The Self-Preservation Society

The Self-Preservation Society is a four-part graphic novel written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Carlos & Hector Ezquerra and John McCrea & Keith Burns, that was published by Dynamite Entertainment as the sixth volume of the American comic book series The Boys, consisting of the four-part story arc The Self-Preservation Society, released from June 3 to September 2, 2009 across the chapters You Fuckin' Want Some, Then?!, And Then There Were Four, You're Next, Cunts (What He Said), and Who Do You Think You Are Kidding, Mister Hitler…, the two-part Nothing Like It in the World, released from October 7 to November 4, 2009 across the chapters You Remember the Thing I Said About Superpowers? and Vale of Tears, and the single arcs La Plume De Ma Tante Est Sur La Table, released December 2, 2009, and The Instant White-Hot Wild, released January 6, 2010 (the latter three illustrated by Darick Robertson), the former from which the novel takes its title. Preceded by the story arc We Gotta Go Now and the miniseries Herogasm, it is followed by the story arc The Innocents.

The events of The Self-Preservation Society were loosely adapted as the series' second season of the Amazon Prime Video adaptation of The Boys, with Payback adapted to the series' third season.

The series received a universally positive critical reception.