Soldier Boy Reveal Combines 3 Characters From The Boys Comics
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3, episode 7
The Boys' latest huge Soldier Boy reveal incorporates elements from three totally different comic book characters. Jensen Ackles debuts in The Boys season 3 as Soldier Boy — a former Vought legend who died under mysterious circumstances in 1984, but returns to get revenge on the teammates who wronged him. Born in 1919, Compound-V has left Soldier Boy ageless, but while there's only one version of the horribly outdated supe in Amazon's live-action adaptation, Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys comic books contain two very different incarnations of Soldier Boy.
The first wore a green suit while wielding a golden shield, and fought (badly) alongside his Payback pals during World War II. Though not afraid of battle, Soldier Boy mk. 1's overconfidence and woeful ineptitude caused many deaths on the battlefield — his own included. The Boys' second comic Soldier Boy is a modern day coward whose costume more closely resembles Captain America's. Neither brave nor skilled, he sleeps with Homelander while trying to earn a spot in the Seven. Jensen Ackles' Soldier Boy is a made-for-TV creation, not directly based on either calamitous comic cretin, but the influence Amazon's adaptation does draw comes mostly from Soldier Boy mk. 1. Ackles' emerald-colored costume and gold shield faithfully recreate the original Soldier Boy design, and both share a brash, arrogant attitude. Moreover, The Boys season 3's Nicaragua incident follows Soldier Boy's WWII comic massacre almost beat-for-beat, even down to Mallory's involvement.
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Despite taking most of its cues from the first comic Soldier Boy, The Boys season 3, episode
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