Compound V from the popular Prime Video series The Boys is finally available to purchase – as an energy drink! The dark TV show, based on comics created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, acts as an antithesis of the glorification of superheroes saturating media nowadays with the success of the MCU and certain DC films. In The Boys, super-powered individuals are not the heroes of the story, but often dangerous antagonists that must be taken down. The Karl Urban and Jack Quaid-led series tackles corporate corruption, the privatization of military assets, and the individual thirst for power. The Boys recently wrapped up its third season.
In The Boys, a major plot point deals with the revelation that heroes are created, not born, with the help of a substance called Compound V. Shown as a blue serum, Compound V can also be taken by those already imbued with powers as a heavy-duty stimulant. In season 3, some members of Supe-fighting team the Boys start taking a version of Compound V, Temp V, which offers powerless individuals a temporary dose of superpowers. That serum is coded as green and quickly revealed to be fatal. Now, fans of The Boys can get in on the action by taking Compound V in the form of a new energy drink created by GFuel, a company that creates energy drinks primarily for ESports and gaming.
Sony posted the news via Twitter, along with an image of the new GFuel flavor as both an energy drink and powder. The images feature Homelander and Starlight prominently as the poster children for the real-life Compound V. See the post below:
Now it’s your turn to try “Compound V.”@GFuelEnergy‘s latest is available now. Courtesy of our friends over at @VoughtIntl. @SPTV | @TheBoysTV pic.twitter.com/FtYIieo1y6
— Sony (@Sony) August 29, 2022