9) The Boys
Imagine that the Avengers took recreational drugs, that the X-Men punched holes through peoples chests and that members of the Fantastic Four died on a regular basis (wishful thinking for some). If that’s the kind of comic book team that rocks your boat, then look no further than The Boys, a super-powered CIA task force assembled to confront vigilante heroes when they step out of line.
With names like Mother’s Milk, Billy Butcher and The Female (of the Species), the Boys aren’t your standard characters dreamt up by the likes of Stan Lee. In 90 issues, writer Garth Ennis devised a number of mature storylines that would push the boundaries of what’s acceptable in cinemas if The Boys was ever adapted to the big screen.
Rumours of such a movie came to prominence in 2008 when Anchorman director Adam McKay discussed his involvement on the project, but little has been heard since. If a studio ever did finally green light an adaptation of The Boys, it’s likely that the screenwriters would consider using the team’s very first storyline as the bare bones of the project. In this first arc, the team blackmail a young superhero group called Teenage Kix who have been caught using drugs that induce disfiguring mutations and enable them to have super-powered sex with prostitutes without accidentally killing them… so yeah.
And you thought the Deadpool trailer was extreme!
