I dunno I think Soldier Boy being accidentally cool is way better than being a literal pants-pissing loser that gets assraped by Homelander. So that's one point in the shows favor
Them making Black Noire a literal black guy who dies randomly and doesn't matter, thereby completely destroying the character and by extension the entire
ending of the story, is hilarious though. How do you fuck up that bad?
The comic twist wasn't amazing or anything but it was way more interesting that whatever the fuck they're trying to do now.