The Boys Season 2: Why That Black Noir Moment Was A Big Deal For Comics Fans Michael Rougeau Warning: The below article features spoilers for both The Boys Season 2 (up through Episode 7) and the comics on which The Boys is based. This is your final warning. For two seasons, Black Noir has remained the most mysterious character on Amazon's superhero send-up The Boys. On the surface, the darkness-themed supe with ninja-like powers is a clear parody of Batman, especially given his place in the trifecta of Black Noir, Homelander (Superman), and Queen Maeve (Wonder Woman). But we know virtually nothing about him, besides a vague sense of his powers (standard fare including super strength and an inhuman tolerance for pain) and the fact that he has either a naive soft side, or a sick sense of humor. So although it didn't seem like much on the surface, it was a big deal when, during Black Noir's fight with Starlight at Vought Tower in Episode 7, we finally caught a small glimpse of Noir's face. It was all thanks to Queen Maeve's knowledge of Black Noir's secret kryptonite: an allergy to tree nuts. Maeve pulled up the bottom of Noir's cowl so she could shove an Almond Joy in his mouth, in the process revealing some things about the supe and throwing some fan expectations into chaos. Continue Reading at GameSpot https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Warning: The below article features spoilers for both The Boys Season 2 (up through Episode 7) and the comics on which The Boys is based. This is your final warning.

For two seasons, Black Noir has remained the most mysterious character on Amazon's superhero send-up The Boys. On the surface, the darkness-themed supe with ninja-like powers is a clear parody of Batman, especially given his place in the trifecta of Black Noir, Homelander (Superman), and Queen Maeve (Wonder Woman). But we know virtually nothing about him, besides a vague sense of his powers (standard fare including super strength and an inhuman tolerance for pain) and the fact that he has either a naive soft side, or a sick sense of humor.

So although it didn't seem like much on the surface, it was a big deal when, during Black Noir's fight with Starlight at Vought Tower in Episode 7, we finally caught a small glimpse of Noir's face. It was all thanks to Queen Maeve's knowledge of Black Noir's secret kryptonite: an allergy to tree nuts. Maeve pulled up the bottom of Noir's cowl so she could shove an Almond Joy in his mouth, in the process revealing some things about the supe and throwing some fan expectations into chaos.

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