Highland Laddie (comic book)

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Highland Laddie
Publication information
Publisher Dynamite Entertainment
Format Limited series
Genre
Publication dateAug. 2010 – Jan. 2011
No. of issues6
Creative team
Created by Garth Ennis
Darick Robertson
Written by Garth Ennis
Artist(s) John McCrea
Keith Burns
Penciller(s) John McCrea
Keith Burns
Letterer(s) Simon Bowland
Colorist(s) Tony Aviña
Collected editions
Highland Laddie ISBN   978-0857681454

Highland Laddie is a six-issue comic book limited series by Garth Ennis and John McCrea (with Keith Burns). Originally published as a spin-off of The Boys, set between issues #47 and #48, it follows the story of "Wee Hughie" Campbell as in the aftermath of learning his ex-girlfriend Annie to be a Supe, he takes a sabbatical from the Boys and returns home to Auchterladle, the Scottish seaside town where he grew up, where he reunites with his mystery-solving childhood friends, Bobby and Det. Highland Laddie was collected in trade paperback in April 2011 as the eighth volume of The Boys, as The Boys: Highland Laddie. Storylines from the series would be continued in the 2020 The Boys epilogue series Dear Becky.

Contents

Elements of Highland Laddie were adapted to the Amazon Prime Video streaming television adaptation of The Boys , in the adaptation of Starlight's backstory from A Young Man's Fancy, and Simon Pegg and Rosemarie DeWitt portraying Hughie's parents. [1] [2] [3]

Premise

Part 1: The Harbour at the World's End

His mind still reeling from the events of The Innocents, Wee Hughie heads back home to the semi-idyllic Scottish seaside town of Auchterladle where he grew up, eight years after he left and two years after meeting Billy Butcher. While all he wants is some time to himself, Hughie finds his luck more cloud than silver lining, and the familiar surroundings he craves to not be what he encounters. [4] [5] [6]

Part 2: Great Glass Elevator

Hughie delves into his past, finding the halcyon days of a childhood long past to not be all they're cracked up to be, in-so-far as successes of his junior detective operations with Big Bobby and Det, unaware of a connection between their oldest case and a shadowy outfit now moving Compound V-infused narcotics through the otherwise idyllic town of Auchterladle. [7] [8]

Part 3: Beware the Jabberwock, My Son

Life in Auchterladle starts to settle down for Hughie, and with the return of his old love Annie, there may even be a ray of sunshine for our young hero. But into Eden comes the serpent, as Joe Tupper and the monstrous Big Sarah set about their bloody business. Just when things are looking up for Hughie, a new arrival throws his world into chaos yet again… [9] [10]

Part 4: A Young Man's Fancy

As Hughie looks into the past of his erstwhile girlfriend Annie – a.k.a. Starlight of The Seven – but what he finds it to be is far from what he expected. Meanwhile, the true horror of Joe Tupper's Compound V-infused drug smuggling operation is explored… [11] [12] [13]

Part 5: Wisdom of the Ages

As Hughie does his best to get to the root of his personal troubles, events in Auchterladle begin spinning out of control. Hughie gets set up by an unexpected player as the depravity of Joe Tupper's narcotics operation is revealed. [14]

Part 6: Made From Girders

Wee Hughie's visit home turns violent, and everyone loses something – Hughie a friend, Tupper his sense of humor, and Big Bobby something even more vital, as Hughie finally comes to terms with his home and his past, but not before one last dark secret is revealed: his own. [15] [16] [17]

Characters

Adaptation

Elements of Highland Laddie were adapted to the Amazon Prime Video streaming television adaptation of The Boys , in the adaptation of Starlight's backstory from A Young Man's Fancy, and Simon Pegg and Rosemarie DeWitt portraying Hughie's parents. [1] [2] [3]

Reception

Issue #Publication dateCritic ratingCritic reviewsRef.
1August 20108.0/101 [19]
2September 20104.0/101 [20]
3October 20105.0/101 [21]
4November 20108.0/103 [22]
5December 20106.0/101 [23]
6January 20115.7/103 [24]
Overall6.1/1012 [25]

Collected editions

TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBN
The Boys: Highland Laddie Highland Laddie #1–6April 19, 2011 [26] ISBN   1-60690-207-5
The Boys: Definitive Edition 4 The Innocents (The Boys #39–47) + Highland Laddie [27] July 9, 2013 ISBN   1-60690-340-3

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