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The Boys ?
Yes to a point, but consider…
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…Hughie and Butcher both take Compound V in the books and a temporary version in the show, which gives them powers, and the universe is set up so, theoretically, anyone who wants powers can get them.Yes but the driving force for the narration is « how people without powers will react to people with power » but yes it’s not all non-power characters
I'm not super familiar with that show but it is about superpowered characters isn't it?
Of course that brings up the question of what the definition of a superhero is. Technically Batman, Black Widow, and Hawkeye are non-superpowered characters
The first season is more about the effects of super power on normal people lives and they react about it … after that there’s a lot of power that are thrown around
What you’re searching have been done in comics but not a lot in TV or movie IIRC
Sounds cool
I prefer the comic
The Boys is about non-superhero characters in a superhero universe, pretty much matches your post question. The core group of people ("The Boys") start out as regular people living in a world being trashed by people with superpowers.
As the series progresses it does veer off from that but maybe the first season is closer to what you're looking for.
Ah. Sounds interesting
/boggle
It is entirely about superheros.