The Boys
Summary
One of the most frightful decease in the entirety ofThe Boyswas entirely snub by sports fan this integral time . There ’s no short supply of awful and over - the - top execution in the series that feature superhumans dying left and correct . But one expiry is far more unrelenting than reader may have thought .
InThe Boys # 67by Garth Ennis and Russ Braun , Billy Butcher is outto see his last design through : the extermination of every Supe in the world . Butcher begins making moves against anyone who could stop him , including the Legend , who decease cheek down in a sight of discarded comics .
InThe Boys Omnibus Vol . 6 , Eva Braun clarifiesthat the Legend diesafter havinghis spine snapped off - dialog box by Butcher . According to Braun , however , many fans have read the death as a centre attack , which he feels work just as well in the scene which at long last is about the Legend earn he ’d neutralise his aliveness .
Billy Butcher Broke the Legend’s Back and No One Noticed
The Boysis a tearing and over - the - top satire of superhero story . Rather than having a humanity filled with moral and noble crusaders , the superheroes , or Supes , of the creation are reckless jerk at best or unlimited threats at spoilt . The only the great unwashed around to keep them in confirmation are the Boys , a CIA - back mathematical group charged with find and stopping out - of - ascendancy Supes by any means necessary . direct the Boys is Billy Butcher , an effective yet roughshod intelligence agent with lot of connection , includingthe Legend , a deplorable Stan Lee - esque comic book creatorwho once mould for Vought - American .
To be just , it ’s well-off to misread the initial panorama . The Legend is an old man and he knows that Butcher is there to kill him . That kind of accent could certainly frighten off someone with last . Not to mention there ’s no sound consequence to entail Butcher ’s stomping on the Legend ’s back . The only indication the Legend is being trample is his tooth pop out , which could easily have chance from the older man slipping and fall . While a heart plan of attack is just as good a death , the Legend ’s trigger-happy end isa better fit for Butcher ’s final , horrendous act .
The Legend’s Actual Death Shows Butcher’s Horrific Dedication
InThe Boys’final act , Butcher eliminates everyone he feels could be a scourge to him while trying to genocide the Supes . Would a core attack have benefit Butcher ? Perhaps . But Butcher was making sure that there was nothing that would stop his last attack and there ’s no way he ’d take the chance of the Legend reclaim from a heart attack put his plans at risk . While Russ Braun has no problem with the Legend ’s last being seen as a heart attack , bonk it was another one of Butcher ’s murders helpsThe Boysgo out on an ultra - red tone .
The Boys Omnibus Vol . 6is available from Dynamite Entertainment .
