The conversations between Billy Butcher and Hughie Campbell from “The Boys” are filled with such sincerity, brutality and dark humor that they fit the description of many situations in life. If you are as in love with the characters as we are and are looking for something just as crazy and fun, we recommend you turn to valuable alternatives.
“Preacher”
We ranked this series first because Preacher is also an adaptation of the comic book by The Boys author Garth Ennis, published in the Vertigo imprint. This also means that there is room for a certain amount of humor, sarcasm, colorful characters and deconstruction of the superhero myth. In the story, preacher Jesse Custer accidentally becomes the bearer of the creature of Creation, born from the union of an angel and a demon. He’s gaining power, but there are also a lot of enemies. To fight them, Jesse begins searching for God along with his vampire friend Cassidy and ex-girlfriend Tulip.
“Doomsday Patrol”
Another film adaptation of Vertig’s comic book, which has survived four reboots. In HBO’s Doom Patrol, the story consists of several versions, but the dominant one is the one created by Grant Morrison. Luckily, the losers gain superpowers: a crashed racer becomes Robotoman, a radiation-laden pilot becomes Negative Man, a girl with 64 personalities becomes Crazy Jane, a disfigured actress becomes Elasti-Girl, and a mad scientist becomes Cyborg. It turns into . Now they must learn not only to control their superpowers but also to repel their enemies. Their adventures are filled with absurdity and humor.
“Guardians”
Adapted from Alan Moore’s comic book of the same name, the Watchmen series also debunks the superhero cult and shows the bad side of their lives. It also offers an alternative history of events in the United States in the 1980s, when the Watergate scandal did not occur and the military campaign in Vietnam was won by superheroes. Some superheroes now secretly serve the government, while others have retired. Rorscharch begins his own investigation when he suspects someone is beginning to eliminate the Avengers. And this hides many dirty secrets of the masked heroes.
“Peacemaker”
The anti-superhero “Peacemaker” is also similar to “The Boys”: silly dialogue, trashy situations, dark humor. It is a spin-off of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, starring John Cena as a funny and patriotic pacifist supervillain who constantly gets into ridiculous fights and run-ins while trying to make peace with his father.
“Generation V”
“Generation V” is a direct spinoff of “The Boys,” and in some cases surpasses it in sheer quantity. The series tells the story of a young generation of supers who go to a special university to develop their super powers and face typical teenage problems.
Source: People Talk
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