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‘The Boys’ Season 5 Mid-Season Review

April 29, 2026 Wiktor Reinfuss Comicbook Films & Shows, Prime Video, The Boys, Vought Cinematic Universe 6 min read

The first five episodes of The Boys season 5 deliver the trademarked brutality and uncomfortable moments as intended, but what really defines the final season is how heavy and serious everything feels. Every conversation carries tension, every decision feels like it’s irreversible, and the pacing slows down just enough to let you absorb the consequences of the character’s actions. That makes

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‘Gen V’ Season 2 Review: Confronting A Darker Reality in ‘The Boys’ Universe

September 16, 2025 Wiktor Reinfuss Comicbook Films & Shows, Prime Video, The Boys, Vought Cinematic Universe 6 min read

Your typical students with powers of the gods are returning in Gen V season 2. This time, their story will go into an even darker, messier, and crazier world than in the first season. Due to the events from season 1 of Gen V and the last seasons of The Boys, a superhero regime now exists, led by Homelander (Antony Starr).

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‘The Boys’ Season 4 Review: Insanity Reigns Supreme

June 13, 2024 Anthony Flagg Amazon Studios, Comicbook Films & Shows, Prime Video, The Boys, Vought Cinematic Universe 6 min read

Once again, the wildest comic book property returns to screens. That’s right, The Boys season 4 first three episodes are now streaming on Prime Video. All the heroes and villains return to play their parts to perfection and introduce another crazy storyline. This season is picking up after the shocking finale in season 3 of The Boys and the aftermath of

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Convention Preview: Los Angeles Comic Con 2023

November 29, 2023 Uday Kataria Ahsoka, Comic Con, Comics, Deadpool & Wolverine, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, House of The Dragon, Jurassic Park/World, L.A. Comic Con, Lego, Marvel Zombies, Shazam, She-Hulk, Star Wars, Stranger Things, The Boys, The Lord of the Rings, The Marvels, Thor 5 min read

Los Angeles Comic Con returns to the L.A. Convention Center this weekend, and I’m excited to attend for the very first time! With over 120,000 fans in attendance, 250+ panel discussions, and over 800 artists and exhibitors present last year, this year is sure to be a blast. Read on to see what you can expect from L.A. Comic Con starting on

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Thanksgiving: The Cosmic Crew Gives Thanks

November 19, 2023 Brian Kitson Ahsoka, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Blade, DC Showcases, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Holidays, Hunger Games, Invincible, Loki, Marvel, Midnight Sons / Midnight Suns, Rick and Morty, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros, Superman, The Boys, The Last of Us, The Marvels, Twisted Metal 7 min read

Happy holiday season dear readers! How has this year flown by? It seems like just yesterday that we were setting off fireworks and headed to the beach. But now the air is getting colder and if you’re like Lorelei Gilmore, you just might smell snow in the air. However, before we completely dive into the holiday season which comes with December,

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‘Gen V’ Review: A+ for the First Session of ‘The Boys’ Spinoff

September 27, 2023 Anthony Flagg Comicbook Films & Shows, Prime Video, The Boys, Vought Cinematic Universe 6 min read

Prime Video is well aware of its huge success with The Boys series, and Gen V is proof that they don’t intend to forget that. What seems like, from the outside, gratuitous material to further the brand, the series instead inserts a horrifically accurate view of our modern societies. Equally, the subplots will make lasting changes to the landscape of Vought

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‘The Boys’ Season 4 Predictions

July 11, 2022 Tucker Watkins Amazon Studios, Prime Video, The Boys, Vought Cinematic Universe 8 min read

The Boys season 3 has wrapped up with a simultaneously meditative and explosive finale. Time and again they have effortlessly delivered some of the most fantastic TV in recent memory, and I just want to wallow in it for a little bit. While I certainly don’t think my writing abilities are on par with that of the writers for The Boys,

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‘The Boys’ Season 3 Review: Bigger, Harder, Darker

July 8, 2022 Anthony Flagg Amazon Studios, Comicbook Films & Shows, Prime Video, The Boys, Vought Cinematic Universe 7 min read

Right when you think The Boys can’t raise the stakes any further, season 3 went out of its way to shut us all up. Once again we are served eight fantastic and well-paced episodes that leave you feeling satisfied at the end. I am thrilled knowing the show plans to begin shooting in a month for the fourth season. If you

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‘The Boys’ Season 3 Premiere Spoiler Review: Stronger Than Ever

June 3, 2022 Tucker Watkins Amazon Studios, Comicbook Films & Shows, Prime Video, The Boys, Vought Cinematic Universe 6 min read

Within 10 minutes of pressing play on “Payback,” season 3 of The Boys lets you know just how absolutely insane things are really going to get. If you want to go in spoiler-free, come back to this review later, otherwise, read on for my thoughts on the newest season’s first 3 episodes. [Spoiler warning for the first 3 episodes of The Boys

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Cosmic Crew: Staff Picks for 2022

January 6, 2022 Anthony Flagg Avatar, Doctor Who, Mission Impossible, Shadow and Bone, Star Wars, The Boys, The Lord of the Rings, The Umbrella Academy, Tokyo Revengers 7 min read

2021 was a fantastic resurgence of new and old on television and in theaters. As my fellow writers broke down those series and feature films, I began thinking about 2022. Warner Bros and Marvel Studios are gearing up for some wild rides in this year’s release slate, but I wanted to go beyond those and see what else my friends here

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Amazon Confirms ‘The Boys’ College Based Spin-off

September 28, 2021 Anthony Flagg Prime Video, The Boys, Vought Cinematic Universe 2 min read

The third season of filming has recently wrapped on Amazon’s Emmy-nominated hit superhero series, The Boys, and now the much-anticipated spin-off series set in the named Vought Cinematic Universe has been officially confirmed. Referred to as Untitled The Boys Spinoff (for now), the series will take place in a college campus setting that is not only run by the mega-corporation Vought