The Boys season 5 episode 5, featuring a new character named Mister Marathon, introduced as a former member of the Seven who turned to acting after being replaced by A-Train. The episode also featured several thinly veiled Spider-Man parodies, with Homelander suggesting that Marathon's movies were not made by Vespagn, but by Sony Pictures TV. Both the show and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), which is owned by Disney, both have licensing issues. Fans are praising the show's parody of the superhero genre.