Who else could join Soldier Boy by jumping from The Boys' original comic series to Amazon's season 3? One of Prime Video's biggest hitters, The Boys is based on Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's ground-breaking. albeit controversial, graphic novel, borrowing the overall premise, various storylines and most of the main characters. Rather than faithfully copying panel-for-panel, however, Amazon's The Boys treats its source material as a jumping-off point. Many aspects are identical, but Eric Kripke (The Boys showrunner) stretches Ennis' story and characters into new directions, modernizing the allegories, adding deeper shades to the cast, and introducing completely fresh narrative strings.
The Boys season 3 looks set to drift even further from the comics. Hughie is working for secret supe politician Victoria Neuman, and the Boys have gone their separate ways after Queen Maeve helped bring Homelander to heel. Butcher remains on the warpath, naturally, but the landscape of The Boys has changed so significantly, season 3 represents uncharted territory for longtime fans and newcomers alike.
Having said that, The Boys will at least incorporate one or two familiar components in season 3. The notoriously X-rated Herogasm is on the horizon, Jensen Ackles will debut as Soldier Boy, and Katia Winter joins the cast as Little Nina. Since its safe to assume further surprises are in story, which other comic book characters might fans meet when The Boys returns?
The Legend
In many ways, it's amazing The Legend hasn't popped up in The Boys already. This colorful old-timer once wrote comic book stories for Vought's superheroes, but now operates in a store filled with back-issues and overpriced merchandise. The Legend knows everything there is to know about supes, including their weaknesses and closeted skeletons, and he feeds that information directly to Billy Butcher as a side-hustle, letting The Boys get the jump on their opponents on more than one occasion. Indeed, it could be The Legend who reveals the truth about Soldier Boy's alleged World War II heroics.
Since Butcher will begin The Boys season 3 without his usual team, The Legend would be a useful ally to have around, and his introduction makes far more sense now Karl Urban's character is a legitimized supe-hunter with CIA funding. Heavily inspired by Stan Lee, Kripke and co. must handle The Legend with at least a little tact, but parodying the Marvel legend without insulting him is perfectly possible. The Legend also acts as somewhat of a mentor for Hughie in the comics. With Starlight's squeamish boyfriend estranged from Billy Butcher as The Boys season 3 begins, it could be the randy old informant who brings them back together.
Tek Knight
However The Boys goes about it, adapting Tek Knight will be no easy task. A hilarious hybrid of Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark, Tek Knight is hopelessly addicted to humping, with little regard for his own safety, or that of his targets. Tek Knight's story comes to an end when he believes he saves the world by sexually engaging a giant meteor, telling you all you need to know about the character. Any normal live-action adaptation would shy away from such an insane comic creation, but with season 2 giving Love Sausage an even larger appendage than usual, the series has show willingness to make The Boys' wackiest concepts even wackier. Tek Knight's existence has been confirmed in Amazon's The Boys. When Butcher first takes Hughie to a supe collateral damage support meeting, an attendee describes being left with life-changing injuries after a botched Tek Knight rescue attempt.
Like Soldier Boy, Tek Knight is a member of Payback - a group Eric Kripke has promised to explore in The Boys season 3. This gives Tek Knight a natural... er, entry point into the TV show. Of course, where Tek Knight comes, his young sidekick Swingwing will be close behind. This Robin parody would be a welcome addition to The Boys' roster of heroes - although his comic arc likely wouldn't work in a modern setting.
Blarney Cock
A member of the Teenage Kix superhero stable, Blarney Cock faces off against Hughie in The Boys' comic series, duly getting destroyed as Butcher's newest recruit struggles to control his strength while hopped-up on Compound-V. The entire Boys vs. Teenage Kix battle was cut from season 1, with Blarney Cock's role given to Translucent instead. Both characters are killed by Hughie in the heat of the moment, leaving the rookie traumatized by the blood on his hands... and arms... and face. Fortunately, Blarney Cock's purpose in The Boys stretches beyond giving Hughie a gruesome initiation.
Blarney Cock is revealed as the son of Queen Maeve and The Legend, conceived while the latter was working as a comic writer. Although a romantic liaison between Maeve and Old Legend might not play well in live-action, The Seven's Queen having a secret teenage son certainly might. In The Boys season 2, Maeve rebelled against Homelander to protect Ryan from his despicable dad. Homelander will no doubt be seeking revenge in season 3, and this could involve taking his wrath out on Queen Maeve's own child.
Mister Marathon
Like Tek Knight, Mister Marathon is a figure The Boys has already referenced on-screen. The speedster was A-Train's predecessor in The Seven before being unceremoniously ejected by the younger, quicker supe, and apparently helped Lamplighter sneak college girls into Vought HQ via a little-known back entrance. There's no confirmation on whether Mister Marathon is still alive in the current timeline, but after Lamplighter's successful (albeit brief) appearance in season 2, more Seven alumni could soon crawl out from the woodwork.
Thanks to the Church of the Collective, A-Train successfully negotiated his way back into The Seven, but the character remains firmly on a path of self-destruction. Encountering a retired Mister Marathon might be the wake-up call A-Train desperately needs, reminding him that there's more to life than being fast and rich. This coming together of speedster generations would perfectly parody how various past and present incarnations of The Flash regularly cross over in DC comic books.
Jessica Bradley
In Ennis' comic book story, Jessica Bradley is one of very few redeemable Vought employees. Working directly under Stillwell (a male in the source material), Jess isn't as quick to turn a blind eye toward superhero wrongdoing, actually making some noise when innocent civilians are caught in the crossfire of a rescue. She fails, obviously, but it's the thought that counts. In Amazon's The Boys TV show, Vought has no such presence. Stan Edgar is cold and ruthless, and Ashley, despite experiencing a few pangs of morality, is happy to brush anything under the rug if it means staying relevant. Initially, Victoria Neuman looked to be a Jessica Bradley-type figure by taking Vought to task, but she obviously has a different agenda entirely.
Throwing Jessica Bradley into The Boys as a morally upstanding Vought employee would add a fresh perspective to the villainous corporation in season 3. Perhaps, in the aftermath of Vought's Stormfront debacle, Edgar hires Jess to repair his companies reputation, but she quickly realizes the move was nothing more than a PR stunt designed to appease investors. Given their shared principles, Jessica Bradley could quickly become an ally to Starlight.