Hughie goes undercover as Scottish mutant 'Bagpipe' to join the G-Men, a mysterious and huge group of 'supes' led by the shadowy John Godolkin, with a history of internecine conflict which Butcher is all too happy to exploit. Meanwhile, Annie sees even more of the darkness in her own super-team, the Seven.

Wee Hughie's joined The Boys, a group of covert operatives who police - and when necessary, punish - the super heroes . His first full case is to investigate the murder of Swingwing, former partner of the Tek-Knight, a man with a disgusting fetish.

Meet Billy Butcher. He's not a nice man, and neither are his team: the Frenchman, Mother's Milk, and the Female. They hate capes ... and so does Billy's newest recruit, Wee Hughie, whose girlfriend has just become collateral damage in a super-brawl. But does Hughie know what he's getting into?

Hughie wants information, and for that, he'll need to talk to the Legend, the cantankerous caretaker of the secret history of superheroes. But he has a job to do first: re-kill the recently revived Blarney Cock! But will the Legend's answers help Hughie, or just deepen the mystery of Butcher's hatred for the Seven?

Spider Jerusalem, the smart-mouthed, heavily-armed, perpetually smoking gonzo reporter of the future, reacquaints himself with his city's fringe elements, and goes head-to-head with The Smiler and The Beast, two very different gentlemen who just happen to be the candidates for the US Presidential Election.

It's election time, and that's bad news for Spider Jerusalem, the journalist who's returned to a bleakly funny future world from self-imposed exile. On one hand, there's incumbent President and Jerusalem's old bete noire, the Beast; on the other, smiling, vacuous Gary Callahan.

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In a world where costumed heroes soar through the sky and masked vigilantes prowl the night, someone's got to make sure the 'supes' don't get out of line. Some superheroes have to be watched. And some of them - sometimes - need to be taken out of the picture. That's when you call in The Boys! This title collects issues numbers 15-22 of The Boys .

Cable's son is out for vengeance, but only if Cable's clone doesn't get it first! Reprinting the original revelation of the multi-dimensional mutant mercenary's origins! Meanwhile, Omega Red, the Acolytes, and Belasco prove that no matter how many old enemies a hero has, there's always room for new ones.

The year is 1971. America's time in Vietnam is coming to a close. Yet in the isolated Valley Forge Firebase on the Cambodian border, Captain Frank Castle must stand against an impending Viet Cong attack that threatens to wipe out an entire American platoon. To survive, what grim decision must he make that will forever alter the course of his life?

Today X-Factor's beat is Mutant Town, but years before, it was Washington DC! Madrox, Strong Guy, Quicksilver and the rest face crises of diplomacy, deception and death while protecting humans from mutants and vice versa! A battle with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in the shadow of Genosha.

Spider Jerusalem is writing again. Fired by his old employers, and now the target of the President, Spider has found a new way to get the truth out there. But Spider has yet another secret, and his time could be running out.

Before he presided over SHIELD, before he ran with the Howling Commandos, Sgt Nick Fury fought on the blood-stained sands of the Tunisian desert. It was here that he came face to face with the incomparable might of the 21st Panzer Division and its skilled warrior commander - General Stephen Barkhorn - and barely lived to tell about it.

When the powerful Authority - self-appointed guardians and policemen of Earth - discover the stronghold of former Stormwatch leader Henry Bendix, a goldmine of secret technology and powerful weapons - they aim to investigate. But no sooner have they arrived then they run into their former colleagues from StormWatch, who are on the same trail.

Meet Spider Jerusalem, a smart-mouthed, heavily-armed, perpetually smoking reporter of the future as he reacquaints himself with Transmetropolitan's fringe elements, and goes head-to-head with The Smiler and The Beast , two very different candidates for the US Presidential Election.

Ex-con Henry James, trying to go straight, is still working as an exterminator for his stepfather's firm, Bug-Bee-Gone. But the job hasn't got any less weird. The insects have formed an army under the leadership of Henry's vengeful former colleague, AJ, forcing Henry and Stretch to seek the dangerous aid of a drug dealer.

The cynical, sardonic Spider finds himself protecting the last surviving prostitute to have sex with the President. With all the powers of the military and intelligence services at his disposal, the President is gunning for Spider.

Spider Jerusalem's journalistic crusade continues apace. Having removed one president from office, only to make an instant mortal enemy of the new incumbent, Spider continues to investigate the death of his friend, Vita Severn.

A member of the powerful super-team, The Authority, with powers built and honed by a mad genius and designed to be the most dangerous man on Earth, the Midnighter is not to be messed with. After a series of missions go from bad to worse, the Midnighter figures that maybe its time to settle down, to try to rediscover the man behind the mask.

Spider Jerusalem returns with more rants about love and lust, TV, politics and religion. This time he finds himself on the run from hitmen and kidnappers who have his ex-wife's frozen head, a misshapen creature claiming to be his son, and a talking police dog that wants to rip him apart.