Issue 13 • Issue 14 |
| Volume Three: Good for the Soul | Issue 15 • Issue 16 • Issue 17 • Issue 18 • Issue 19 • Issue 20 • Issue 21 • Issue 22 |
| Volume Four: We Gotta Go Now | Issue 23 • Issue 24 • Issue 25 • Issue 26 • Issue 27 • Issue 28 • Issue 29 • Issue 30 |
| Herogasm | Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6 |
| Volume Five: The Self-Preservation Society | Issue 31 • Issue 32 • Issue 33 • Issue 34 • Issue 35 • Issue 36 • Issue 37 • Issue 38 |
| Volume Six: The Innocents | Issue 39 • Issue 40 • Issue 41 • Issue 42 • Issue 43 • Issue 44 • Issue 45 • Issue 46 • Issue 47 |
| Highland Laddie | Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6 |
| Volume Seven: The Big Ride | Issue 48 • Issue 49 • Issue 50 • Issue 51 • Issue 52 • Issue 53 • Issue 54 • Issue 55 • Issue 56 • Issue 57 • Issue 58 • Issue 59 |
| Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker | Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6 |
| Volume Eight: Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men | Issue 60 • Issue 61 • Issue 62 • Issue 63 • Issue 64 • Issue 65 |
| Volume Nine: The Bloody Doors Off | Issue 66 • Issue 67 • Issue 68 • Issue 69 • Issue 70 • Issue 71 • Issue 72 |
| Dear Becky | Issue 1 • Issue 2 • Issue 3 • Issue 4 • Issue 5 • Issue 6 • Issue 7 • Issue 8 |