The Boys Actually Made Marvel Comics Canon
While the comic series The Boysis known for poking fun at established superheroes from both DC and Marvel Comics, the series actually incorporated one publisher into its own universe by making Marvel Comics canon. The Boyshas a number of Marvel Comics parody heroes including Soldier Boy, who was created to mock Captain America, and the superhero team the G-Men, a clear spoof on Marvel’s X-Men. However, The Boysofficially brought Marvel Comics itself into its universe after one character made a comment only a Marvel fan could have made.
In The Boys#35 by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, fans are given the official backstory for M.M., otherwise known as Mother’s Milk. As explained in the issue. M.M.’s mother worked in a factory owned by Vought-American that used to be used for manufacturing Compound V, the serum that turns humans into supes. The remnants of Compound V were absorbed into M.M.’s mother’s bloodstream before the member of the Boys was born. The trace amounts of the serum gave M.M. superhuman strength that doesn’t manifest until he joins the military, and he accidentally uss that power to punch the head off of one of his brothers in arms. Locked in a holding cell, M.M. is then visited by Butcher, the leader of the Boys, who offers M.M. a place on the team.
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When M.M. accepts Butcher’s offer to join the Boys, Butcher makes a comment to him that only someone familiar with Marvel Comics could have made. Butcher says to M.M., “You wanna Hulk out and bend the bars, or will I just open the door?” Butcher makes a clear reference to the Hulk even though no such supe by that name exists in The Boysuniverse. From what has been explained throughout the
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