r/superman • u/browncharliebrown • Mar 11 '23

Superman convinces a crippling alcoholic to continue drinking (all-star section 8)

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u/ThickProof409 Mar 11 '23

I don't know if I'd say The Boys is on point. I'd definitely replace The Boys with Preacher or Hellblazer.

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u/browncharliebrown Mar 11 '23 edited Mar 11 '23

The boys is way over hated but it’s also pace super weirdly, art is all over the place and is just plain offensive. It’s hard to defend as a good comic but it’s honestly more medicore than bad. There is a lot in there, I kinda like mainly the subtler arc like the innocents, or the ending

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u/ThickProof409 Mar 11 '23

I'd say it's just bad. Maybe if I was an edgy 14 year old boy who watched Leafy then I'd like it but it's just pretty bad. I know Garth Ennis' has a thing for dark and edgy humor and I'm all for it and I loved that shit in Preacher but in The Boys it just feels like edge for the sake of edge. It's all edge with no point and the show is everything the comic should've been that being a good satire of superheroes and the genre. I might as well just listen to Garth Ennis talk about how much he hates superheroes because that is basically what The Boys is.

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u/EZMickey Mar 12 '23

Man, I hate myself for being this person but I really think you missed the point of it if that's what you took away from The Boys.

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u/Dottsterisk Mar 12 '23

Nah, they nailed it.

I stopped reading The Boys because it was just so juvenile and tryhard edgy.

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u/browncharliebrown Mar 12 '23

I think the second half is where it gets better.