The ending of The Boys comic book series featured Homelander’s downfall, while the subsequent epilogue miniseries indicated that no malevolent supe like him would ever rise to menace the world again. Garth Ennis’ denouement to his infamous superhero satire didn’t tie up every thread from the series, but the author did go out of his way to reassure fans the world truly had changed for good by the story’s ending.
The Boys: Dear Becky – written by Garth Ennis, with art by Russ Braun – offers one final chapter in the bloody tale, set over a decade following the conclusion of the main series. The tale sent protagonist Hughie on one last adventure, investigating the source of a mysterious journal detailing the earliest days of the Boys. As part of the story, fans were offered a glimpse of a world where “superheroes” no longer exist, leaving fans with the implication that even if a new generation of supes were to one day rise, the world would never let another Homelander happen.