Soldier Boy

Soldier Boy
Soldier Boy
Herogasm and The Boys character
	From left to right: Soldier Boy as depicted in the television series The Boys and Gen V, and Soldier Boy III as depicted in the comic book series
First appearance	Soldier Boy III:; Herogasm #1 (May 2009); "Herogasm, Part One: Babylon"; Soldier Boy I:; • The Boys #52 (March 2011); "Barbary Coast, Part One"; Soldier Boy II:; The Boys #54 (May 2011; pictured); "Barbary Coast, Part Three"; Soldier Boy:; • "The Only Man in the Sky" (2022);
Last appearance	Soldier Boy III:; The Boys #34 (September 2009); "The Self-Preservation Society, Conclusion"; Soldier Boy I:; • The Boys #53 (April 2011); "Barbary Coast, Part Two"; Soldier Boy II:; The Boys #54 (May 2011; pictured); "Barbary Coast, Part Three"; Soldier Boy:; • "The Frenchman, The Female and the Man Called Mother's Milk" (2026);
Created by	Garth Ennis; John McCrea
Based on	Captain America (parody)
Designed by	Laura Jean "LJ" Shannon; Greg Hopwood
Portrayed by	Jensen Ackles
Voiced by	Jensen Ackles
In-universe information
Full name	Ben (television series)
Species	Supe
Gender	Male
Occupation	Superhero (only publicly); Propaganda film actor (formerly)
Affiliation	Payback; Central Intelligence Agency (CIA); Vought-American (VAC)/Vought International; Avenging Squad (comics); The Boys (television series); The Seven (television series); Crimefighters Incorporated (comics);
Weapon	Shield; Chest-laser
Family	Homelander (son; television series); Ryan Butcher (grandson; television series)
Significant others	Homelander (comic series); Crimson Countess (television series)
Nationality	American
Abilities	Superhuman strength, durability, speed, stamina, endurance, reflexes, and hearing; Near-invulnerability; Accelerated healing; Biological immortality (television series); Radiation generation (television series); Expert combatant, marksman, and tactician; Wields a shield made of a proprietary, high-density Vought alloy (fictional metal, highly durable and bullet-resistant);

Soldier Boy is the name of three superhero characters in the American comic book series Herogasm and The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and John McCrea. The first character introduced (but the third Soldier Boy in the timeline, with his two predecessors having died) is the elected leader of the Vought-American-sponsored superhero team Payback. He is depicted as one of the only "Supes" (i.e. "superpowered" or "superhuman" individuals, often acting as "superheroes") with selfless, benevolent motivations, who detests the use of profanity. However, Soldier Boy annually has sex with Homelander alone at the "Herogasm" orgy, under the mistaken hope that the "test" of doing so will convince Homelander to let him join his own superhero team, The Seven. After his most recent dalliance with Homelander, Soldier Boy is captured by CIA black ops agent Billy Butcher and brutally tortured and murdered by him for information on Homelander's recent activities. The original Soldier Boy is later revealed to have been mercy killed by Mallory during his first mission at the Battle of the Bulge, after his "Avenging Squad" inadvertently caused Mallory's men to be massacred, and been replaced by the second for the remainder of the war.

In the Amazon Prime Video television adaptation, Soldier Boy (Ben) is introduced in the third season, portrayed by Jensen Ackles. A composite character of the comic book characters, this Soldier Boy is depicted as the first American non-aging Supe, created by Frederick Vought during World War II. He is responsible for Mother's Milk's grandfather's death. A vulgar, arrogant, chauvinistic "bonafide war hero", while working with the CIA during the Cold War as the leader of Payback, Soldier Boy was betrayed to the Soviet Union and experimented on for forty years. He is inadvertently freed by the Boys in the present-day while they were seeking the "superweapon" B.C.L. RED to use to kill Homelander, which in actuality is Soldier Boy himself, who, due to experimentation, can now emit an energy beam from his chest (Big Chest-Laser) which negates the superpowers of any other Supes with whom it comes in contact. It is later revealed that Vought used Soldier Boy's sperm to create Homelander without his knowledge (he was told to provide a sample for research purposes), thus making them father and son. Ackles returned in the 2023 spin-off series Gen V, portraying a Supe's imaginary friend Soldier Boyfriend, modelled after Soldier Boy.