The Boys season four: gleefully nasty, gory and dysfunctional anti-superhero show is back

By John Caro, Principal Lecturer, University of Portsmouth

In contrast to the noble tales of Marvel and DC superheroes, The Boys imagines a world where superheroes don’t just use their powers to save the day but abuse them for influence and control. It’s the mission of the titular Boys, a dysfunctional anti-superhero group to undermine these “supes”, known as The Seven, and the company that owns and manages them, Vought International.

Based on the comic book created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson in 2006, the TV adaptation is back for its fourth season…

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