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| “ | I do not see color. I see crime. | „ |
| ~ Blue Hawk attempting to justify his actions. |
| “ | Supe lives matter! | „ |
| ~ Blue Hawk's infamous quote. |
Blue Hawk is a supporting antagonist in Season 3 of the 2019 Amazon Prime TV adaptation of the highly controversial adult comic-book series The Boys.
Blue Hawk was a racist, low-level superhero who terrorized African-American communities in New Jersey. After A-Train begins to intervene, he and Blue Hawk unwittingly work together in an attempt to clear his name, under Vought International's request.
He is portrayed by Nick Wechsler.
Personality[]
Like most Supes, Blue Hawk is very irresponsible and hedonistic. While he claims to not be racist and appears to respect A-Train, Blue Hawk still shows obvious bigotry towards black people and non-Supes.
He is also very patriotic and has a short temper, reacting violently with very little provocation.
Biography[]
Background[]
His early life is unknown; however, it is assumed that, much like the rest of the supes working for Vought, he was injected with Compound V as a child, which in turn granted him super strength and super durability. At some point in his life, he would eventually become a superhero to fight crime under the mantle of "Blue Hawk." Despite this, he is actually racist and blames African-American people for ongoing crime in the United States; hence, he chooses to heavily and unjustifiably patrol black neighborhoods, killing and severely injuring many, criminal or not. As a result, he garnered notoriety and infamy due to his actions, despite being covered up by Vought International.
Season 3[]
Blue Hawk is facing backlash for stomping a black man's face onto a curb, killing him for allegedly mugging a white woman, which is implied to be a cover-up for him killing possibly an innocent black man. As a result, Ashley Barrett summons him to her office alongside A-Train, who is rebranding himself to help the African-American community. A-Train suggests that Blue Hawk should issue a public apology at a Black Lives Matter center as well as donate $10,000 to the organization to which he agrees.
The venue is attended by a few people, and Blue Hawk take center stage to apologize, despite the reluctance of A-Train's brother Nate, who is present. Blue Hawk, however, did not apologize and attempted to justify his actions before the crowd confronted him. As Blue Hawk attempted even more to justify the multiple killings of black people he committed, the crowd became even more hostile, prompting him to physically assault various people in the crowd, severely injuring and/or possibly murdering some of them while shouting out racist obscenities. He is abruptly stopped by A-Train and leaves the scene, not realizing that he severely injured Nate during the ruckus.
On Vought News, Blue Hawk is seen blaming his previous actions on the group Antifa, and the incident was presumably covered up by Vought International, much to A-Train's dismay as Blue Hawk left Nate paralyzed. Sometime later, Blue Hawk is seen participating in the orgy during the 70th annual Herogasm event at the TNT Twin's residence. Starlight attempts to convince him into evacuating everyone from the place to avoid Soldier Boy's wrath; however, he dismisses her warnings. After Soldier Boy arrives and kills the TNT Twins, destroying the entire property and severely injuring everyone around him, Blue Hawk attempts to flee, only to be confronted by A-Train, who chokes him and drags him along the road at super speed, painfully and slowly killing him.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Enhanced Strength: Due to Compound V, Blue Hawk possesses strength enhanced to an exceptional level. He was strong enough to curb-stomp a man with enough force to crack the pavement below and send two people flying with a punch and toss, respectively, in the community center.
- Enhanced Durability: Blue Hawk possesses above-average human durability as his body is able to handle his own superhuman strength. When A-Train drags him through an asphalt road at super speeds, Blue Hawk can be heard screaming throughout a good portion of the whole ordeal, meaning that he managed to withstand the extreme force for a short period of time.
- Enhanced Stamina: According to Ashley, Blue Hawk's heart is more powerful than that of a regular human, and thus a post-mortem transplant on A-Train allowed him to run as fast as he used to.
Abilities[]
- Skilled Combatant: Blue Hawk was trained in hand-to-hand combat.
- Deception: Like most Supes, Blue Hawk is able to foil people, making them believe he's not racist.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Blue Hawk is an original character from the Amazon series, as he does not exist in the comics. However, he bears a lot of similarities to the member of the G-Men, Five-Oh, due to their shared racist behaviour and cop-themed costumes. Blue Hawk is also said to have studied at Godolkin University.
- Blue Hawk may be a parody of Blackhawk, a DC Comics military uniform-wearing superhero.
- The "Blue" in his superhero name might be a reference to the American slang term for the police.
- Blue Hawk might be a fictional analogy to the real-life controversial figure George Zimmerman.
- Zimmerman is an Ashkenazi-Hispanic man who, while volunteering for neighborhood watch, shot and murdered an unarmed black teenager (Trayvon Martin) after mistakenly suspecting him of a crime. In actuality, Martin had bought a pack of skittles that Zimmerman later insisted was concealed marijuana. He was acquitted by virtue of reasonable doubt on the grounds of self-defense because Martin had slammed his head into the pavement and ran away after a few hours of being threatened by Zimmerman. Zimmerman recalls this as a "vicious attack" by Martin rather than fear for the latter's own life.
- Blue Hawk, patrolling a particular neighborhood to reduce crime, killed a black man he suspected of robbing a white woman by stomping his head into pavement, but in actuality, he was not committing any crimes. Blue Hawk insists he was defending himself and that he is not racist, much like Zimmerman. After attacking members of the black community and being stopped by A-Train, he lies to the news, saying he was standing up to Antifa, much like Zimmerman lies to people about the nature of him confronting Martin.
- During his confrontation, Blue Hawk exclaims "All Lives Matter," which in real life is the counter-slogan to the Black Lives Matter Movement, usually used by the opposition.
- His other quote, "Supes Lives Matter," also might be a reference to the other counter-slogan to Black Lives Matter, "Blue Lives Matter," which evokes pro-cop sentiment.
- His death at the hands of A-Train has some resemblance to the death of James Byrd Jr, a black man who was murdered by three white men on June 7, 1998, in Jasper, Texas. Two of his murderers were avowed white supremacists.
- His death may also be a reference to Kabal's "Road Rash" fatality in Mortal Kombat 11.
