Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men
Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men is a graphic novel written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by Russ Braun that was released in six parts throughout 2011 and 2012 by Dynamite Entertainment as the penultimate volume of the American comic book series The Boys.[8][12][13] As the regime of "President the Veep" takes power over Washington D.C., the Boys go on the offensive, and Hughie reveals that he was sexually assaulted by Black Noir during the events of Herogasm.As Butcher sends Frenchie and the Female to bring the fight to Vought-American, the Homelander begins to take control of the United States government.[9][14] As Frenchie and the Female take on Team Titanic at Vought-American, they meet with the puzzled Vought Guy and realise they are being manipulated against one another and arrange a parley.[18][19][20][21] In 2022, the Homelander's and the Guy From Vought's "eighty over sixty" speech was adapted to the Amazon Prime Video television series third season episode "Glorious Five-Year Plan", with the characters respectively portrayed by Antony Starr and Giancarlo Esposito (as "Stan Edgar"),[5][31] while the main events of the volume were adapted as the series' 2024 fourth season.