The Boys
Warning ! spoiler for The Boys comic book serial below
There ’s a secret Supe onThe Boys , asMother ’s Milkwas in reality bear with major power as his real origin is connected to Compound V. InThe Boyscomic book serial publication , Mother ’s Milk and his pal were abide with Compound V in their origin , fix his delegation to take down the vilest Supes in the universe even more tragical , as he knows what it ’s like to have mightiness he never asked for .
InThe Boyscomic series , Mother ’s Milk River is the gluethat holds the Supe hunt squad together , as he serves as both the team ’s muscle and one of their most level - headed mind . While the entire team power up by ingest Compound V , Mother ’s Milk was one of the only members ofThe Boysborn with powers , as his mammy ’s exposure to Vought - American ’s unsafe workings condition chair her to authorise on the chemical gene to her child . Unfortunately for Mother ’s Milk , his Compound V stock brought nothing but cataclysm into his life , despite establish him as powerful as most Supes .
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In the popular risible al-Qur’an serial , it ’s uncover inThe Boys#24 by Garth Ennis , Darick Robertson , Simon Bowland , and Tony Avina , thatMother ’s Milk ’s hate against Supesstems from seeing how it affected his family . His mother worked at a mill owned by Vought - American for their commercial-grade Cartesian product division . However , thanks to not sanitizing the construction before it shut down , both her children were born with Compound V in their parentage . The power ended up killing his disabled brother , literally making his eubstance transform in a horrifying death . Soon after , his father died follow a legal battle against Vought - American . As a result , Mother ’s Milk became a underground Supe , who had his own powersthat he did n’t let Hughie know about until he gained his cartel .
However , or else of start his own costume and using his powers as an genuine Supe , Mother ’s Milk River ’s origin reveals he went into the war machine , where he captured the attention of Billy Butcher after his superpowered durability end up incidentally kill an opposite during a pugilism match . Ultimately , Mother ’s Milk settle to joinThe Boysto break the Supesand organisation that ruined his family ’s life . If he did n’t have a story with Vought - American it ’s possible he would become a Supe . rather , he chose a different path . In a way , he ’s the only real superhero of the enfranchisement , as Mother ’s Milk River is only determined to take down threats to innocent bystanders .
Mother ’s Milk ’s secret origin as a Supe has n’t come into play in the springy - actionThe Boysseries . Still , it would represent quite the curveball for the character who has made it his mission to bolt down Soldier Boy and stop The Seven and Vought - American . However , ifThe Boystelevision serial desire to add a surprise to Mother ’s Milkorigin and status , get him on the QT superpowered but not wanting to be a Supe like in the comic would make for quite a twist .
