Hughie Campbell
Hughie Campbell is a male comic character who features in The Boys.
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Biography
Hugh Campbell was a male human who came to be orphaned where he came to be adopted and grew up in rural Scotland. He had a rather bizarre childhood, including a period of trauma from exposure to a giant tapeworm, the shock of being present when an airline pilot suddenly has a mental breakdown mid-flight, and a childhood friend nicknamed Det, with an unnaturally powerful stench. With his childhood friends, he played at being a boy detective; they had actually discovered a cigarette smuggling operation handled by a local pub owner. During a later outing, they threw stones at a dog, only for Hughie to get upset when one of his throws hit its mark, and out of guilt would spend the evening taking the injured dog back to its home. As an adult, he came to leave his home for Glasgow.
Hughie first experiences the world of superhumans firsthand when his girlfriend Robin is accidentally killed by A-Train during a fight in which the latter is subduing another "Supe" while traveling faster than the speed of sound. The other Supe is thrown at high speed into Robin, and both of them hit a nearby brick wall, instantly killing Robin and leaving Hughie holding her now severed hands and forearms. Due to this experience, Butcher recruits him to take Mallory's vacated spot on the Boys, and would later inject him with Compound V, without Hughie's permission.
Early on, Hughie's inexperience has resulted in him becoming hesitant in his actions. Shortly after his first combat experience, which results in his accidental killing of Blarney Cock, he becomes extremely worried about repeating the action, which nearly results in the escape of Swingwing in a subsequent operation. He also would become gradually disgusted with Butcher's easy willingness to torture their enemies and the others' lack of caring about it. As the series progressed, and the bloodshed gradually increased, Hughie would also grow angry with Butcher's dismissal of the constant violence ("big boys' rules") used in their operations.
Overview
Personality and attributes
His relationship with his parents and childhood friends has him being irritated by how they sometimes treat him, while outside viewers have pointed out he's lucky to have them.
Powers and abilities
Despite his embarrassment at his childhood adventures, they reveal his natural talent as a detective, as he quickly picks up the task of surveillance with the Boys. He is able to reason out the murder of a young gay man by Swingwing, as well as the motive behind it; he is able to sort out the motivations of a Russian gangster enough to track her flight, even if he is too late to catch her; and he is able to piece together Butcher's ultimate plan where the rest of The Boys were unaware such a plan existed.
Notes
- Hughie Campbell was created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson where he made his first appearance in The Boys v1 #1 (October, 2006).
In other media
Television
- In The Boys, Hughie Campbell appeared in the setting of the Amazon Prime live-action television series where he was portrayed by actor Jack Quaid.
Appearances
- The Boys v1: (2006)
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