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The Boys

American superhero comic book series
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Summary

The Boys is a comic book series[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of comic book series entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,912 views/month, #2 of 599).[2]

Key Facts

  • Screenwriter: Garth Ennis[3]
  • Publisher: WildStorm[4], Panini Comics[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Country of origin: United States[7]
  • Start time: October 2006[8]
  • End time: November 2012[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:The Boys (comics)[10]
  • Title: The Boys[11]
  • Derivative work: The Boys[12]
  • Colorist: Tony Aviña[13]
  • Penciller: Darick Robertson[14]

Why It Matters

The Boys has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

The Boys United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · HedgeHog · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Penciller → Darick Robertson
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'pl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv', 'tr', '
    Instance of → comic book series
    End time → +2012-11-00T00:00:00Z
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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