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Meet "A-Train" (#TheBoys)



COMICBOOK-SOURCE: A-Train is a "speedster (like The Flash) whose carelessness was responsible for the accidental death of Wee Hughie's girlfriend in the first issue. A-Train was formerly a member of the Teenage Kix, but was promoted to the Seven as a replacement to Mister Marathon. He is a pastiche of the third Flash Wally West. He is the most juvenile and crudest member of the Seven, being the one who most openly enjoys humiliating Starlight. A heavy drug user and bitter over Starlight, A-Train openly expresses a desire to assault her again ... His catchphrase is "Can't stop the A-Train--!" (Read more here and here)


THE BOYS TV: In the TV adaptation, the role of "A-Train" had changed from a White-Caucasian in the comicbooks, to African-American, with Jessie Usher in the role of the super-speedster.


(All art and costume design by Darick Robertson, co-creator of "The Boys" comic)
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