However, that dream becomes her worst nightmare when this fresh-faced Midwesterner arrives in New York and learns that the old adage is true: never meet your heroes.
At that time, writer Annie Neal had been hired to adapt the book for the screen.
Annie later tells Hughie about Supersonic's death, which he reveals that the Boys unleashed Soldier Boy back in Russia, as well as Hughie having taking Temp V and acquired teleportation powers, much to her shock.
His superstrength and heightened senses, such as his razor-sharp hearing, are matched only by his proficiency in the martial arts.