Origin

Gunpowder is a member of the teenage superhero team Teenage Kix from the Boys universe. He is NRA sponsored for his use of firearms. In his spare time he is into bondage and guns, usually at the same time. He resembles Judge Dredd in appearance. At one point his team catches the attention of Butcher and his team the Boys. Returning as an anti superheroes team Butcher picks the Teenage Kix as the first group of superheroes to be made an example out of. Blackmailing the team with incriminating and immoral activities and behavior, the Teenage Kix are required to sacrifice a member of their team to the public to avoid all the groups underhanded actions being made public. Gunpowder avoids being outed as he brings in a substantial amount of money through NRA endorsements. Shout Out is the member eventually outed.

When the Homelander of the Seven recognizes Butcher's handiwork all over the blackmailing, he alerts Teenage Kix to who was manipulating them. Gunpowder was among the group when confronting The Boys, but like the rest of his team, he was brutally beaten by Butcher, The Frenchman, The Female, Hughie and Mothers Milk.

Creation

Gunpowder a Dynamite Entertainment comic book team created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson. The character first appears in the The Boys #4 released in 2006.

Powers and Abilities

Gunpowder derives his powers from Compound V.

Other Media

The Boys (Amazon Series)

Gunpowder first appeared in the second episode of the show on a news report after having saved a mall, where he would advocate for civilians to have guns to protect themselves.

He returned in season three, revealed to have once been a member of Payback, and a sidekick to Soldier Boy (Parody of Captain America & Bucky). Although like the rest of Payback, Gunpowder would betray Soldier Boy, and leave him to be kidnapped by the Russians. Gunpowder in the present is a gun spokesman, saying everyone even children should carry a gun everywhere, and holds conventions about it. Butcher sneaks into one of the conventions, and afterwards killed Gunpowder when he discovered his laser vision.