Marvel Fans Who Love The Boys Think The Legend Is a Nod to Stan Lee

'The Boys' fans are trying to put a finger on who The Legend is in the show. Who portrays him? And why are Marvel fans getting such a familiar vibe?

Warning: the following article contains spoilers for Season Three of The Boys and specifically Episode 5.

Soldier Boy's go back has been not-so-subtly teased since the beginning of Season 3 of The Boys. Episode Four in spite of everything spoke back the question as to whether or not or not he is actually lifeless in the display — he isn't. Soldier Boy did not die in Nicaragua. Instead, his body was once being stored in a Russian research facility and he used to be by chance launched through Billy Butcher.

In Butcher's quest to use Soldier Boy to kill Homelander, he comes throughout The Legend. But who is this mysterious guy?

Who is The Legend in 'The Boys?'

Nerdist referred to as The Legend The Boys' "Stan Lee" persona and that isn't a stretch in any way. Eric Kripke hasn't been shy about parodying superhero film/comedian culture and the social/fan fervor that surrounds those properties. From lampooning "The Snyder Cut" phenomenon to taking a huge stab at Disney's alleged corporate-pandering-for-profits with its "Inclusion" portion of VoughtLand, there isn't a shortage of references and allusions.

The Legend is performed by means of Paul Reiser (Stranger Things, Mad About You, The Kominsky Method) and Billy drops through to see if he is aware of anything about Soldier Boy's whereabouts. Soldier Boy has been traumatized/experimented on by Russian army scientists for just about Forty years and he manages to make his way back to the U.S.

Vought learns that he is back after he hears Russian music in Manhattan, which reasons him to unleash a massive explosion. So, where does The Legend play into this?

He used to be the VP of Hero Management for Vought and has a clear obsession/fascination with superheroes. His house is a little bit of a shrine with memorabilia for those compound v-injected human beings.

There are pictures of The Legend with Grace Jones, Carrie Fisher, Dennis Hopper, together with heroes in the display: Crimson Countess, Payback, and Black Noir. He's out of the recreation, and that may be mainly attributed to Billy who was thinking about a sting that included The Legend, a hero by means of the name of Electroshock, and a prostitute who was a minor.

Butcher visits The Legend for answers about Soldier Boy, and Paul Reiser's character reveals that he certainly did stop through his place to select up his costume and he's assembly up with the Crimson Countess.

Which most likely way he is attempting to make a comeback, in a different way, why would he need his go well with?

Who is The Legend in the comics?

In The Boys graphic novel, The Legend has much more similarities to Stan Lee than he does in the show. While the sequence makes him seem like an getting older film manufacturer, he runs a comedian ebook retailer in the supply material. He's simply as obsessed with supes as Reiser's personality is in the show, and he provides knowledge to Billy and his group to aid them of their quest to forestall Vought.

The Legend also blackmails Queen Maeve into snoozing with him and the two organize to conceive a son in combination, Blarney Cock, who Hughie kills through punching him via the torso after he injects himself with compound v to combat Teenage Kix, another workforce of supes.

If you are questioning whether or not or no longer he manages to live in the graphic novel...no. He finally ends up getting kicked in the butt to demise via Billy.

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