The Boys inherently flipped the script on the good-versus-bad conflict: Supes meant to defend the world were mostly the villains, putting up a façade of heroism, as long as it benefited them and their bureaucratic overlords. This premise gave the Prime Video series (and its source material) leeway to go wild with its satire of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, celebrity culture, political corruption, and corporate malfeasance—with varying levels of…