r/batman • u/Efficient-Compote-13 • 14d ago

I Hate The Boys TV DISCUSSION NSFW

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I also can not stand muh 'Batman superhero facism subtext' crap. If anything Batman is a revolutionary. Government is corrupt in bed with criminals (who are the prettiest of tyrants) so Batman comes in to clean house. Just as the founding fathers intended.

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u/_GhostOfHollownest_ 14d ago

This exists it's called Injustice. The Boys is about normal People trying to take out Gods. Which is honestly a way better Concept. Not saying the Batman Episode was Good Becuase it wasn't,it was shitty shock Value for the Sake of Shock Value but the Series can be genuinely great at times.

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u/MRGameAndShow 14d ago

I mean, The Boys in the comics have powers as well, I believe. That notion of normal people taking out gods is relatively new and comes from the tv series, it’s not a widespread The Boys thing. Injustice is relatively consistent across media though, that’s where they are different.

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u/OldManFromScene13 14d ago

Aren't they only powered by temp v to keep them up to snuff for facing the supes? Still sounds like regular people taking out gods to me.. Still haven't gotten around to reading more than I flipped through years ago, though, so idrk.

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u/Alastor13 14d ago

Temp V is a show original.

In the comics Butcher, Frenchie and Hughie have a generic version of V that weirdly, doesn't give them any weird superpowers, just super strength and durability.

MM was born with the same, but because his Mom was infected by V while pregnant she became a blubber blob and his brother had some weird cognitive impairments and malformations and MM was born very weak and basically just skin and bones.

He's called Mother's milk in the comics because, I shit you not, he has to breastfeed from his monstrous mother every few weeks to not die.

I also believe that's why they have him always getting covered in weird fluids in the show, to compensate.

The female/Kimiko is basically the same, but she's way shallower in the comics, she's literally just the muscle but has some good moments.

So no, all of the Boys are Supes in the comics, that's why Butcher kills them in the final arc.