The story is a lot different between the comic and the TV show.
...SPOILERS FOR THE COMIC...
In the comic, Butcher's wife was raped but she didn't go away. Instead, she didn't tell Butcher about the rape or that she was pregnant due to the rape. Butcher was woken up one night to a scene of horror. The premature fetus had burned its way out of Becky and was floating in mid air, and Becky was dead. Butcher freaked out and beat the fetus to death with a table lamp. This led to Mallory recruiting Butcher for The Boys, and Butcher being given Becky's diary and learning about the rape. There's no subplot in the comic with Butcher, Becky, Homelander, Stormfront (a guy in the comic), and a super kid.
The baby with laser beam eyes that Butcher used as a weapon in a Season 1 episode was a nod to the fetus.
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