The Innocents is a two-partgraphic novel written byGarth Ennis and illustrated byJohn McCrea, Keith Burns,Darick Robertson, Richard P. Clark, and Russ Braun that was published byDynamite Entertainment as the seventh volume of theAmerican comic book seriesThe Boys, consisting of the five-partstory arcThe Innocents (originally titledWhat I Know), released from February 3 to June 16, and the four-part story arcBelieve (originally titledYou Found Me), released from July 7 to October 6 (all 2010), the former from which the novel takes its title.[1][2]
Preceded byThe Self-Preservation Society, it is followed by the miniseriesHighland Laddie and the sequel story arcProper Preparation and Planning, with the events ofBelieve being loosely adapted to thefirst,third, andfourth seasons of thetelevision adaptation ofThe Boys and elements ofThe Innocents adapted to the fourth,Colby Minifie andSusan Heyward playing characters based on Jess Bradley, andShaun Benson playing a character based on Oh Father,Erin Moriarty playing a female incarnation of Malchemical, and Marie fromThe Innocents being adapted as the protagonist ofGen V, portrayed byJaz Sinclair.
The series has received a universally positive critical reception.[3][4][5][6]
InThe Innocents, ever major character of the series answers themselves the question "What I Know?" –Billy Butcher discovers thatWee Hughie has been datingAnnie January all along, and, becoming convinced he is a Vought plant, sends him alone to monitor the crazed supe Malchemical;MM follows what Butcher has been doing; Annie considers telling Hughie of her supe nature; and Jess Bradley joins theVought Guy's team, while inBelieve, Hughie and Annie break up, whilethe Homelander begins bringing together like-minded supes with the goal of eventually overthrowing Vought.
| Title | Material collected | Published date | ISBN |
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| The Boys: The Innocents | The Boys (vol. 7) #39–47 | November 3, 2010[7] | ISBN 1-60690-150-8 |
| The Boys: Definitive Edition 4 | The Innocents (The Boys #39–47) +Highland Laddie[8] | July 9, 2013 | ISBN 1-60690-340-3 |
On the production of atelevision adaptation ofThe Boys fromAmazon Prime Video, the events ofBelieve with regards Hughie and Annie discovering one another's identity and Annie attending the Believe Expo were loosely adapted as thefirst season episodes "Good for the Soul", "The Innocents", and "The Self-Preservation Society", withShaun Benson portraying Ezekiel, awhite adaptation of Oh Father, with the Homelander's recruitment of supes adapted to the series'fourth season, with Benson again reprising his role, and the Homelander's "The only man in the sky is me." speech being adapted in thethird season episode "The Only Man in the Sky".[9] Two characters based on Jess M. Bradley (introduced inThe Innocents) appear in the series: Ashley J. Barrett (portrayed byColby Minifie) and Jessica "Sage" Bradley (portrayed bySusan Heyward),[10] the latter introduced in the fourth season, along with a female incarnation of Malchemical, portrayed byErin Moriarty.
Jaz Sinclair would portray Marie Moreau (fromThe Innocents) as the protagonist ofGen V, mostly adaptingWe Gotta Go Now.
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