List of The Boys characters
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The following is a list of fictional characters from the comic-book series The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and subsequent media franchise developed by Eric Kripke, consisting of a live-action series adaptation, the web series Seven on 7, the animated anthology series The Boys Presents: Diabolical, and the live-action spin-off series Gen V.
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The Boys
The Boys is a CIA black ops team created by Col. Greg Mallory to observe, record, and sometimes liquidate Supes created by the mega-conglomerate Vought. Ostensibly assembled to help prevent and avenge the immoral and illegal actions of the largely out-of-control "Supe" community, they also seek to ensure that Vought lacks the stability or the platform to push for the use of superhumans in national defense. Due to Billy Butcher's increased instability, the team's focus gradually changed from one of management and containment to the total elimination of all Supes. As Mallory notes in issue #55, 14 people were killed by the Boys from 1987 to 1995 and "nearly three times that number" between 1995 and 2002, after Butcher gained more influence. This coincides with Mallory's belief in issues #54–55 that despite the seductiveness of the concept of special forces teams, the application of them can often go wrong as they try to justify their budgets and create their private conflicts. As a result, Mallory feels that the original concept for the team has gone awry and would never have created the unit as it currently stands.
The first iteration of the Boys was decommissioned after a disastrous confrontation with the Seven in 2001 that resulted in the deaths of Mallory's grandchildren. The unit was reformed a few years later – indicated in issue #1 to be soon after the 2004 Presidential election – and has carried on where they left off. All the members have enhanced strength and durability due to being exposed to Compound V before birth, or ingesting/getting it injected later on in life.
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