While The Boys might be based on a successful comic book series, the superhero satire has managed to outdo its source material on numerous fronts. On occasion, an adaptation can improve on its inspiration. For example, author Michael Crichton’s novel Jurassic Park is a successful but unspectacular sci-fi story about a theme park gone wrong. Its 1993 movie adaptation Jurassic Park is one of director Steven Spielberg’s best movies and is widely viewed as one of the best blockbusters ever made. Similarly, the Roderick Thorp novel Nothing Lasts Forever is largely forgotten, while its movie adaption Die Hard is pretty...