Warning! Spoilers for The Boys comic series below.
In The Boys comic book universe, The Deep is one of the few members of The Seven who has a moral compass. While the character's television counterpart is much more of a jerk, after the legendary superteam folded in the comics, the Deep tried to rebrand himself with a new group of heroes - which failed almost as soon as it began.
While Chace Crawford's portrayal of the Aquaman satire has given viewers of The Boys Amazon series plenty of reasons to find him despicable, The Deep is actually one of the few good (in comparison to others) heroes on the comic book version of The Seven. In the comics, he's one of the few male heroes who doesn't participate in assaulting Starlight upon her joining the superteam and refuses to partake in Homelander's efforts to overthrow the government. Throughout the series he's portrayed as a pretty level-headed Supe. His costume in the comic is quite different than his Aquaman-esque outfit in the show, as he's forced to wear a diving helmet due to an ancient curse.
The final issue of The Boys by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Richard P. Clark, Simon Bowland, and Tony Avina, sees Vought-American rebrand to American Consolidated, and their attempts at forming a new superteam to replace the now defunct 'The Seven' is shown. In a giant office building, the businessmen in charge of the company discuss a new way forward with executive James Sitwell. Debuting a new superteam called True, they admit they need to go on a new path with a different generation of heroes. Sitwell isn't impressed, noticing that the all-white costumed heroes have all sorts of problems - and notices that one of them is "plainly The Deep."
The Deep obviously wanted to remain a Supe, as he clearly is wearing his old helmet with a KKK-like hood on. It shows just how badly both he and Vought have fallen in the wake of Homelander's defeat. Sitwell doesn't even entertain the new team, telling his fellow execs "you're going to have to start again," while telling them he wants "something that isn't just the same old sh** dressed up." He proceeds to go to his office and sob about the bad product showed to him.
It's obvious The Deep wanted to continue on as a Supe - however, his attempt to rebrand with True is desperate and dead on arrival. It doesn't help that his costume was super racist. It's an epic fall from grace for The Deep - albeit one that's much less-deserved than his television The Boys counterpart. The rebrand sucked and Vought deserved its failure - and then some.