"The Boys," also known as "Hero Buster," "The Boy Gang," and "The Seven Scoundrels," told the story of a group of Supervillains who wore the skins of Superheroes and wreaked havoc across the United States, while the families of their victims, as ordinary people dressed in black, fought back against them.
The Superheroes on this Earth were all public figures under the spotlight, collectively managed by a company called Vought International. It sold hero merchandise and entertainment products, rented out Superheroes as city security guards to amass wealth, and heavily promoted fan-circle economics. Secretly, it sought to manipulate United States politics through something called Compound V.
The Superheroes here were all artificial. If humans were injected with Compound V during childhood, they might develop all sorts of mutations. Vought International then used talent shows to select predesignated candidates for different teams, continuing the charade to make money.
Compound V was an extremely unstable drug. It could be compared to Marvel's Super Soldier Serum, except it had no effect that made good people better. The chance of turning an injector into a bad person or a lunatic was 99.99%.
Therefore, these Superheroes were basically all crazed psychopaths. If Batwoman came here and saw them, she would probably smile at just how insane they were.
In short, these so-called Superheroes ran wild through the cities and caused countless tragedies, yet Vought International suppressed the news with money.
Just like how Umbrella in some world sold Biochemical Weapons for profit, Vought International's business model was rental. These Superheroes were branded Biochemical Weapons. The key to making products in modern society was building a brand—once its reputation was ruined, it would not sell well. So whenever Superheroes caused scandals, the company had to step in and clean things up.
Within the company, Superheroes were