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EDGE OF GLORY

NEVER DARE, double-dare or triple-dare Eric Kripke. Ever since the Supernatural creator landed the gig as showrunner of The Boys – the TV series about corrupt superheroes and the covert vigilante group intent on exposing their dirty little secrets – comic book fans have “stone-cold dared” him to adapt the notorious Herogasm arc for the small screen.

The depraved annual event follows the Supes blowing off steam with a weekend orgy of sex, drugs and violence. Well, fans experienced their own happy endings when Kripke announced that Herogasm would indeed finally be, uh, coming in The Boys’ third season.

“I am never one to shy away from a challenge,” Kripke tells . “Honestly, the truth is I didn’t think we were on stable enough ground as a definitive hit yet, because we hadn’t really aired, to be able to say to Sony and Amazon, ‘I want an episode set at the most extreme orgy you have ever seen’. But

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