The Boys end of season 4 review: the gory superhero-hating show sets up for its final season

By John Caro, Principal Lecturer, University of Portsmouth

As The Boys, Amazon’s superhero-hating blood fest, comes to a close, its storylines have grown closer to our own reality as the show gears up for its fifth and final series.

It’s fair to say that Garth Ennis, co-creator of The Boys comic book, is no fan of superheroes. Speaking at the 2024 Lawless Comic Con in Bristol, Ennis cited the earlier 1987 superhero parody, Marshal Law by Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill: “So many exotic variations of…

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