The Boys Foreshadowed Black Noir's Death Before It Happened
Warning! Spoilers for The Boys comic book series and streaming series below
In a heartbreaking message from Becky Butcher, Billy's late wife guessed how Black Noir would die in The Boys comic book series. In The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker #5 from Dynamite Comics, Butcher reads a diary from Becky, where he discovers the truth about Homelander's (actually Black Noir) assault. Becky compared him going after Homelander to «breaking into the White House» and fighting a «thousand tigers» all at once. Considering Black Noir died in the White House against a literal army, it's not far off prediction for how the Supe met his end.
In The Boys comic book and streaming series, Billy Butcher made his personal mission to kill as many Supes as possible after an assault on his wife took her away from him. In the comics, Becky Butcher died after being assaulted by Black Noir, as giving birth to the superpowered baby was too much for her body to handle. Meanwhile, in the live-action series, the assault by Homelander resulted in his wife's death being faked, as she was hidden alongside her son, Ryan. However, in her diaries, it was revealed Becky never wanted Billy to go after Supes in revenge, while she predicted Black Noir's death in the same message.
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In The Boys: Butcher, Baker, Candlestickmaker #5 from Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Simon Bowland, and Tony Avina, Billy Butcher reads his late wife Becky's diary, learning the truth about Black Noir's (initially believed to be Homelander) assault. In closing her thoughts about the traumatic incident, Becky wrote that Billy could never find out about it, as it would put him in direct conflict with
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