Get Some is a two-partgraphic novel written byGarth Ennis and illustrated byDarick Robertson withPeter Snejbjerg that was published byDynamite Entertainment as the second volume of theAmerican comic book seriesThe Boys, consisting of the four-partstory arcsGet Some, released from May 30 to September 5, 2007, andGlorious Five Year Plan, released from October 17, 2007 to January 9, 2008, the former from which the novel takes its title.[1] Preceded byCherry, it is followed byGood for the Soul.
The events ofGet Some were loosely adapted toGen V and themain series'fourth season, withDerek Wilson portraying the Tek-Knight.
InGet Some,Wee Hughie andBilly Butcher investigate the mysterious death of a younggay man, asthe Tek-Knight (aparody ofBatman andIron Man) struggles with the effects ofbrain tumour-inducedparaphilia, while inGlorious Five Year Plan,the Boys travel toRussia to investigate reports of "exploding supes", uncovering a plan bycrime bossLittle Nina (working in conjunction withthe Vought Guy) to induce aSoviet-backedsupervillaincoup of theRussian government, which Wee Hughie and supe allyVas Vorishikin must face alone after the others are drugged.
The series has received a positive critical reception.[2][3][4]
On the production of atelevision adaptation ofThe Boys fromAmazon Prime Video, and a resultingfranchise, the events ofGet Some with regards the character ofRobert Vernon / The Tek-Knight would be adapted to theWe Gotta Go Now-focusedspin-off seriesGen V and themain series'fourth season, portrayed byDerek Wilson.[5] Thethird andfifth seasons would also featurethe Legend, a character introduced inGet Some, portrayed byPaul Reiser.[6]
Love Sausage, a character fromGlorious Five Year Plan, would be featured in the main series'second and third seasons, portrayed byAndrew Jackson and Derek Johns, while in the series' third and fourth seasons,Katia Winter would portray Nina "Little Nina" Namenko, another character fromGlorious Five Year Plan.[7] The arc also features the first appearance ofthe Vought Guy, embodied in the television adaptation by Stan Edgar, portrayed byGiancarlo Esposito, andKessler, portrayed in the fourth season byJeffrey Dean Morgan.