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| “ | A question of merchandising. I would like to know why the Homelander, Black Noir, and Queen Maeve are on a full one percent each, compared to the rest of us on point seven five. | „ |
| ~ The Deep |
The Deep is a supporting character in the 2006 controversial comic book series The Boys. He is a member of The Seven and a Supe with aquatic abilities.
Biography[]
Comics[]
The Deep is a lesser member of the Seven, and he's marketed by Vought-American as the "King of the Seas" and claims he cannot remove his helmet due to an Atlantean curse. However, The Deep is actually a man in a diving suit. His powers include super-strength, flight, durability, and aquatic abilities. The Deep is the most mature, civilized member of the team and often bears the brunt of other characters' contempt, disregard, and racism.
He does not seem to have any of the murderous tendencies of his counterparts, nor is he particularly sexually deviant, and is usually only concerned with the amount of money he makes; in fact, he's concerned with why Homelander, Black Noir, and Queen Maeve have a higher remuneration than the rest of the team.
He occasionally finds himself in embarrassing happenstances that steal his metaphorical thunder, such as arriving at The Boys Flatiron HQ to confront them and Butcher slamming the door in his face after telling him to leave.
Despite him being one of the more mature members of The Seven, he is not above lowering himself, as he once threw a supe high on meth into waters with a hammerhead shark during one of the Herogasm gatherings. During the Herogasm event, he followed his teammates and other supers to spend a weekend at an island resort, enjoying parties filled with alcohol, drugs, and debauchery.
The Deep is the only remaining "lab-grown" (original) member of the Seven after the events in Washington after he declined to take part in Homelander's attempted coup d'etat against the U.S. government, and in turn, is the only member of the team to survive in general, alongside Starlight. At the end of the comic, he joins a new superhero group called True, wearing a new costume that includes a large, cone-shaped hood that incorporates his helmet's porthole.
TV Series[]
- Main article: The Deep (TV Series)
Quotes[]
| “ | He wants to know what you thought you were doing. And if the truce still holds. | „ |
| ~ The Deep |
| “ | Someone has attempted to provoke a war between us. A potentially cataclysmic confrontation. Should we investigate? | „ |
| ~ The Deep to the team. |
| “ | I cannot -- mm -- The ancient Atlantean curse that -- | „ |
| ~ The Deep while talking to A-Train. |
| “ | I am saying that we are now the Six... That soon who knows, we may become the five... the four... | „ |
| ~ The Deep to A-Train. |
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Comics[]
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Trivia[]
- The Deep is a villainous parody of Marvel's Namor and DC's Aquaman. Like Aquaman and Namor, The Deep is constantly underestimated and made fun of.
- Unlike the television version of the Deep, the comic Deep is mostly calm and mild-mannered.
- In the TV series, he appears to take on the role of A-Train's mocking of Starlight.
- Despite being a parody of Aquaman, The Deep also appears to be a parody of Black Manta.
- The Deep's appearance differs from his TV version as, aside from being of African ethnicity in the Comic, he also wears a large diving helmet, which he never takes off due to an ancient Atlantean curse.
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Vought-American The Seven Payback G-Men Teenage Kix Children of Stormfront The Boys Other See Also | ||