Win The Boys season one on Blu-ray

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We have three box sets of the edgy superhero show to give away!

Jack Quaid as Hughie Campbell and Karl Urban as Billy Butcher.
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What if superheroes were jerks? That's the basic concept of controversial comic The Boys, now brought to the screen by Supernatural creator Eric Kripke.

Mixing edgy satire, goofy humour and brutal gore, it's set in a world where superheroes are corporate-sponsored megastars, and explores the age-old adage that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Members of superteam The Seven variously let people die to protect their image, accidentally kill innocent bystanders, and sexually harass colleagues. The titular Boys (led by Karl Urban) are a vigilante group who, having suffered at the hands of capes, are now determined to punish them...

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Ian Berriman
Deputy Editor, SFX

Ian Berriman has been working for SFX – the world's leading sci-fi, fantasy and horror magazine – since March 2002. He's also a regular writer for Electronic Sound. Other publications he's contributed to include Total Film, When Saturday Comes, Retro Pop, Horrorville, and What DVD. A life-long Doctor Who fan, he's also a supporter of Hull City, and live-tweets along to BBC Four's Top Of The Pops repeats from his @TOTPFacts account.