Wednesday, March 17, 2021

The Boys: Five Ways to Adapt Jack From Jupiter... *Spoilers From the Comic & Season 2*

In Garth Ennis and Derrick Robert's Satirical Superhero Deconstruction, "The Boys", the main Superhero group feature Heroes who are a very obvious parody of DC's Justice League. The Boys' main Superhero team is known as the Seven and the series has seen itself masterfully adapted in Amazon's "The Boys". Despite Amazon's beloved adaptation of the material, there has been on member of the Comic Book incarnation of the Seven that has only been alluded to and referenced... Jack From Jupiter.

Jack being an obvious parody of DC's Martian Manhunter, The Boys' series developer Eric Kripke has shot down an appearance by Jack, wanting to keep it grounded without alluding to Alien origins suggested by Jack's appearance. Kripke is in the right to keep with the grounded approach as it's seen obvious success in adaptation. With that being said, fans still want to see Jack from Jupiter, and consider Kripke's concerns to keep it grounded, I have a few ideas to adapt Jack without breaking the grounded theme of the show. These are my ideas on how to develop Jack from Jupiter for The Boys.