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Some characters look exactly like their Marvel/DC counterpart, while others have pretty much the same powers.
The most unusual superhero comic book adaptation to gain mainstream success in recent years, The Boys , has banked its entire premise on spoofing established comic book heroes and show them in a different light. Sometimes these characters are given a distinctly evil interpretation, making them complete opposites of their inspirations. Stormfront, who is a parody of Marvel characters Thor and X-Men 's Storm in some ways, is a good example. But other times these spoofs are given the most comical (and humiliating) plotlines, as in the case of The Deep (on the show) who is supposed to be modeled after DC 's Aquaman.
There are plenty more such parodies in the comic books —s ome characters look exactly like their Marvel/DC counterpart, while others have pretty much the same powers. If you're well-versed with the world of comic books, you'll easily spot these spoofs.
Klanker is perhaps one of the few nice and harmless Supes in The Boys. He is supposed to be a parody of Marvel 's Iron Man , as his full-body iron suit seems to suggest. But unlike Iron Man, his suit isn’t a hi-tech invention full of surprises.
His sole ability is to be able to transform into any iron-based thing, like a chain or an anvil. It’s a useful power, at times, but there’s nothing else he can do. Fortunately, the team he belongs to—Superduper—is a welcoming and encouraging one, complete opposites of The Seven, and Klanker is never made to feel bad for his limited powers.
One of the more blatant parodies on The Boys is that of Hawkeye from Marvel . The biggest clue is the name. “Eagle the Archer” presents the image of a sharp-eyed archer, which is much the same as the one that “Hawkeye” presents. Both are good with their bow and arrows.
In the comics, he is shown to be a drug addict who gets severely abusive towards his girlfriend as the plot progresses, but on the show, crisis appears in the form of guilt and regret when he keeps losing people because of the limited number of arrows by his side.
Talon, The Boys ’ version of Catwoman, has a very brief role to play in the comics, but her personality seems a lot like the DC character. They both swing from being the good guy to being the villain, and they both seem to have a soft spot for the Dark Knight in their lives.
Appearance-wise, Talon favors purple while Catwoman would rather wear a darker suit. The other point of difference is referenced in her name itself—her talons are sharp and long, a lot like Wolverine’s claws.
With his sharp claws and wolfish appearance, DogKnott might seem like a good potential spoof of Marvel ’s Wolverine. But the true parody of the X-Men character comes in the form of Ground Hawk. Don’t go by his name alone, that would be a mistake. Instead, look at his costume, his personality, and his powers, and it’ll turn out that he has several similarities with the immortal mutant.
The shape of his mask, the gruff exterior, and the weaponized hands—hammers in place of claws for Ground Hawk—is exactly the same. The one aspect in which Wolverine is at an advantage is that he has the ability to eat and drink with his own hands. Ground Hawk, having the unfortunate reality of having a hammer for hands, has to depend on others to help him during meals.
Like Nightwing, the character he is a parody of, Swingwing too started out as an aide to a more prominent superhero—Tek Knight, the counterpart to Batman. He was only Laddio then, the trusted young sidekick. But soon he felt the need to break out and become his own man, much like Nightwing , and establish himself as a separate identity.
Heavily borrowing his look from Nightwing, with a blue-grey costume to match, Swingwing is the complete opposite of the Batman character in every other respect. He is a murderous and vile Supe who goes against his former associate, Tek Knight, and betrays him in the end.
There is an innocence to him, a desire to please others, that makes Soldier Boy such an easily exploitable character in The Boys . It’s an extreme form of the naivety that Captain America (from Marvel ) displays when he comes back to life after his frozen period. He needs time to understand the ways of the modern world, having spent his life prior to that fighting in World War II.
That’s another thing that binds Soldier Boy and Captain America together. They both served in the war while wearing a hyper-patriotic costume of white, blue, and red.
There is an element of Iron Man in Tek Knight. They both have highly advanced metallic suits that keep them alive and help them attack others. The suit also helps him fly and gives him abilities and powers despite not having Compound V running through his veins like the other Supes.
But what makes Tek Knight a far more accurate parody of DC 's Batman are the other details: his name has the word “knight” in it; he has a young sidekick (called Laddio); he has a secret cave where he hides his superhero gadgets; a slew of hi-tech cars; a razor-shop on-and-off girlfriend; and a butler to help him along the way.
Like Marvel ’s Scarlet Witch , The Boys ’ Crimson Countess is attracted to a so-called android with superhuman abilities. Although to be fair, Scarlet Witch and Vision are a lot more devoted to each other, when compared to Crimson Countess and Mind-Droid.
It’s not just their names that have a reddish countenance to them, their costumes too are red and bright, with the added effect of a cape giving them a godly appearance. She also works in The Boys ’ version of the Avengers, in a team called Payback.
At first glance, the features that jump out the most between Marvel ’s Vision and The Boys ’ Mind-Droid is the color scheme. It’s exactly the same, with green, yellow, and red taking prominence, although the pattern is quite different.
No matter, there are plenty more ways in which they are similar. Both are in a relationship with a certain red-haired superhuman, both have exceptional mental capabilities, and both are androids that have to live and work with their more human colleagues. Or so it seems. It’s not until his last moments, that Mind-Droid actually shouts out that being a robotic Supe was a front, and he was a human like everyone else.
The best part of the spoofing business The Boys are in is that it not only extends to superheroes but the teams they belong to, as well. G-Men, for example, is modeled after X-Men, Payback after the Avengers, and the Seven (at the center of The Boys ) after Justice League.
When we first meet Fantastico, The Boys counterpart to Marvel 's Fantastic Four, the so-called heroes are busy being wild at a party. Parodies of all four members of the Fantastic Four are shown, with The Thing (called The Doofer in The Boys ) getting the most focus. He is high on drugs, resembling layers of bricks rather than rocks (like The Thing) and has just been bodily thrown about by Butcher to cause a diversion when we first see his form in Herogasm #3, which was written by Garth Ennis and had art by Keith Burns and John McCrea.
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Adi Shankar's Guardians Of Justice heavily satirizes characters from both Marvel and DC - here's every superhero parodied in the satirical TV show.
The Guardians Of Justice is packed to the gills with characters unashamedly based on well-known superheroes and villains. Filled with homages, tropes, and references, it’s a show that aims at people who’re familiar with superhero stories - and it's not the only show to have parodied Marvel and DC superheroes recently. For casual viewers, it’s helpful to know a little about the eclectic cast of characters and who they’re based on.
Superhero parodies and deconstructions are nothing new, of course. Notable examples include The Return Of Captain Invincible , with its parody of Superman as a retired alcoholic, and Unbreakable , framing a superhero origin story as a neo-noir thriller. The most famous example is Alan Moore’s Watchmen , a comic book series that shows heroes as a collection of vigilantes and god-like figures who’ve become perilously out of touch with the world around them. It’s since been adapted into a movie that, sadly, missed out a few key themes from the comics, and into a TV show that tells a different story within the same universe. The influence of Watchmen also shows in Guardians Of Justice .
Guardians Of Justice , created by Castlevania 's Adi Shankar , may have the tone of grimdark superhero fiction, but it has a far more vibrant color palette, blending live-action with various animation styles. It seems to fall firmly within the genre of superhero deconstructions, though Shankar himself disagrees with this assessment, stating in an interview, “I'm not trying to say anything about the superhero genre.” With such a vibrant mess of characters, many go without much introduction (or even characterization). With so many references, it can help to connect the characters with those they’re mimicking. The largest reference is immediately obvious. The story revolves around a team of superheroes, the Guardians of Justice themselves, who are quite unsubtly based on DC’s Justice League .
Variously described as a god and an alien, Marvelous Man is the superhuman savior of humanity, who ends world war 3 in the series prologue. Everything about him is based on Superman, played most recently by Henry Cavill and Tyler Hoechlin. Marvelous Man is very much a DC-style hero archetype, despite the reference to Marvel in his name. Like Superman, he has super strength, speed, the power of flight, heat vision, and weakness to a glowing stone called caltronite. The events of Guardians Of Justice follow in the wake of his untimely death, and the power vacuum he leaves behind. Even while alive, Marvelous Man fills the superhero role of being a symbol and a figurehead more than an actual person.
As the second in command of the Guardians Of Justice , Knight Hawk is an obvious parody of Batman, as a caped crusader with a lair known as the Hawk’s Nest and an array of fancy technology at his disposal. He mainly follows Batman's traits of being a mastermind and a vigilante, though he’s distinctly more of a villain than Batman . He also parodies a storyline from Justice League , where Batman investigates his colleagues to learn their secrets.
There are plenty of speedster characters in comics, like Makkari from Eternals or X-Men’s Quicksilver, but The Speed is most definitely a parody of DC’s The Flash. Much like The Flash, her powers come from her using a cosmic force, known as “the Fast Force,” and she too has a speedster arch-nemesis named Motion Blur. She also frequently mimics Flash’s role as a more relatable character on the superhero team.
Awesome Man is based on, as he’s introduced stuffing his face with tacos. He’s a parody of Shazam, with his child-like attitude, and his introduction references this — the narration explains that he knows a magic word which gives him the power of seven gods, a clear reference both to Shazam's opponents, the seven deadly sins , and to the word "shazam" itself.
Introduced as the “overlord of the oceans,” King Tsunami is the Guardians Of Justice version of Aquaman. He even comes complete with a trident and an obligatory joke about talking to fish. Tsunami, much like Golden Goddess, has a troubled history with the other Guardians.
Golden Goddess, as the “princess of the god realm,” is based on Wonder Woman. She takes on the role of an otherworldly god-like being with magical powers. Like several other characters, she has a surprisingly messy past, at least for a god.
Blue Scream, as his name implies, has a powerful sonic scream as his main weapon – a less common superpower that he shares with the X-Men’s Banshee and DC’s Black Canary . He’s entangled in a relationship with Black Bow, and they both turn out to get up to some rather sordid behavior in their spare time. True to his superpower of using his voice, he’s quick to crack under pressure and tell everything.
Black Bow, as an expert marksman, is the Hawkeye (Marvel) or Green Arrow (DC) of the group. Seemingly excitable and quirky, she and Blue Scream engage in some dubious behavior when they think the others aren’t looking.
Introduced as Knight Hawk’s adopted protegé, Little Wing is a far more lethal version of Batman’s Robin. Unlike Robin, however, he appears to have some superpowers of his own, and he uses them in a particularly brutal way. There’s more to him than meets the eye.
Red Talon is Knight Hawk’s earlier adopted sidekick, with a tendency towards violence. Red Talon has the traits of a few antiheroes, blending the vigilante violence of Marvel's Punisher with Peacemaker’s carefree attitude. Being a former child sidekick, he also contains more than a little bit of Nightwing influence.
Very much the Lex Luthor of Guardians Of Justice , Lockwood is a megalomaniacal billionaire with a vendetta against Marvelous Man. He’s responsible for making the Caltronite bullet known as “godkiller,” which kills Marvelous Man. His long hair, rather than bald head, feels like a reference to the appearance of Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice .
Batman has an iconic list of villains, so it’s no surprise that his most famous nemesis is parodied in Guardians Of Justice . Mr. Smiles is definitely based on the Joker, with his unsettling laugh and his penchant for the grotesque. While his early introduction makes him seem fairly straightforward, he’s not quite what he appears to be.
Scottish Skull is a relatively minor villain, but he’s noteworthy for who he references. While he bears a resemblance to the Batman villain Black Mask, he’s certainly a reference to the Black Mask who appears in Birds Of Prey . The name Scottish Skull is referring to actor Ewan McGregor, with the actor's Scottish heritage.
His name may be a reference to Marvel’s Ravencroft institute, as seen in Venom: Let There Be Carnage , but Doctor Ravencroft is most likely a parody of Dr Fu Manchu. In the comics, Fu Manchu is the father and arch-nemesis of Shang-Chi. He hasn't appeared in the MCU, but the character Xu Wenwu is partially based on him. However, while Marvel replaced Fu Manchu in Shang-Chi And The Ten Rings , sidestepping any lingering racist “yellow peril” stereotypes, Doctor Ravencroft’s appearance in Guardians Of Justice , as an outdated caricature, feels rather uncomfortable to watch.
Mind Master’s villainous power is, as his name suggests, mind control. He’s most likely a reference to the X-Men’s Professor X, specifically the younger version of him, as played by James McAvoy in X-Men: First Class .
Galacron is introduced fairly early as the evil cosmic titan who destroyed Marvelous Man’s home planet of Caltron, though he isn’t named until the final episode of Guardians Of Justice . His immense appearance and role as a destroyer of planets immediately calls to mind the Marvel villain Galactus. Amusing though, the television-like object where his head should be is obviously a reference to Krang from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .
The Guardians Of Justice is a vibrant and chaotic story. Aimed at fans of superhero media, or possibly people who're burnt out with it, its unusual pacing and confusing storyline may account for its low audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. All the same, while mileage may vary according to audience viewer preferences, it's certainly a unique experience.
Xan Indigo is a science fiction and urban fantasy author, and renegade astrophysicist. They have a love of good stories, bad movies, and wild ideas, and can be found on Twitter and Instagram as @XanIndigo.


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