Crimson Countess

*For the Dynamite version of the character, see Crimson Countess (third)/Comics.*

## Crimson Countess

### **Alias(es)**

Crimson Countess
Countess
Good Woman
Cooze (By Soldier Boy)

## Social life

### **Occupation**

* Camgirl
* Singer
* Performer at Voughtland
* Animal Rights Activist
* Superheroine
* Member of Payback (formerly)
* Propaganda film actor (formerly)

### **Affiliation**

Vought International* Voughtland
* Supe Porn
* Payback (formerly)

### Romances

SirCumsALot779 (Webcam Client)
Soldier Boy (formerly)

## Series Information

### **Portrayed by**

Laurie Holden

―Crimson Countess before being murdered by Soldier Boy[src]

**Crimson Countess** is a supporting antagonist in Season 3 of the Amazon series *The Boys*. She was a member of Payback and the former lover of Soldier Boy.

## *The Boys* series

### Background

Crimson Countess was a member of Payback, a premier superhero team during the 1980s. She fought alongside Gunpowder, the TNT Twins, Mindstorm, Swatto, Black Noir, and their leader and her boyfriend, Soldier Boy.

During her career at Vought, Countess became a successful actress, credited for multiple films including *Payback*, *Crimson*, *Whiskey Sunrise*, and *Red Thunder*.

In 1984, Countess was stationed at a military camp with the rest of Payback in Nicaragua to aid the U.S. government in Operation Charly. While there, Stan Edgar schemed to betray Soldier Boy to the Russians, with Countess and the rest of Payback being tired of Soldier Boy's abuse and agreeing to the plan. When their camp is attacked, Countess and the rest of Payback cornered and fought Soldier Boy. Before Crimson Countess and Mindstorm could subdue him, Soldier Boy bashed Black Noir's head severely damaging his brain. The damage caused Noir to be left unable to speak at all, and his visions that he often has.

On February 12, 1990, Crimson Countess is seen fleeing a brutal crime scene.

After Lamplighter stepped down from his position in The Seven, it is suggested she was one of the options to fill the vacancy on the team. However, Vought ultimately opted for Starlight as the chosen replacement.

During the November 7, 2021, telecast of Vought News Network's *Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman*, a commercial for Voughtland played. In the commercial, Crimson Countess could be seen singing, with the commercial's narrator explaining that the park had a particular attraction where guests could watch the Countess singing about superhero history.

The Vought News Network later announced a crowd-sourcing campaign led by Crimson Countess for her Chimp Country Sanctuary. Donors would have a chance to hear Crimson Countess' new single "Chimps Don't Cry".

### Season Three

In MM's closet, a newspaper clipping of Crimson Countess fleeing a crime scene is seen, along with the crimes of other Supes. Due to Crimson Countess being spotted, the situation was put in the newspaper.

Crimson Countess is working at Voughtland, performing and using her powers to amuse audiences who come to visit. She receives an unexpected visit from The Female and Frenchie, who pretend to be fans, but instead attack her and demand to get information on Soldier Boy's death. She fights back and manages to escape. While escaping, she accidentally kills a theme park employee, sending hundreds of families and children running in terror.

At the Crimson Countess' Chimp Country Sanctuary building site, where the Countess also lives in her mobile home. The Countess has a second job as a camgirl on SupePorn.com and is on a private video call with SirCumsALot779, who is a regular customer and has purchased her some anal beads to use for himself. As she proceeds with her cam show she is ambushed in her bedroom by Butcher, Hughie and Mother's Milk, who restrain her in a chair with chains which doesn't allow her to bring her hands together to use her powers. She panics upon learning that Soldier Boy is alive, knowing that he will kill her. Soldier Boy then arrives, furious over being abandoned and left in the hands of the Russians by his lover and fellow teammates. When he asks her how much the Russians paid her for her betrayal, she responds that she was paid nothing; her unwillingness to attempt to rescue him was due to the fact that she had never loved him, not because she was bribed. "I hated you," she added. "We all did."

Soldier Boy then releases his energy discharge which destroys the Crimson Countess' home and reduces her body to a smoldering skeleton.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Explosive Fireball Generation**: Crimson Countess has the ability to produce luminous fireballs from her hands, instantly exploding victims on impact. However, because her power is funneled through her hands, just like Kenji's, she was easily restrained by Kimiko, momentarily restricting her abilities.
* **Superhuman Strength**: The Crimson Countess seems to have a degree of enhanced strength. Kimiko somewhat struggled to restrain her arms and she was able to hurl both Kimiko and Frenchie away from her and send them crashing through a table when the latter two were distracted, shortly after, while running away from them, she easily knocked two people to the ground with just one tap. During a cartoon reenactment of Payback's subdual of Soldier Boy, Crimson Countess was also able to jump a great distance to incapacitate Soldier Boy.
* **Superhuman Durability**: Despite getting killed by Soldier Boy’s highly explosive radiation blast at point blank range, her body was not completely incinerated, indicating Crimson Countess possessed a level of increased damage resistance.
* **Superhuman Hearing**: Crimson Countess, being a supe, has better hearing beyond that of ordinary humans, capable of hearing certain frequencies.

### Abilities

* **Singer**: Crimson Countess is a skilled singer and regularly performs a tribute song for Soldier Boy at a Voughtland attraction. In addition, she performed, wrote and directed the music video, "Chimps Don't Cry", available on YouTube.
* **Acting**: As an actress, Crimson Countess has participated in the production of many films, such as *Red Thunder* and *Crimson*.

## Weaknesses

### Psychological

* **Carelessness**: The Crimson Countess tends to be careless, which has led to mistakes when employing her powers. When Payback was under attack from the Sandinistas and Russian Special Forces, she launched a fireball which killed two men, only for Grace Mallory to point out they were *her* men. When attempting to kill Kimiko and Frenchie at Voughtland, she missed and instead killed a costumed employee dressed in a Homelander costume, and the resulting carnage caused a panic among the park visitors.

### Biological

* **Specific Gesture Required**: In order to create and discharge her fireballs, she must bring her hands together in a specific gesture. If her hands are forcibly kept separated, she is unable to project her fireballs.
* **Delay in Building Up Charge**: Similar to Stormfront's plasma discharges, it takes time, though not much longer than a second, for Crimson Countess to build up sufficient energy to project her fireballs. This, combined with her need to form a specific gesture with both hands, can provide advanced warning to her targets. For instance, Kimiko and even Frenchie (who does not have superpowers) were able to anticipate and avoid her fireball.

## Relationships

	+ Stan Edgar - Boss
	+ Payback - Former colleagues
		- Gunpowder †
		- Black Noir †
		- Swatto †
		- Mindstorm †
		- TNT Twins †
* SirCumsAlot779 - Webcam date

* Russian Special Forces
* Unnamed VoughtLand employee, dressed in Homelander costume † - victim
* The Seven - Rivals
	+ Queen Maeve
	+ Starlight
* The Boys
	+ The Female - Former fan
	+ Frenchie
	+ Billy Butcher - Apprehender
	+ Hughie Campbell
	+ Mother's Milk
* Soldier Boy - Former leader, former love interest and killer

## Trivia

* Crimson Countess is a parody of Marvel's Scarlet Witch and Firestar. Her heat-based powers are similar to the latter, while her costume and superhero alias bear resemblance with the former.
* Her catchphrase is "She's the countess you can count on".
* She shows an obsession over chimpanzees, though, as revealed in the lyrics of her original song, "Chimps Don't Cry," she harbors several misconceptions about them.
* Although she was young in the 80's, she was played by the same actress Laurie Holden who played her young in the flashbacks and old in the present day. Holden is in her early 50s
* She was the first former member of Payback to be murdered by Soldier Boy.

## Gallery

Crimson Countess charging an explosive fireball.Crimson Countess with Soldier Boy.
1. ↑ Bob in *First Day*: *"Did you know Supes have a wider range of hearing than us? Like dogs."*