The Boys was great when the Supes had their strengths and weaknesses.
A-Train had super speed but a dodgy heart.
Translucent's skin was bulletproof but his insides weren't.
Sage was the smartest person in the world but she longed to just zone out to trash TV and had to lobotomise herself to do so.
The Deep was master of the ocean but on land, his gills were a weakness point... and his stupidity.
This meant The Boys could have a plan to stop them, or a convenient way to have the Supe out of action, without just rewriting powers to suit the plot.
Some of the most unfortunate and bizarre deaths that actually happened:
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1. John Edward Jones lost his life after being trapped inside the Nutty Putty cave for more than 27 hours.