The Batman is now showing in theaters, and The Boys has celebrated the occasion with new character posters inspired by the caped crusader.
Posted on social media, the five character posters spotlight each member of The Boys while serving as homages to Batman adaptations. Leading the charge is a poster for Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara), showcasing the character's original comic book name, "The Female," while featuring the same red light style as The Batman's posters featuring star Robert Pattinson. Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso) and Frenchie/Serge (Tomer Kapon) have each been given posters based on Batman Begins, Batman Forever, Batman (1989) and Batman: The Animated Series, respectively.
The post was accompanied by the statement, "Wanna see a magic trick? We're gonna make the supes disappear." The message is a clear callback to the Joker's dialogue with other organized crime members in The Dark Knight (2008), when he kills someone with a pencil. Of course, this is not the first time that The Boys has poked fun at the releases of other mainstream superhero franchises.
This past October 2021, the Prime Video series released photoshopped images of The Boys, imagining how they would look if they had instead become members of the Seven, like Homelander and Queen Maeve. The pictures were made to spoof the Marvel Cinematic Universe's What If...? series on Disney+, again featuring dialogue inspired by another property.
Coincidentally, The Batman released in theaters the same day that The Boys animated spinoff, The Boys Presents: Diabolical, debuted on Prime Video. The series includes eight episodes that each run about 15 minutes long, including one inspired directly by the original comic series as opposed to the live-action show. However, the finale of Diabolical was deemed canon to the show by The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke, with the entirety of Diabolical holding fans over until the show's third season releases in June.
The upcoming season will introduce new supes for The Boys to tackle, including Supernatural alum Jensen Ackles as Soldier Boy and The Walking Dead's Laurie Holden as the Crimson Countess. The two serve as twists on Marvel's Captain America and Scarlet Witch, respectively, and are members of the Avengers-like team, Payback. The Boys version of Batman, Tek Knight, is also a member of this team in comics, but aside from a Season 1 namedrop, there has been no indication that he will be joining the show any time soon.
The Batman is now playing in theaters, while The Boys Presents: Diabolical is available to stream in its entirety on Prime Video. The Boys Season 3 hits the streaming service on June 3, 2022.
Source: Twitter