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100-565: Herogasm was adapted as the sixth episode of the third season of the Amazon Prime Video streaming television adaptation of The Boys , with Jensen Ackles portraying Soldier Boy , a character introduced in Herogasm . In February 2009, Dynamite announced the first spin-off mini-series of The Boys in Herogasm , with art from John McCrea , who The Boys creator Garth Ennis had worked with numerous times before, and Keith Burns,

200-569: A Homelander's statue in the set of the show confirming that the production for the third season officially started in Toronto , Ontario , with the Metro Convention Centre being transformed into the fictional Vought Studios for the show. Kripke was worried that the COVID-19 could endanger the filming for the season causing conflicts with filming schedules, guest stars, and how can it work with

300-405: A License to Drive (Me Crazy)" and "Rock My Kiss", both of them being performed by Miles Gaston Villanueva, while the third one was "America's Son" by Laurie Holden. On June 17, 2022, another song performed by Holden was "Chimps Don't Cry" which was released alongside its music video. The season includes a musical sequence taking place in a hospital between Kimiko and Frenchie, which is featured in

400-624: A character introduced in Herogasm . Unlike the source material in which Soldier Boy is depicted as a superhero who has yearly sex with Homelander in an attempt to gain membership in The Seven , Soldier Boy was depicted as the "Homelander before Homelander", a superhero from World War II brought out of retirement . In addition, the "Herogasm" event was held by Soldier Boy's teammates the TNT Twins at their house. Herogasm opened to largely positive reviews by critics. In 2017, CBR ranked Herogasm as

500-532: A collection in 1986 by Pantheon Books ) "established a beachhead for 'graphic novels' in the book trade". In the 1990s, "trade paperbacks found their popularity boom". Comic book publishers began releasing trade paperbacks of collected story arcs directly after those stories' original periodical publication, because a new reader could purchase the trade paperbacks and access the entire series' stories to date. The Librarian's Guide to Graphic Novels for Children and Tweens by David S. Serchay explains: "At first it

600-634: A couple of days, was just great. She's sorely missed, but she will be forever remembered in season 3, jacking off Homelander." Charlize Theron made a surprise cameo appearance as Stormfront in the season's premiere for the trailer of the in-universe fictional film Dawn of the Seven , in the same vein as her appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness as Clea . Paul Reiser also makes an appearance in

700-403: A dangerous rival to Homelander with almost the same strength to stand up to and fight him. Another major change from the character is that his suit would be a green one instead of the modern red, white and blue costume. Kripke revealed that the season's sixth episode would eventually adapt the miniseries comic book Herogasm , which is centered around superhero orgy festivals. He has described

800-410: A different era, but he's got the ego and the ambition — it just comes across in a different way because he's from a different time." In the series, the character is kidnapped and tortured by Russians in order to portray him as a superhero that wouldn't be the same that used to be in his time once he wakes up. Kripke made this change with the intention of making a superhero that could potentially be

900-419: A drunken, drug fuelled Orgy as an annual all expenses paid vacation. The alien threat is confirmed to not actually exist and was just for PR purposes. Homelander has sex with Soldier Boy from Payback, the second best Super Hero team, under the guise of "testing" him to see if he is worthy to join the Seven, the best Super Hero team. He is able to convince Soldier Boy that it is not gay for them to have sex and it

1000-608: A few sequences taking place at the neighborhood of Little Italy . The crew managed to capture a shot at the Flatiron Building where The Boys are occupying as their headquarters, though the interior was probably filmed on a set at the studios. Moreover, the crew filmed at the exterior of the Saint George Manor for the in-universe fictional reality show named "American Hero". The season was also filmed in Canada's Wonderland at

1100-409: A friend of McCrea's of whom he has said: "Keith's strengths are my weaknesses and vice versa." The series is The Boys version of the big 'event' storylines but, according to Ennis "while we're having a pop at the notion of mass crossovers within a shared universe, we're not picking on 'Crisis' or ' Secret Wars ' or ' Countdown ' or whatever in particular." The idea for the mini-series came about because

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1200-415: A larger-than-original hardcover. This article applies to both paperback and hardcover collections. In the comics industry, the term "trade paperback market" may refer to the market for any collection, regardless of its actual cover. A trade paperback differs from a graphic novel in that a graphic novel is usually original material. It is also different from the publishing term trade paperback , which

1300-820: A naked man resembling Homelander destroys a passenger jet in mid air with his eye beams, killing everyone on board. Afterwards, the Vought officer tells Homelander that Vic will become the president within a year, implying that they will have the President assassinated so that Vic can become president. The Vought officer then talks to Payback to get them to take care of a troublesome group, implied to be The Boys, and suggests that if they are able to accomplish this, they will no longer be regarded as second best and that that they will no longer need to keep trying to join The Seven. At night, The Boys mount an operation. They drug and throw Doofer from

1400-606: A photograph as Marie Moreau, ahead of starring in the spinoff series Gen V , in "The Only Man in the Sky". Appearing as fictionalized versions of themselves in the opening scene of "Herogasm", which parodies Gal Gadot 's universally panned COVID-19 lockdown celebrity supergroup cover of " Imagine ", feature the following (in order of their appearance; not acting, but singing on YouTube ): Patton Oswalt , Josh Gad , Ashton Kutcher , Mila Kunis , Elizabeth Banks , Kumail Nanjiani , Aisha Tyler , and Rose Byrne . The third season

1500-404: A role that he would reprise in the series' third and fourth seasons. The character has also been reported to be a parody of Tucker Carlson . On March 10, 2022, a teaser poster was released through Twitter which consists of Butcher getting heat vision and featured the caption "Soon, it'll be time to level the playing field," suggesting that the character would be getting superpowers to be at

1600-502: A single massive, bloody battle between Supes that's more an exaggeration than a refutation of the weightless CG violence served up by any Marvel third act. And yes, it's queasily ironic that this takedown of powerful institutions is coming to us from a series funded by one of the most powerful corporations at all. But asking them feels right in line with the series-long quest to interrogate the all-American project of unthinking hero worship. The series hasn't lost its bitterness or its bite, and

1700-441: A sturdily built season, but it might make you miss the show at its full strength." Brian Lowry from CNN commended the show for its portrayal of "superheroic cynicism" and performances, and commented: " The Boys remains creatively fearless and, for those with the stomach for it, a great deal of fun. As creative combinations go, like Homelander, that one-two punch looks pretty near unstoppable." Joshua Rivera from Polygon praised

1800-534: A team sport, that brings people together." Ahead of the third season's premiere, Amazon announced that the series would be releasing video segments of the series in the form of in-universe news reports from Vought News Network—a parody of the Cable News Network (CNN) as well as Fox News —called "Seven on 7" through the Vought International YouTube channel. The video segments were released on

1900-537: Is a book with a flexible cardstock cover that is larger than the standard mass market paperback format. For many years, trade paperbacks were mainly used to reprint older comic-book stories that were no longer available to the average reader. Original copies of those stories were scarce, and often very expensive when found due to their rarity. In 1954, "the first mass-market paperback reprints of American comic book material" began with " The MAD Reader , published by Ballantine Books ". The reprint collections of Mad in

2000-407: Is a collection of stories originally published in comic books , reprinted in book format, usually presenting either a complete miniseries, a story arc from a single title, or a series of stories with an arc or common theme. A trade paperback may reproduce the stories either at the same size in which they were originally presented (in comic book format), in a smaller " digest-sized " format, or

2100-980: Is assaulted by Black Noir . The Boys season 3 The third season of the American satirical superhero television series The Boys , the first series in the franchise based on the comic book series of the same name written by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson , was developed for television by American writer and television producer Eric Kripke . The season is produced by Sony Pictures Television in association with Point Grey Pictures , Original Film , Kripke Enterprises, Kickstart Entertainment and KFL Nightsky Productions. The show's third season stars Karl Urban , Jack Quaid , Antony Starr , Erin Moriarty , Dominique McElligott , Jessie T. Usher , Laz Alonso , Chace Crawford , Tomer Capone , Karen Fukuhara , Nathan Mitchell , Colby Minifie , and Claudia Doumit returning from prior seasons, with Jensen Ackles joining

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2200-512: Is at; what she's thinking and how she's feeling. And she's doing it without saying a damn word. That is so hard, and Karen does it so effortlessly that it's just truly an astounding thing to watch." A scene of the season's premiere took inspiration from a popular theory turned viral meme of the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Avengers: Endgame when a fan suggested a possible theory of Ant-Man killing Thanos by shrinking inside

2300-423: 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." Alonso revealed that the season was expected to be darker than

2400-470: Is described to be the wildest one of the show, as it intends to push several limits for a TV-MA rated show, even to the point where Chace Crawford expressed concern about the reaction of the fans and event to the point of believing that he and the rest of the crew could be canceled from the internet. Kripke revealed that from the storylines portrayed in the third season, he considers the character development of Kimiko as his favorite one revealing that from

2500-555: Is eventually collected into trade paperback or hardcover edition that prints several issues in one package". Author David S. Serchay wrote that with books "trades have an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) and a spine and come in a variety of sizes. In some cases, the pages of the trade are larger or smaller than they were in the original comic book". A trade paperback will sometimes feature additional artwork, such as alternative cover art , pinup galleries by guest artists, or additional story material that had not been released in

2600-403: Is merely a trial, and that perhaps he will have better luck in the future. Homelander has no intention of letting him join and just wants to trick him because he is convinced he can do anything he wants. Meanwhile, The Boys have infiltrated the island and observed the Seven's liaison officer with Vought arriving, along with Vice President Vic, who is secretly controlled by Vought. The next day,

2700-544: The Astra TV Awards , winning 6. On June 10, 2022, the series was renewed for a fourth season . Charlize Theron , as herself, appears in the fictional film Dawn of the Seven as Stormfront in "Payback". Also appearing in a fictional film, titled Not Without My Dolphin , as themself is Billy Zane , who portrays Alastair Adana . Seth Rogen appears as SupePorn.com patron "SirCumsALot779" in "The Last Time to Look on This World of Lies". Jaz Sinclair appears in

2800-533: The Medieval Faire to recreate the fictional in-universe Vought Land theme park, where Kimiko and Frenchie encounter Crimson Countess. The companies that were in charge of creating the visual effects for the season were Pixomondo, Rocket Science VFX, MPC Episodic, Soho VFX, Ingenuity Studios, Rising Sun Pictures, Studio 8, and Outpost VFX. Stephan Fleet was in charge of being the VFX supervisor once again after working for

2900-459: The TNT Twins . Kripke said that the season was expected to explore deeper into the American history of the show's universe and Vought's past. He also revealed that the season would introduce the superhero team Payback: "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

3000-417: The " Dark Phoenix Saga " and "The Power of Iron Man". Similarly, trade paperbacks were a "minor endeavor" for DC "until 1986's collection of The Dark Knight Returns ". Brian Cronin, for CBR , highlighted that The Dark Knight Returns trade "was a true game-changer. The crux of the great Alan Moore /DC Comics feud is that Moore's deal with DC for Watchmen said that Moore and Dave Gibbons would get

3100-428: The "Homelander before Homelander" and that he would be "worse" than the same Homelander: "In the comics he's mostly just kind of bumbling and subservient to Homelander, I would say. As we're writing him in this, we're getting to really talk about the history of Vought because he's like John Wayne. He's one of these guys that's been around for decades of Vought history. And he was Homelander before Homelander, so he's from

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3200-664: The 1980s allowed smaller publishers to flourish. In 1981, Warp Graphics 's Elfquest series "landed in bookstores" as full color trade paperback collections – "it was the first graphic novel series to push its way out of the comic book marketplace". The success of series such as Mirage Studios ' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dave Sim 's Cerebus showed that "readers were interested in bound comic book collections, whether they were called phone books, comic book novels, albums or graphic novels". In 1984, Marvel shifted from trade paperbacks which were general collections to trade paperbacks which were notable recent runs such as

3300-417: The 2020 San Diego Comic-Con@Home . The season was released on a weekly basis on streaming service Amazon Prime Video , premiering its first three episodes on June 3, 2022, while the rest ran until July 8, 2022. The season received positive reviews with praise towards its action sequences, character development, storyline and performances (particularly Urban, Starr, and Ackles), and received 14 nominations at

3400-619: The Fantastico, a parody team of the Fantastic Four, off the hotel's roof to create a distraction, then abduct Agent Lucero from the Vice President's security detail. Everyone present assumes Doofer overdosed on drugs and fell off the roof by himself as he has a history of using too many drugs. During the operation to abduct Agent Lucero, Hughie is knocked out and raped by Black Noir from the Seven, but for some reason he does not alert anyone to

3500-482: The Great Superman Comic Book Collection was "the first DC comic book collection in the modern tradition". Paul Levitz of Vulture commented that "these collections of reprints were united by their title character or series but only accidentally had any commonality of story or theme, and their existence as books was clearly an afterthought". The growth of trade paperbacks and graphic novels in

3600-636: The Houston Bridge, causing a far higher death toll than if it had been shot down. This incident was covered up because nobody actually saw Vic hit the President, and officially the President was in full command from start to finish. During the Super Hero award ceremony, a prostitute attempts to keep the Vought Guy occupied at a bar, but he quickly discerns her true intentions and demands to know who hired her. Homelander receives an award, admits he did "something"

3700-411: The Vice President's security detail are actually from Vought's Red River paramilitary force, and that the last plane on 9/11 wasn't shot down because Vic had hit the President over the head with a fire extinguisher and ordered the planes be called off, so that the Seven could mount a rescue operation, which failed because they had no training and no way to fly the plane after boarding it. The plane then hit

3800-489: The ante on what was already one of television's most audacious satires, The Boys ' third season is both bracingly visceral and wickedly smart." On Metacritic, the season has a weighted average score of 77 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Alison Foreman of The A.V. Club graded the season an "A−" and wrote: "Packed with fun-as-ever action, surprise cameos, and searingly salient commentary, The Boys season three ticks nearly all

3900-455: The audience the thing that Marvel can't give to them.' Then someone else raises their hand, hilariously, and says, 'Didn't we already do an ass explosion?' Which we did, in Season 1, with Translucent, which is hilarious. And so, once you take butts off the table, there's really only so many orifices you can go in. And it was Craig who mounted that argument. He's like, 'Look, the mouth isn't funny and

4000-421: The beginning of the season's premiere it would begin her journey of the emotional arc she would have to explore. Kripke has stated that following the previous seasons he decided that it was finally important to give the character some agency: "Yeah, it's one of my favorite storylines. You're really watching her blossom as a personality and really starting to express her own agency. For so much of Kimiko's life, she

4100-441: The best superhero television series of all time and as one of the finest original shows running on Prime Video. Obviously still not for the faint of heart, the superhero satire returns for its third season angrier and more direct than ever, with blood and gore running wholesale as its brutal characters continue to run amuck." Inkoo Kang from The Washington Post praised the show for its themes and performances and suggested: "It's

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4200-427: The blood — that's one of her many jobs. She told me that all of Season 2 ... When you talk about bulk, I don't think they used over a gallon of blood in Season 2, believe it or not. Season 3, we're already at three and a half gallons of blood. So that should give you a little indication of where it's going." For the scene where Termite gets into and subsequently blows up his lover's urethra, Brett Gredge confirmed that

4300-516: The book trade than in comics shops". Trade paperbacks and graphic novels are the preferred format for circulating library collections, since these collections are created to be read, and not to be retained as collector's items or as investments. Attempts to catalogue and circulate single-issue comics can pose difficult problems and the durability of the trade paperback format is an important consideration for longevity and collection development in public and school libraries. Trade paperbacks "are also

4400-528: The boxes for those seeking on-screen catharsis amid real-world frustration, impatience, and grief." The Guardian ' s Lucy Mangan rated the season with a 4 out of 5 stars and wrote: "[ The Boys ] goes from strength to strength. Between the actors, the writers or the viewers, it's hard to say who's having the most fun." Jennifer Bisset from CNET praised the show for its meta humor and character development and commented: "Every episode guarantees early Game of Thrones level fornication and bloodshed – albeit

4500-467: The butt has been done.' So we're going to blaze some new trail through the eye of the needle, as it were. And it was so funny. Even though it was very much sweetened by the effects, that is a practical penis. That is an 11-foot high, 20-foot long penis head that has a urethra, a tunnel in it, and built at great expense. We got Sony and Amazon to pay so much money to build this set. And it's just another reason why I love my job." On August 17, 2020, it

4600-438: The cast. Taking place a year after the events of the previous season, the season follows the titular Boys now working for Victoria Neuman (Doumit)'s Bureau of Superhero Affairs to apprehend problematic Supes, having been at peace with The Seven. However, the conflict is resurrected once Butcher (Urban) begins investigating the truth about the apparent death of Soldier Boy (Ackles), one of Vought's first American superheroes, with

4700-400: The chilling final shots of the finale should wipe out any fears to that effect. But as season three reminds us, the punches hit harder when there's something worth fighting for." Jake Kleinman was positive towards the season though considered it unnecessary: "Maybe The Boys was built for Trump, and without his constant presence, it feels less necessary. Maybe Marvel is less untouchable than it

4800-675: The comic book showing the fourth-most nudity in the 2000s, praising its depiction of "bedroom proclivities that rival their inhuman abilities." Will Morgan of The Slings & Arrows praised the "overall tone [a]s gleeful, as Ennis strives for ever more depraved and ludicrous situations for the series’ colour-splashed supporting cast to get into, taking irreverent jabs at the Avengers , the Fantastic Four , several of Batman 's Rogue's Gallery , and scores more. Artist John McCrea's talent for amiable goonery has seldom been deployed to better effect; even

4900-427: The corpse of Agent Lucero wrapped in a US Flag, and the main series continues with issue #31. The series has been collected into a trade paperback : In January 2021, Eric Kripke , the showrunner of the Amazon Prime Video streaming television adaptation of The Boys , confirmed that Herogasm would be adapted as the sixth episode of the series' third season , featuring Jensen Ackles portraying Soldier Boy ,

5000-412: The crew created a 11-foot high and 30-feet long penis prosthetic (modeled after that of Seth Rogen ) with a post he made at his Instagram account with a photo of himself alongside his stunt double Alex Armbruster posing in front of the fake penis covered in white powder. The show also created a fully made CGI octopus for the scene where The Deep is forced by Homelander to eat it to rejoin The Seven as

5100-469: The crew did not want to endanger or harm any animal. Fleet also revealed that the crew created a giant bag with white powder for the first episode where Termite in his small size is captured by Butcher into a bag full of cocaine and is taken into the custody by the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs. A prosthetic animatronic octopus was created for an scene where it is seen having sex with The Deep for

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5200-415: The details for the fictional film, was also created as part of the in-universe viral marketing. Posters were also released with the main poster being designed by Kyle Lambert who also worked for the posters of Stranger Things , with the others being individual posters for each of five members of The Seven which are Homelander, Starlight, Black Noir, Queen Maeve, and A-Train. On May 30, 2022, on Twitter it

5300-572: The effects of that with #31 of the regular title. Herogasm starts off with the Homelander making a public announcement that the heroes and villains of the world have united to face an alien threat, which was responsible for destroying the G-Men. They then fly off to a island resort where high class prostitutes are paid $ 100k to entertain them for several days and the Super Heroes and Villains largely engage in

5400-472: The exterior of The Seven Tower with the latter one being re-created digitally. The crew filmed the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to be converted into the inside of the Vought headquarters for the series which included several posters of the supes Homelander and Starlight. The show was also filmed at several places for other scenes from the north of Downtown Toronto to Yonge Street , with

5500-507: The fifth episode, "The Last Time to Look on This World of Lies", with Kripke intending to include the scene since the series' second season. The episode was teased on June 14, 2022, on Twitter with the message: "Bring your dancing shoes" and the hashtag #TheBoysMusical . Fukuhara deemed the scene as an opportunity to bond with Capone: "The dance rehearsals really bonded us together, and I think you can see that on-screen, as well. There's something about working on something together, like doing

5600-480: The first part of the story does not involve the team and focuses on the superheroes, but will affect the main series: Our heroes' minor role in the story gradually alters its dynamic, until something happens in #4 that sends things off on a completely unexpected tangent. After that, life gets serious fast, and by the end you'll have witnessed events that will change things in the Boys' world for good. We'll start to pick up on

5700-466: The gaps. From 2013 to 2018, graphic novels were the highest-selling format for comic books". According to industry reports, "the massive shift to graphic novels as the preferred format for comics continued in 2019 bringing sales in the book channel above the comic store channel in North America for the first time in the history of the medium" and that "the sales of graphic novels were growing faster in

5800-485: The gory bits have a cartoonish CGI sheen. Even the Soldier Boy coverup storyline echoes the season 2 Stormfront mystery. Thankfully, as always, The Boys finds its sweet spot. It does so via characters more identifiable and conflicted than even the most ground-level Disney Plus heroes." Sam Stone from CBR was positive towards the series and wrote: "Three seasons in, and The Boys has more than earned its place as one of

5900-421: The hopes of killing Homelander (Starr) for good. Concurrently, Homelander's mental stability begins to deteriorate as Vought attempts to restrict his power while other Seven members, such as Starlight (Moriarty) and Queen Maeve (McElligott), assist The Boys in their plots against him. The season was announced ahead of the second season premiere, on July 23, 2020, at the aftershow hosted by Aisha Tyler for

6000-430: The larger suppliers, and other retailers that do not normally carry comic books. Despite the growing popularity of the trade paperback, the serialized, individual issues are still considered the primary mode of sale by comics publishers, and a poorly selling series may face cancellation irrespective of trade paperback sales. However, some series, such as Ms. Marvel and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur , "survive on

6100-511: The late 1950s and early 1960s increased their popularity. In the 1960s and 1970s, Marvel Comics (first through Lancer Books and then through the Fireside Books imprint) published trade paperbacks which were collections around specific themes such as battles, villains and individual characters. After Marvel's success with their Fireside Books collections, DC Comics began publishing similar themed collections through Warner Books . In 1981,

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6200-435: The latter's rectum and expanding. However the theory was debunked by Avengers: Endgame film's co-writer Christopher Markus stating that Thanos' rectum was too strong for Ant-Man and the latter would have been killed instead. This scene is shown during the first 15 minutes of the show where Termite gets in the penis of a lover of his while making love with him but he accidentally sneezes, reverting to normal size and killing

6300-544: The latter. Kripke took the decision to prove that theory to give fans something that Marvel would never do: "Craig Rosenberg wrote the script and deserves most of the blame for it. These evolve in a writers' room and the evolution of that sequence started with, 'We need The Boys to fight a superhero.' So then we ask, 'What big superhero haven't we done yet?' Someone says, 'We haven't done Ant-Man.' And then someone else says, 'There's that meme of Ant-Man climbing up Thanos' butt and blowing him up. So we should do that. We should give

6400-492: The leader of the superhero group "Payback". The character is described as a superhero just as dangerous as Homelander who fought in World War II , that represents the embodiment of toxic masculinity and patriotism . Kripke teases that unlike the comics where the character is portrayed as an innocent and cowardly superhero who has yearly sex with Homelander in an attempt to gain membership in The Seven, he would be portrayed as

6500-536: The level of the supes to finally face them directly. A red band teaser trailer was released just two days later and confirmed officially that Butcher's superpowers would be heat vision. On May 13, 2022, released a teaser themed poster for the in-universe fictional film Payback with every member of the superhero group in it with Soldier Boy at the front and center of the poster and the other members being Crimson Countess, TNT Twins (Tommy & Tessa), Mindstorm, Airburst, Gunpowder, and Black Noir. On May 16, 2022,

6600-452: The main arc may also be omitted, and in older trade paperbacks it was common practice to omit pages from the main story related to other subplots . Since trade paperbacks may be less expensive and more convenient than buying the individual periodicals, readers may forgo purchasing individual issues in favor of the trade. A significant benefit of the trade paperback version is that it is often available in bookstores, from smaller booksellers to

6700-400: The most horrible and heinous acts are presented with a chirpy patina which offsets the darker scenes masterfully." Screen Rant lauded the miniseries' "controversial" aspects, describing it as "a shocking storyline, even by the standards of The Boys monthly comic" but praising the decision to address "the idea of men being sexually assaulted ", specifically a scene in which Hughie Campbell

6800-529: The official trailer for the season was released, which teased the introduction of a Compound V that grants superpowers for only 24 hours better known as V24, which revealed to be the source of Butcher's superpowers. On May 21, 2022, Amazon published a trailer for the in-universe fictional movie Dawn of the Seven which also named it as the Bourke Cut making reference to the film Zack Snyder's Justice League . A website www.dawnoftheseven.com , which gives users

6900-450: The other day for no reason other than because he felt he could, heavily implied to be the destruction of the passenger jet. He is about to reveal that he destroyed the passenger jet when the Vought officer walks in, causing Homelander to quickly end his speech, walk off stage and destroy his award in a fit of rage. Godfrey, The Vice-President's Chief of Staff who works for Vought, overhears Agent Lucero saying he might have done something to fix

7000-425: The popularity of their trades sales, not just in the direct market and local comic shops, but in book stores across the world" and at " Scholastic [book] fairs and the like". Other times a series might be relaunched after cancellation, such as Iceman and The Unstoppable Wasp in 2018, if the series has good trade sales. In 2018, Screen Rant highlighted that "publishers and retailers traditionally ignore

7100-480: The presence of The Boys. Hughie covers the incident up by claiming he fell and hit his head, unwilling to admit what really happened. The Vought officer is informed of the suspicious circumstances involving the downed passenger jet, and suspects a flying super hero from Herogasm might have been involved. Agent Lucero reveals he had some concerns about Vought's infiltration of the White House and that several members of

7200-420: The previous seasons, stating that Soldier Boy was a pretty dark character that ensembles other Supes dark as well. In October 2020, the already finished script for the third season was revealed to get the title of "Payback", confirming that the superhero group of the same name would be making their live-action debut for the series. One of the many superheroes introduced in the show is Soldier Boy, who serves as

7300-411: The previous seasons. Fleet revealed that the season would have bigger visual effects than the previous seasons but will keep the characters and story that was created by the creators of the series. Laz Alonso revealed that the season used over three times the amount of blood more than the previous season: "I'll put it to you this way. I was talking to the head makeup artist and she's in charge of ordering

7400-621: The problem with Red River members infilitrating the security detail, and he orders a search of the island. The Boys detain the Red River members of the security detail with the help of Agents Lucero and Dubisher, another member of the US Secret Service, and order them to keep reporting that there is nothing wrong with the search every hour. Herogasm ends and all the Superheroes fly off, with the smarter ones wondering what Homelander's real speech

7500-495: The rest of the episodes were released on a weekly basis up until the season finale on July 8. Due to the graphic imagery of an orgy that was expected for the episode, the season's sixth episode "Herogasm" includes a warning sign on a trailer that was released on Twitter that reads: "This episode depicts a massive supe orgy, airborne penetration, dildo-based maiming, extra strength lube, icicle phalluses and cursing. It's not suitable for any audience." The third season of The Boys

7600-569: The rights to the characters once the book went out of print. At the time that Moore signed the deal, which was [before] the Dark Knight Returns was collected, the idea of a comic book staying in print was absurd. Well, by the time that Watchmen was finished, Dark Knight Returns was a sensation as a trade paperback and naturally, DC gave Watchmen the same treatment [...] and it's never been out of print since". The Dark Knight Returns , Watchmen , and Art Spiegelman 's Maus (published as

7700-785: The sales of trade paperbacks when it comes to deciding whether or not a specific title is doing well. For decades, the single issue has been king, even though those sales figures are far from helpful. [...] Trade paperbacks are increasingly important as a marker of what sells, with 2016 seeing a 12% jump in trade sales over 2015 - a period when single issue sales fell. Even 2017, which saw both trades and single issue sales fall compared to 2016, trades were down 9.38%, compared to single issues dropping 10.4%". In 2019, Bleeding Cool emphasized that "in recent years, collected issues/trade paperbacks are more popular and profitable than monthly comic book periodicals. As single issue sales have consistently plummeted, trade paperbacks and graphic novels have filled in

7800-454: The scene as a very difficult one due to the writers trying to find a way of how to make the scene fit into the storyline into the show. Jensen Ackles considered the episode to be the most traumatic experience for the crew that even the director was confused: "I know I was just kind of very curious as to how that was going to work. And even the director was like 'I don't know what I'm shooting anymore.' Our crew looked traumatized." The episode

7900-430: The season, Aya Cash reprised her role as Stormfront with a guest appearance in the season's premiere. Kripke admitted that he took the decision to bring the character back even with a small role and that even Cash was unaware of her return for the season. Antony Starr admitted that he enjoyed to work with Cash once again: "We've become really tight friends after doing season 2 together. To have her back, even just for

8000-513: The second place of the Nielsen ratings. Additionally, Amazon announced that the third season's worldwide viewing audience grew 17% over the previous season and 234% over the first. PETA awarded the episode "Barbary Coast" the "Tech, Not Terror" Award for using a CGI octopus. Trade paperback (comics) In comics in the United States , a trade paperback (shortened: TPB or trade )

8100-508: The series as The Legend, a spoof of legendary screenwriter and producer Robert Evans whereas his comics counterpart was based on Stan Lee . Kumail Nanjiani reprised his role as Vik from The Boys Presents: Diabolical in "Herogasm". Voice actor Eric Bauza voiced Buster Beaver, the mascot of Buster Beaver Pizza and a parody of Chuck E. Cheese . With the animation provided by 6 Point Harness , Bauza's former animation workplace. On February 24, 2021, Kripke shared through his Twitter

8200-421: The seventh day of each month over a period of seven months starting on July 7, 2021, and concluding on January 7, 2022. The video segments served as a bridge between seasons two and three, with each segment containing different stories that tease a series of events expected to happen on upcoming episodes and introducing new characters. Matthew Edison joined the series as Vought News Network anchor Cameron Coleman,

8300-471: The show for portraying real life issues such as the Trump administration and wrote: "This bears out — it's jarring to see direct references to things Trump said or did when he's no longer president. Fortunately, The Boys feels like a work made by people who have plenty of ammunition for both sides of the aisle, as no ideology has a monopoly on craving power — or on worshiping those who amass it." Maggie Lovitt from

8400-452: The show, respectively, as Supersonic, Gunpowder, and Blue Hawk. On October 5, 2021, Frances Turner, Kristin Booth, and Jack Doolan joined the series as recurring characters. Booth and Doolan appear as the TNT Twins with the former being Tessa TNT and the latter being Tommy TNT, while Turner replaced Alvina August as M.M.'s ex-wife Monique. Though the character originally wasn't meant to return in

8500-409: The sixth episode "Herogasm". The soundtrack album for the soundtrack was released digitally on July 8, 2022, through Madison Gate Records . Christopher Lennertz composed the original soundtrack after previously doing so for the previous seasons. On June 3, 2022, Madison Gate Records released its first three songs for the show written by Christopher Lennertz , with the first two being "You've Got

8600-688: The standard issues. A common practice is to include an art gallery featuring the artwork of the original comic book covers from which the series was compiled. Many feature introductions written by prominent figures, some from outside the world of comics—for instance, The Sandman: Worlds' End features an introduction by Stephen King , the Ultimates 2 book has an introduction by Jonathan Ross and most Hellboy trade paperbacks have included introductions by prominent authors. Trade paperbacks generally do not feature advertisements, fan mail , or special foil or embossed covers. "Back-up" stories not related to

8700-482: The story. However the crew worked hard and managed to use several safety precautions to ensure the safety of every worker, something that Karl Urban acknowledged though the season was originally slated to start production in late January. On September 10, 2021, Karl Urban confirmed that the season officially wrapped filming. Like the previous seasons, several scenes were filmed at the Roy Thomson Hall to grab

8800-436: The suit fits his character: "Our goal was to highlight a bygone era of overt masculinity and grit. With that pedigree we dove headfirst into baking in an all-American quality grounded in a military soldier's practicality with a heavy dose of old school cowboy swagger. We knew that the actor had to have Steve McQueen looks and chops with a John Wayne attitude — luckily Jensen Ackles embodies all of that." On October 30, 2020, it

8900-495: The superhero orgy festivals. Kripke confirmed that Soldier Boy will be different from the comics, revealing that instead of being depicted as a superhero who has yearly sex with Homelander in an attempt to gain membership in The Seven , he will be portrayed as the "Homelander before Homelander". Kripke also revealed that Soldier Boy won't be innocent like he is depicted in the comics and instead he will be portrayed as someone "worse" than Homelander. Laz Alonso , revealed that

9000-493: The third season would be three times bloodier than the previous season, revealing that they used three and half gallons of fake blood, compared that the previous season only used less than a gallon of blood. On May 17, 2022, it was confirmed that the superhero team Payback would be making their live-action debut on the season, with several superheroes being introduced in the show. The new heroes aside from Soldier Boy would be Crimson Countess , Gunpowder , Mindstorm , Swatto , and

9100-503: The website Collider rated the season with a "B+" and wrote: "The third season of The Boys is an insane, blood-soaked, and dick-filled journey into a twisted world where the superheroes are just as corrupt and monstrous as the government agencies that puppeteer them, and the world is ready and willing to buy into that madness and enable it." Angie Han from The Hollywood Reporter commented on her review: " The Boys being The Boys , all these relatively nuanced ideas still culminate in

9200-458: Was a few years ago, and The Boys no longer feels like a scrappy parody punching up but more like Amazon punching down." According to Nielsen , for the week of May 30 to June 5, it was reported that the third season managed to claim fifth place with over 949 million minutes of the first three episodes being watched. The following week the show suffered a drop of 30 million of viewing minutes managing to get 919 million, though it managed to be at

9300-422: Was announced on July 23, 2020, ahead of the second season premiere, at the aftershow hosted by Aisha Tyler for the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con@Home . On October 16, 2020, the season's first episode was revealed to be titled "Payback". Showrunner Eric Kripke confirmed that the sixth episode of the season would be adapting the comic book miniseries Herogasm , which will be taking the same name and will focus on

9400-571: Was announced that Claudia Doumit and Colby Minifie would reprise their roles as Victoria Newman and Ashley Barrett, respectively, with both being promoted to series regulars. On March 26, 2021, it was announced that Katia Winter joined the show as the Russian mob boss Little Nina. On June 25, 2021, Laurie Holden was announced to join the show as the superheroine and Soldier Boy's ex-girlfriend Crimson Countess. On June 23, 2021, Miles Gaston Villanueva, Sean Patrick Flannery , and Nick Wechsler joined

9500-410: Was announced that Jensen Ackles would be joining the show as Soldier Boy , promising that "the character would bring so much humor, pathos, and danger to the role". On June 7, 2021, Ackles shared through his social media his first look as the character. Laura Jean Shannon designed the suit for Soldier Boy using military green and referring to him as "the original bad-ass". She eventually explained how

9600-429: Was doing what other people wanted. It was really important to me that, even though she might not be speaking literally, she really has a voice and she really has a point of view and a perspective. It's a blast to do it. And Karen deserves more credit than I think she gets, because she is doing one of the great highwire acts on TV right now. I defy you to pick a moment where you don't completely understand where Kimiko's head

9700-493: Was posted a 1980s themed anti-drug campaign short video with Ackles portraying Soldier Boy making reference at the Just Say No campaign. The following day, the in-universe outtakes of Soldier Boy were published revealing the true colors of the character as a hypocritical short-tempered, foul-mouthed, alcoholic, and drug-addicted superhero. The third season of The Boys premiered its first three episodes on June 3, 2022, while

9800-402: Was released on Blu-ray and DVD as a two-disc set by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on October 24, 2023. Special features include deleted/extended scenes and gag reels, as well as "The Making of Featurette". On Rotten Tomatoes, the third season holds an approval rating of 98% based on 155 reviews, with an average rating of 8.05/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Managing to up

9900-463: Was supposed to be. Eventually the Red River agents realise they will be killed once they are no longer useful, and rush Agents Lucero and Dubisher. In the ensuing struggle, both agents are killed, but not before Lucero kills Godfrey. Two Red River agents attempt to escape in a plane but the Female damages the aircraft, causing it to crash and kill everyone onboard. The series ends with The Boys flying off with

10000-437: Was the most popular stories that were being collected, but more and more comic book stories are now being put into trade, sometimes less than two months after the 'newest' issue is sold. And [...] not only recent material but a great deal of older material is finally being collected into trades". In 2015, Polygon highlighted that "though this was far less common a decade ago, pretty much every monthly comic out there right now

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