The Boys
Summary
While the television loop ofThe Boysmay keep abreast the theme , whole tone , and vibration of the original comic ledger author , it takes more than a few liberties with the story and part , as is often necessary for a television adaptation . One of the most obvious differences between the two versions is found in the character costume . Moreover , with the popularity and accessibility of the television show , the small CRT screen costumes have become the classic , rather than the alternative , look of the series .
However , in a recent piece of daze fan art , the original comic costume are brought back in all their " old school " glory . The devotee prowess , which is compose of two separate " virgin variant " covers for Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’sThe Boys#1 , was station to the Instagram account of their creator , the talented cover artist@ivantao(Tao ) .
The first cover depictsHomelander face off against Soldier Boy , while the 2d cover has Billy Butcher taking on Starlight . Tao arrange the character on the pages in such a way that , if the cover were placed boundary - to - edge , they ’d create a connecting covert that would - shockingly - seem to make Homelander and Butcher teammates .
Homelander may be The Boys ' large villain , but Soldier Boy is the reason the squad was ever formed in the first spot , locomote back to WWII .
Homelander & Soldier Boy’s Costumes Show How Different They Were In The Comics
grant to Tao , the binding were drawn in a stylus to commemorate legendary comic artist John Buscema ’s covering forSilver Surfer(1968 ) # 4 . The link up covers certainly evoke Buscema ’s dynamism , sense of fluidity , character item , and telltale facial expressionism . But perhaps the most obvious connexion to Buscema is the covers ' comic book classicalism - or their return to a previous era of risible book story . In Tao ’s depiction ofThe Boys , the emphasis is on the catamenia before the idiot box series existed , when lover had to swear only on the comic Quran as their sole rootage of understanding .
Tao ’s court to that earlier earned run average is invoked by his pick of costumes . For the most part , he keeps Homelander ’s costume unaltered from the reading in the tv set series . But that was to be expected . Homelander is the one character costume with the least amount of change in the telly adaptation . Indeed , the only detectable conflict in the design is the size and nature of his epaulet . The substantial costume throwbacks in the man are depicted by Soldier Boy .
With Soldier Boy , Tao prefer to portray the most late iteration of the hero and loss leader of PayBack . This is the version of the costume that clear reflectsthe creator ’s satirization of Marvel ’s Captain America . Interestingly , the Soldier Boy who don that star - spangled banner version of the costume in the comedian was ridiculously inept and notoriously careful to stay on Homelander ’s ripe side . So Tao ’s depiction of him coming after Homelander in full furore is a nice use of artistic licence that connects the showcasing of older - school costume pageantry with the animosity the two hero displayed in the television series but not in the original comic book source .
Butcher Dons His Traditional Look To Take On Starlight
Since Starlight ’s costume generally remain the same in the idiot box adaptation as it appeared in the amusing book , Tao keeps it the same in the cover piece . In the case of Butcher , however , Tao dramatise his ominous all - mordant attire that was much more daunting in the comics compared to the scruffy , Hawaiian - shirted , liberal - reboot portrayal in the TV series . While Starlight and Butcher did not care each other , they never fight back it out . Tao ’s piece , however , takes the conflict to its logical oddment , namely an all - out fight for the succeeding ofThe Boys .
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The Boys is a gritty and subversive take on the superhero genre, focusing on a group of vigilantes who confront powerful superheroes abusing their abilities, exploring themes of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where heroes are not always what they seem.
