In the third season of The Boys, fans can again look forward to a wild mixture of laughter, amazement and absolute shock. The hit series from Amazon Prime Video expands the ensemble around Butcher (Karl Urban) and Homelander (Antony Starr) in the eight new episodes lots of weird supes.
After Season 2 was shaken up by Aya Cash’s Stormfront, this time Supernatural star Jensen Ackles’ superhero Soldier Boy becomes the linchpin of Season 3’s key developments Anti-Captain America and 9 other key new The Boys superheroes need to know, you can find out here.
New supes in The Boys Season 3: Soldier Boy, the brutal Captain America
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Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) is a true supe legend in the world of The Boys. Before there was Homelander, there was Soldier Boy. A more brutal version of Marvel hero Captain America, he became an American super folk hero who defended the United States in the war against Communism and later led the Supes team Payback – the predecessor of the Seven. He was officially killed on a mission in the 1980s.
In Season 3, Butcher and the Boys set out to find out more about Soldier Boy in order to gain important information that could give them an advantage in the fight against Homelander. Lost for almost 40 years, Soldier Boy suddenly reappears in the present to join the bloody mayhem.
New Supes in The Boys Season 3: Crimson Countess, the Anti-Scarlet Witch
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Crimson Countess
The superheroine Crimson Countess played by The Walking Dead star Laurie Holden is The Boys’ answer to Marvel’s Scarlet Witch. With her hands she can unleash fiery and powerful bursts of energy. She was once part of Vought’s supe-team Payback and Soldier Boy’s lover.
Meanwhile, the Crimson Countess ekes out a dreary existence as a C-celebrity attraction at Voughtland theme park, where she sings about her ex-boyfriend’s story on stage. Next to her not so successful singing career Crimson Countess is committed to protecting chimpanzees – they are her passion.
New Supes in The Boys Season 3: 4 more members of the Payback gang
Team Payback, led by Soldier Boy, has long been defunct as such. To find out more about what really happened to Soldier Boy almost 40 years ago, Billy Butcher and company visit the former members of Payback. In total, this team consisted of eight supes.
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In addition, we learn in The Boys Season 3 that the enigmatic Seven member Black Noir used to fight alongside Soldier Boy, Crimson Countess and Co.
New Supes in The Boys Season 3: Termite, the Coked Ant-Man
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We meet a new superhero right at the beginning of the Season 3 opener: Termite (Brett Geddes). The homosexual Supe has a very special ability. Similar to the Marvel hero Ant Man he can shrink his body to tiny size. But instead of committing heroic deeds, Termite prefers to hang around at wild parties in a drug intoxicated state.
New Supes in The Boys Season 3: Blue Hawk, the super cop
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Blue Hawk
Another new Supe we meet in The Boys Season 3 is Blue Hawk (Nick Wechsler). A patriotic and superhumanly strong vigilante, always armed with a baton, he takes the law into his own hands and acts as a some kind of super cop. In the course of the new episodes, Seven member A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) becomes acquainted with him.
New Supes in The Boys Season 3: Supersonic, the Singing Super Ex
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Supersonic
After the events of last season, the team of the Seven consists of only five members. To fill the open spaces, Vought hosts the Casting show American Hero. Among the five participants in the show is the supe Supersonic (Miles Gaston Villanueva). He is 27 years old and his abilities include superhuman strength and the sonic bludger.
He used to be drummer boy known and in his youth a real heartthrob for teenagers. He sang in boy band Super-Sweet and dated young Starlight (Erin Moriarty). Now Supersonic and Annie January reunite on the show, which understandably doesn’t sit well with her partner Hughie (Jack Quaid).
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