The Boys Can't Use Butcher's Shocking Comics Ending Despite His Powers
Warning! SPOILERS for The Boys comic book.
The Boys season 3 is coming soon, but its showrunners must avoid ruining Billy Butcher by adapting the comic book's final story. The series has taken a number of liberties with its source material, but with the season 3 trailer revealing that the Boys will get superpowers themselves, it could be gearing up to adapt the final arc of its comic book source material. The version of Billy Butcher the show has created is too different for this to work, however, and the ending could prove very controversial.
The comic book version of The Boys seemingly ends with the death of Homelander and his even eviler clone, Black Noir. However, in a shocking twist, Billy Butcher transforms from a morally gray anti-hero into a straight-up supervillain, as he plans to release an explosive strain of compound V to murder anyone with supe DNA, meaning millions of innocents would die. He is stopped and killed by Hughie, but not before he murders the rest of the team, including Frenchie, the Female, and Mother's Milk. The Boys TV series hasn't got to this plot point yet, but season 3 looks to borrow more heavily from the comics, as it a trailer shows Butcher with superpowers, a moment ripped from the comic books. Season 2 ends with Butcher saving Ryan, the supe son of Homelander and Butcher's wife, Becca, but not before Becca is caught in the crossfire and dies in Billy's arms.
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It would be a shocking (but ultimately mistaken) move to have Butcher become the series' final antagonist. Karl Urban's portrayal of the character is both charming and endearing, and though his hatred of supes is a major part of his personality,
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