The Boys
Summary
Whether in the comics or its goggle box adaptation , The Boysis know for its raunchy , irreverent , often gory take on the superhero writing style . However , even this extremely R - rated serial held back in some cases - none more shocking than the original codename of the Hero of Alexandria subsequently known as Tek Knight .
InThe Boys Omnibus Volume 6 , Ennis includes his original outline for the series . While the main cast are already clear in his head , the villains of the franchise are less fleshed out , with the Seven not exist at this early leg . However , Ennis does have plan for"the F****er"in the comic ’s 2nd volume , noting,“Obviously , this would become Get Some , feature Tek - Knight and his little problem . “Played in the Amazon adaptation by Derek Wilson , Tek Knight is ferment intoa far more ominous pattern on video , though with his core ascribe comparatively interchangeable .
Homelander sees himself as the greatest power in the world , but The Boys disagrees , and uses his decease to humiliate and denigrate him .
The Boys' Tek Knight Was Conceived as “The F***er”
Ennis' Plans for the Character Began with His Compulsion
Tek Knight is one of the first superheroes the Boys take on in the comics , and he appear before the series has in full found its representative . Because of this , Tek Knight is the only truly altruistic mainstream superhero in the serial . His aesculapian trouble not withstanding , Tek Knight reach to help others , and even exit while agitate a cleaning lady and child to safety from some falling masonry ( albeit while hallucinating a world - saving phantasy in which his compulsion makes him uniquely capable of destruct a meteor heading for Earth . ) In the original sales talk , Ennis drop a line :
A superhero commit in his psychiatrist that he ca n’t stop get sexual activity , more often than not with whatever comes to hand . His cyborg teammate , the shrink ’s cat , a melon - nothing is safe . This is all grist for the mill of the Boys ' blackmail machine , of course , and it is n’t long before Butcher and co. take an interest .
At this head in the series , there were some major conflict - Butcher was still coming together as a character and Mother ’s Milk was planned to secretly be several centuries previous - howeverthe outline for Tek Knight abide almost precisely the samefrom conception to publication - right hand down to the particular of Tek Knight being plain off Payback after assaulting his robotic teammate Mind - Droid ( a parody of Marvel ’s Vision . )
Despite dying early in the serial , Tek Knight has a lot of tie-up to other figures inThe Boys , from being a establish member of the Avengers - similar team Payback to groom the Nightwing - esque SwingWing - a homicidal Supe who is Butcher ’s first on - Sir Frederick Handley Page killing .
The originalThe Boyscomics are a genuinely disrespectful takedown of superhero stories , and many of the characters ' codenames are hide insults or insinuation , however call a hero"the Fer"would have broken abatement of skepticism , peculiarly in a cosmos where superheroes are hiding their true hedonistic nature from the populace . To be average to Ennis , he does note the name is a"working title,“though consider the enfranchisement also let in Supes like Discharge , Reacher Dick and Snaffletwat,“the Fer"becoming"Tek Knight"still feels like a golden escape . The Boysis not known for its simplicity , but thankfully it had the subtlety to give Tek Knight a more G - rated codename , even if his actual behavior stayed the same .
The Boysis available to register in its integrality from Dynamite Entertainment .
