What Power Gunpowder Has In The Boys Season 3
Caution: spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3
What gun powers does Gunpowder wield in The Boys season 3, episode 2? The responsibility of being a father figure might've mellowed Karl Urban's Billy Butcher, but his fiery determination to put Homelander six feet underground still burns as brightly as ever. When Queen Maeve reveals the possible existence of a supe-killing weapon, therefore, Butcher's ears can't help but prick up. The weapon was allegedly deployed with great success against Soldier Boy in 1984, so Butcher begins tracking down surviving members of the legendary supe's Payback team. He doesn't need to look hard for Gunpowder — Soldier Boy's ex-sidekick is now preaching the virtues of firearm ownership to a family audience...
Billy Butcher engages Gunpowder twice in The Boys season 3's opening episodes, losing the first round before winning the second thanks to V-24. «Barbary Coast» also shows Gunpowder fighting against enemy soldiers (and, indeed, friendly ones) in his youth. Played by Sean Patrick Flanery, Gunpowder's powers walk that thin line between superpower and highly-trained skill. What can Soldier Boy's former ward do, and what powers does he actually possess?
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We know Gunpowder is definitely a Compound-V subject because Butcher growls, "It don't change what you are" before brutally executing the trigger-happy idiot. Butcher beats Gunpowder pretty easily after V-24 imbues him with super-strength, so the Payback veteran likely doesn't possess much in the way of physical enhancements. Comparing the character in 1984 to The Boys' present day, Gunpowder has aged normally too, setting him apart from Stormfront, Soldier Boy, Black
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