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The Female Gets a New Name and Origin in The Boys

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The comic book version of The Boys by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson gave us many memorable characters, none more than The Female Of The Species, known as The Female for short.

Hit-Girl before there was Hit-Girl, The Female was the most powerful of The Boys and was intentionally small and psychologically removed from the rest of the cast except, perhaps, The Frenchman.

The Female Gets a New Name and Origin in The Boys

At The Boys panel at New York Comic Con, show creator Eric Kripke and the actor playing The Female, Karen Fukuhara just announced she is actually getting a real name in the show. She will also get a brand new origin, to go with it, in an attempt to regain the character's humanity,

Originally her origin saw her as exposed to dangerous and toxic chemicals, Compound V, by a careless mother, for everyone who tried to rescue her getting ripped apart by her newfound strength until she was drugged and tranquilised – until she was occasionally able to escape.

But now? Something else.

The Female Gets a New Name and Origin in The Boys

Thanks to Alejandra Bodden for getting the word out to us.

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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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