The Boys Season 3 Will Explore The Vought Of The ’60s, ’70s, And ’80s
By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 30, 2021 6:46 pm EST
While the series has mostly riffed on current comic book properties so far, showrunner Eric Kripke recently told The Illuminerdi that fans can expect to see more about the heroes (and villains) of yesteryear when the series returns.
Some Good Old Vintage Vought
In the new season, fans will be introduced to a whole bunch of new characters, most of them members of the superhero team Payback. The villainous Stormfront (Aya Cash), who joined the Seven in season 2, was a big part of Payback in the comics. At the end of season 2, it was revealed that she was the first superhero, Vought’s wife, quite old, and a literal Nazi. Now we’ll get to see some of her old comrades, including Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles), who is a riff on Captain America and is one of the older superheroes in Vought’s collection.
“I mean all of them! I mean I think they all get amazing things to do. I mean season 3’s fun because it’s not just about Soldier Boy, but it’s about the team he was a part of which is called Payback. And Laurie Holden plays Crimson Countess and there’s a bunch of other heroes who are amazing. So, sort of seeing who was the Seven before the Seven. And what was life like for Vought? In the history of Vought what was it like in the ’60s and ’70s and ’80s? To dig into the history of the world, not just the present has been a lot of fun.”
About a month ago, Kripke told Variety that Soldier Boy was essentially “Homelander before Homelander.” It’s also looking like they’re going to make Payback a superhero group that predates the Seven and was perhaps the precursor to it. This is a bit different than in the comics, where all of the members of Payback are superheroes who weren’t allowed to join the Seven in the first place, so they did their own thing.
Just kidding! This is “The Boys,” so past and present are probably going to clash with very bloody results.
