Via the The New York Times, Dynamite Entertainment have announced “The Boys” writer Garth Ennis and artist Russ Braun are returning for a new miniseries, “The Boys: Dear Becky.” Set 12 years after the original series, the series will see Hughie and Annie (Starlight)’s marriage become torn apart by a mysterious document unearths dark secrets about the anti-superhero group’s past. “Using a flashback structure, ‘Dear Becky’ will flesh out both the pre-history of ‘The Boys,’ call back to classic moments, and move the story forward. It’s an indispensable chapter for all fans of ‘The Boys,’ going back nearly 15 years or new to the story from the show.”
“Originally I never intended to do more with ‘The Boys’ at all, but for obvious reasons I’ve found myself thinking about the story and characters again over the past couple of years,” Ennis said in the press release. “There was one aspect of the original story, and one character in particular, that I never felt got a fair shake – Becky Butcher, whose demise motivates her husband Billy to do the terrible things he does, but who only actually appears in two issues of the original book. I liked writing Becky very much, almost as much as Butcher himself, and I wanted to look in greater detail at how her relatively brief appearance cast such a long shadow.”
Co-creator Darick Robertson, who will return to provide covers for the series, added, “This comic has always been close to my heart and seeing the response to the show and the new drove of readers discovering the original material, makes the timing for this series a wonderful opportunity to bring fresh material to the new readers as well as a treat for the original fans. Revisiting these characters is a nice feeling, and creating covers for the series and collaborating with Ennis again is a treat.”
“The Boys,” which ran from 2006 to 2012, was adapted into a highly successful TV series on Amazon Prime. “The Boys: Dear Becky” #1 will release in April, ahead of the show’s second season. Head on over Previews for an early look at the second issue’s (characteristically brutal) cover.
