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.
[4][5][6] 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] 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.
Meanwhile, the true horror of Joe Tupper's Compound V-infused drug smuggling operation is explored…[11][12][13] As Hughie does his best to get to the root of his personal troubles, events in Auchterladle begin spinning out of control.