10 Reasons Why The Boys Was Better As A TV Series

10. The Lack Of Compound V Keeps You On Your Toes

When fighting superheroes, it's best to fight fire with fire, but what happens when you don't have any fire? Well, then you fight fire with water, which leaves you with a nice doused solution to your problem, rather than everything around you being on fire.

Tired metaphors aside, the availability of Compound V, the powerful steroid used to give Supes their powers, is one of the bigger deviations of the series from the source material.

Compound V in the comics was much more widespread, with the chemical being used by The Boys in order to stand toe to toe with the Seven without being folded in half like a map. This lead to some hugely violent battles, with regular humans exploding into red mist left and right. The super serum is far less prevalent in the show, only being used by Vought International to create their own super-heroes to market to the masses, and as a steroid to increase a Supe's existing powers.

However, the lack of the Compound forces the show Boys to be a bit more inventive with their fights, knowing they can't handle a Supe one on one, amping up the tension and bringing a real sense of danger to proceedings.