The Boys
Summary
The superhero satire seriesThe Boysis a news report filled with a fate of dying and carnage . But for all the series ’ use of force , there were a few demise that allow even one of the comic ’s Lord filled with rue , mostly because they make for into one of the most rail image in comic book history .
The Boyswas never afraid to skewer the superhero music genre and often satirise several common tropes found in most superhero stories . But year after the serial came to an destruction , one ofThe Boys’co - creators finally airs his thoughts on how his story inadvertently cover the controversial ‘ Women in Refrigerators ’ figure of speech .
Hughie’s Girlfriend and Butcher’s Wife Died to Advance Their Stories
InThe Boys Omnibus Vol . 6by Garth Ennis , Darick Robertson , and Russ Braun , Ennis provides a comment for his original outline for his serial . He finally broaches the subject of Hughie , particularly the moment hisgirlfriend is kill by A - Train . InThe Boys # 1by Ennis and Robertson , Hughie and his girlfriend Robin are enjoying a twenty-four hours at the fair when their idyllic appointment is interrupted by A - Train ’s battle with an out - of - control condition Supe . Robin expire suddenly and violently , and her destruction is the driving incident that leads Hughie to join up with Butcher and the Boys .
Ennis notes in his commentary that Hughie ’s loss is specify to parallelButcher ’s loss of his wife Becky . However , instead of being drink down in a fight between Supes , Becky was killed by a Supe fetus she conceived after she was raped by Black Noir . Ennis ' commentary inThe Boys Omnibusmentions he now feels uncomfortable at the melodic theme of giving both Hughie and Butcher drained love interests to crusade their stories forwards . Ennis does admit while he worked to make Becky a more full fleshed - out character later in the story , he failed to do the same matter for Robin .
Garth Ennis Regrets Playing into the ‘Women in Refrigerators’ Trope inThe Boys
The ' Women in Refrigerators ' trope gets its name from an infamous and unexpected murder seen inGreen Lantern # 54 . Kyle Rayner heads to his home where he get wind his enemy Major Force has killed Kyle ’s incredibly supportive girl , Alexandra DeWitt , and stuffed her remains in the refrigerator . The death was so over - the - top , that it set off a treatment about the handling of women character reference in comics , spearheaded by Gail Simone , who coined the condition ' fridged’to refer to any female character unceremoniously killed to come along the plot of land point of a male character .
Garth Ennis is mindful of how often female characters are defeat to advance the secret plan points of male fictional character . To his credit , he builds on Butcher ’s wife throughoutThe Boysand makes her feel like a fully realized role . He also writes Starlight , Hughie ’s love interest , as one of the most human characters in the level . WhileThe Boyskills a lot of hero indiscriminately , Starlight never falls into that booby trap and is her own character . While Garth Ennis is the first to admit he used the well-worn trope , he made up for itby flesh outThe Boys’female characters .
Starlight Makes Up For Garth Ennis' Biggest Regret
Out of all the heroes that die duringThe Boys , Starlight manages to forfend a grisly luck . But beyond just only surviving until the goal , Starlight get a spate of focus and is build as a person with hopes , desire , and flaw . Ennis acknowledged that he want Butcher and Hughie to partake in a traumatic past to show how they reflected one another . And Ennis acknowledged that this came at the expense of killing off a distaff character for no thick reason . But gratefully , Starlight ’s character development help make up for his biggest regret when writingThe Boys .
