The Boys characters and their Marvel and DC counterparts

Prime Videos The boysbased on the Garth Ennis comic book of the same name, features a multitude of superheroes. Some are obvious parodies of other comic book heroes, while with others the parallels aren’t so obvious. Here’s The boys characters and their Marvel and DC counterparts.

Here Are the Marvel and DC Equivalents of Boys’ Superheroes

Garth Ennis is not a fan of superheroes, and The boys was not his first pop in the genre. He also wrote The Proabout a sex worker who gained superpowers, and the one-shot The Punisher Kills Marvel Universewhere… well, you get the idea.

Prime Videos The boys The series mixes things up a bit, especially when it comes to the lesser superheroes, but you can still spot which Marvel and DC characters could have inspired each superhero. Here’s a rundown of which superheroes correspond to which Marvel or DC character, starting with The Seven.

Homelander is Superman

Homelander is Garth Ennis’ version of Superman, DC’s flagship hero, without the heroism. Raised in a lab, not a Kansas farm, he’s the most powerful superhero in the The boys and he knows it perfectly well. Marvel’s Hyperion and Sentry may look similar, but with the blue and red costume, it’s clear where the inspiration comes from.

The Deep is Aquaman

The Deep is the series’ dig at DC’s Aquaman, giving him gills and a suspicious relationship with an octopus. In the comics, his role is relatively minimal and he’s shown wearing an old-fashioned diving helmet; here, his outfit more obviously mimics Aquaman.

Black Noir is Batman

The boys takes Batman and splits him in two. Black Noir is the moody, nearly silent vigilante dressed all in black, while Tek-Knight, who we meet later, is the Bruce Wayne aspect of the character. There’s a reason Black Noir is silent in the comics, though in the show it’s largely due to Vought’s marketing.

Translucent is the invisible woman

Translucent, who was absent from the comics, is a reverse version of Sue Storm, aka the Invisible Woman, from the Fantastic Four. There are other Marvel and DC characters with invisibility, but Sue Storm is the person most comic book fans will imagine.

Queen Maeve is Wonder Woman

The Seven is The boys If we take a Justice League analogy, where would the Justice League be without Wonder Woman? That’s where the warrior Queen Maeve comes in, although she fares better on screen than in the comics. The boys Comically, she is permanently drunk, having never really recovered from the failed airliner rescue.

The starlight is dazzling

Starlight seems to have been inspired by Marvel’s Dazzler, both in her outfit and powers. And, while she’s no longer part of the original Seven, she did get to sing a song or two.

A-Train is Flash

Train A is The boys version of DC’s Flash. He could be compared to Marvel’s Quicksilver, but unlike that character, A-Train has been portrayed as a hero from the beginning. His first appearance also answers the question: “What if a speedster didn’t watch where he was going?”

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These are the Seven as they are introduced to us in the first series. The comic also features Jack of Jupiter, a reference to Martian Manhunter, but we only see his name in the series.

So what about some of the other superheroes and characters from The boys? Here are who we believe are their Marvel and DC equivalents, or in some cases, the characters they are an amalgam of.

• Billy Boucher – Manchester Black (DC), The Punisher (Marvel)
• Blind spot – Daredevil (Marvel)
• Purple Countess – Scarlet Witch (Marvel), Firestar (DC)
• Eagle the Archer – Hawkeye (Marvel), Green Arrow (DC)
• Kimiko/The Woman – X-23/Lady Deathstrike (Marvel)
• Lamplighter – Pyro (Marvel). In the comics, he was sort of Green Lantern (DC).
• Live feed – Electro (Marvel), Livewire (DC)
• Sausage of love – Crimson Dynamo/Mr. Fantastic (Marvel)
• Enchanter – Professor X (Marvel), Doctor Psycho (DC)
• Popgriffe – X-23 (Marvel), Scandal Savage (DC)
• Sister Sage – Lex Luthor (DC), Mr. Fantastic (Marvel)
• Soldier boy – Captain America (Marvel)
• Glow – Multiple Man (Marvel)
• Storm front – The Red Skull/Sin (Marvel)
• Knight Tek – Batman/Bruce Wayne (DC), Tony Stark/Iron Man (Marvel)
• Termite – Ant-Man (Marvel)

Firecracker is missing from this list, but we don’t have to look to DC or Marvel to find her. Showrunner Eric Kripke has said she’s the Marjorie Taylor Greene to Trump’s Homelander character.

And these are The boys characters and their Marvel and DC counterparts.

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