When I first watched the trailer for Supacell some weeks ago, I couldn't help but compare it in my mind to Amazon's The Boys. Except this isn't an Amazon series, instead it's one of Netflix's originals – and it has shot straight to the new no.1 position on the UK series chart, following its launch on 27 June.
Watch the show, however, and while those initial The Boys comparisons have some validity – albeit with Supacell being more akin to 'the British version' – the show takes a different, less off-kilter dark comedy approach. Think Top Boy meets Marvel and you're halfway there – as you can see for yourself in the below trailer:
