He is really just a series of unpleasant urges kept in check by his own intelligence, which is enough to understand that he can have anything he wants so long as he doesn't push his luck too far." Supe He is the leader of The Seven, a group of superheroes funded by Vought and the archenemy of Billy Butcher. [Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Boys Season 2, Episodes 1-5.]. TV’s had its fair share of villains, but there aren’t many like The Boys‘ Homelander (Antony Starr).. The Homelander, first unofficially name John, is the central antagonist in the Dynamite comic series The Boys. Homelander, el líder de Los Siete en 'The Boys', se ha mostrado hasta el momento como un superhéroe invencible ¿lo es? Como la mayoría de los superhéroes en su universo, es una parodia oscura como barro de los superhéroes más populares como Superman y el Capitán América, pero deconstruido en un torcido villano protagonista. Serving as a composite character with the comic version of Black Noir, unlike in the comic series, Homelander is the one that raped Butcher's wife, Becca, but left her alive and, though he was unaware of it until the end of the season, pregnant with his child. He also ages more slowly than a normal human, due to Compound V. Though it is mentioned that his first name is John, there is no indication that he ever uses an alias or secret identity. [5] The character was toned down for television in comparison to his comics counterpart. When season 1 of The Boys … The Boys (TV Series 2019– ) Antony Starr as Homelander. It is later revealed Black Noir was the rapist. Homelander remains under the financial thumb of VA, as their money funds the Seven's hedonistic lifestyle. The Boys es una serie de televisión web estadounidense de superhéroes desarrollada por Eric Kripke para Prime Video.Basada en el cómic del mismo nombre de Garth Ennis y Darick Robertson, sigue al equipo homónimo de justicieros en su lucha contra diversos individuos con superpoderes que abusan de … He is the leader of The Seven, and the arch-nemesis of Billy Butcher, the leader of The Boys. In the television adaptation, Antony Starr plays the Homelander. Para los primeros capítulos de la segunda temporada de The Boys, Homelander está más descontrolado, su crueldad va en aumento y ya no le importa mostrar sus verdaderos colores frente a … He is the leader of The Seven, a group of superheroes funded by Vought-American and the archenemy of Billy Butcher, who believes the Homelander to secretly be a murderer, cannibal, and necrophiliac responsible for raping and impregnating his wife; as such, Butcher acts to slowly begin to drive the Homelander insane. Before he arrived on our screens with The Boys, Antony Starr made a splash in both America and … Homelander in The Boys is pretty much how you do the concept of an evil/corrupt version of Superman done the right way. Before dying, Homelander manages to seriously injure his former teammate, allowing Butcher to later finish him off with a crowbar. On “The Boys,” superhero Homelander has killed countless people, sparked xenophobia and made love to an actual Nazi. But the show’s creators aren’t sure everyone gets that. Als Baby wurde John in einem Labor großgezogen. Homelander and Stormfront have grown closer in 'The Boys' Season 2, but a comics storyline may change the nature of their relationship once more. Enraged, he attempted to kill Noir, only to be killed by his clone, in a bloody fight during the takeover of the White House, with only his chest and arms being what's left of him, held by Noir. He enters a sexual relationship with Stormfront, despite a difficult beginning, and conspires with her to remove his son from Becca's care and turn the public against "supervillains", creating public outcry for the creation of more superheroes. the leader of the Seven and one of the most powerful superheroes of Vought International, displaying At a young age, in Vought's experiments, he was tied to a nuclear bomb, in case his aggression got out of control. The Boys use a pile of speakers against Homelander, but that was only effective as a distraction as Homelander was not particularly inconvenienced. But just like mere mortals, even superheroes have secrets. Affiliation Well, one of The Homelander's most shameless instances of debauchery and psychopathy occurred when he actually put that plan into action. Species The Boys #65 - "Over the Hill With the Swords Of a Thousand Men, Part 6"(October 2012). Homelander also tanked high-yield explosives without taking any damage if I'm remembering the season 1 finale correctly (but sure, not a nuke). The comic opens with Homelander holding the decapitated head of the President of the United States in front of Billy Butcher. With the face of a movie star and the power of a god, Homelander is the greatest superhero alive and the leader of The Seven. The Homelander is a fictional supervillain in the comic book series The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. Clark Kent and Homelander are not cut from the same cloth but despite the differences in their respective personalities and DNAs, their superpowers are largely identical. This article contains spoilers for The Boys Season 2 finale. Es un sociópata. In Issue #40, the Boys receive a series of incriminating photos seemingly showing Homelander engaging in grisly acts of murder, cannibalism, and necrophilia against men, women, and children. Created by Eric Kripke. Comics Information Related: The Boys: A Major Comic Hero Got A Gross Cameo In The Show The Boys #65 by Garth Ennis, Russ Braun, John McCrea, Keith Burns, Simon Bowland, Tony Avina, and Darick Robertson is one of the most shocking of the entire 72-issue run of the series. [8][9][10], The character and Starr's portrayal in the series have received critical acclaim. Acá lo repasamos. Homelander may be losing control in The Boys Season 2, but the leader of The Seven is still dangerous and seemingly indestructible.As a byproduct of … Homelander has done a lot of terrible things in The Boys' two seasons. His name literally means "A person from one's homeland". La temporada 1 de The Boys terminó con la sorprendente revelación de que Becca Butcher estaba viva y criando al hijo de Homelander; he aquí por qué el … ", "Can Homelander Be Killed? Homelander in The Boys fits this infantilized prototype too: he’s sexually obsessed with breast milk. [1][2] Having been reared in a laboratory environment to become Homelander, John Vogelbaum displays many sociopathic tendencies and is openly contemptuous of those he considers lesser beings. Omni-Man is worse than Homelander. The company's cover story for the Homelander is that he is an alien who landed in the United States as an infant, much like Superman. Since its premiere, though, the program (which was adapted from the hit comic books created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson) has also explored the morally murky area where politics and celebrity collide. As interpreted within the television series, he is considered by some reviewers to be analogous to DC's Superman. Homelander eventually tries to encourage the other superheroes to do what they want, but relents due to his fear towards his boss James Stillwell. The Boys is a series about a group of superstar superheroes and the self-serving egos and personal interests that lurk beneath their crime-fighting surface. Occupation Beneath his public image as a noble and patriotic superhero, he is narcissistic, sadistic, and cares little about the well-being of those he professes to protect. An unhinged version of Superman raised in a laboratory, he is emotionally stunted, fragile and cruel. The Homelander's powers include heat vision, super strength, durability, flight, and enhanced vocal cords. Male With Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty. During the subsequent confrontation between Homelander and Butcher, the masked Black Noir arrives in the Oval Office and reveals himself to be a clone of Homelander created solely to kill and replace him if he ever went rogue. The Homelander's powers and sense of entitlement have led him to exhibit extreme megalomania, causing him to commit crimes against innocent people, including acts of rape and mass murder, out of the idea that he can do anything he wants because of who he is. Invincible’s Omni-Man and The Boys’ Homelander are very similar characters — they are both sociopathic killers with tempers and incredibly dangerous powers. The Boys #1 - "The Name of the Game, Part 1"(October 2006) Homelander no tiene un concepto del bien o del mal, a pesar de ser un superhéroe … The series eventually reveals that Homelander cannot remember either these incidents or the rape of Billy's wife, and suggests that Homelander has dissociative identity disorder and may have sent the photographs to Billy himself. With the face of a movie star and the power of a god, Homelander is the greatest superhero alive and the leader of The Seven. In private, Homelander shows signs of suffering a mental breakdown, talking to his own reflection in a mirror, and having bouts of nausea. The Boys The Boys. In other words, the dude’s a villain. The Homelander Da ihm die Chemikalie Compound V injiziert wurde, entwickelte er Superkräfte. [11][12], The character has been described as the living personification of how the world sees America. Stormfront is critically injured by Homelander's son Ryan, and Homelander is blackmailed by Maeve into letting the boy go and leaving her alone. First seen And they make it pretty clear in The Boys that if Homelander really did stop caring about his … But he also speaks to a number of other superhero critiques. Gender Outraged, Butcher and Homelander put aside their differences and attack Black Noir, who proceeds to tear Homelander apart. At the end of The Boys Season 2, … Last seen Both series explore what it means to have superhuman abilities and how, paired with ego, opportunity, and a penchant for violence and control, catastrophic and terrifying the consequences can be. He eventually decides that he is damned anyway for the acts depicted in the photos, and decides to give in to any intrusive thoughts that cross his mind. Unter dem Alias The SevenVought-American Homelander es una entidad poderosa de la muy controvertida serie de cómics para adultos The Boys. [4] Homelander's backstory in the original comics is similar to that in the television adaption of The Boys. It's a much more effective weapon against Ryan, either because his hearing is superior or he has less experience with his senses. Season 1 of The Boys teased an epic battle between Billy Butcher and Homelander but can the Superman-esque Homelander even be killed? Not only can he fly, but he also has super strength and super hearing, and he can see through almost anything with his x-ray vision and then destroy it with his laser eyes. He is a parody both of Captain America appearances and Superman's iconic power. To the public, in a cover-up of the truth, his origin was claimed as "crash-landed on Earth", like of DC Comics' Superman Homelander became the leader of the Seven and one of the most powerful superheroes of Vought-American. Homelander spent most of his young life chained down with a hydrogen bomb strapped to him in case he tried to escape. A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers. "[7], The Boys producer and showrunner Eric Kripke has stated that while Homelander can "in theory" be killed, a plot twist which involved the character being killed by his clone Black Noir in the comic book version will not be used in the television adaptation, where Black Noir is instead depicted as a black man and the character's psychopathic traits are amalgamated with Homelander. He is also possessive, paranoid, vindictive, insensitive, reckless with his powers, and incapable of accepting the possibility of any flaw in his person or decision-making. Until the events of the series' climax, it is implied that Homelander had raped Billy Butcher's wife, Becky, who then died giving birth to a superhuman baby Billy had then killed. Leader of The Seven Here is the character flaw that serves as Homelander's biggest downfall. Citizenship Deceased Also: "It might help to think of the Homelander as having all the self-control of let’s say a fourteen-year-old. In reality, he was grown in a secret laboratory, the progeny of genetic material taken from Stormfront, who was injected with Compound V while still a member of the Hitler Youth. He leads the other superheroes in a coup d'etat against the United States, launching an attack on the White House and killing everyone inside, including the Vice President. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Golden Globes Emmys STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events After being driven crazy, by being blackmailed by Butcher and finding out Noir did it, with the fact Noir was a clone of him, created by Vought to spy on him and kill him if need be. [13][14] Homelander has been compared to Captain America and Superman. Homelander has been a terrifying and unstoppable force in the world of The Boys. When we last saw Homelander, he wasn’t in a good place. However, his emotional incompetence and sociopathic traits initially alienate him from his son, and the loss of Stillwell's moderating influence on his behavior unbalances him further. A composite character of the Homelander and Black Noir, this Homelander is depicted as a genuinely uncaring and nationalistic psychopath who cares little about the well-being of those he professes to protect, a lactophiliac involved with Madelyn Stillwell and later Stormfront, and the father of Ryan Butcher. Over the first two seasons of “The Boys,” Homelander has devolved into a xenophobic white nationalist, a misogynistic narcissist, and a murderer who became the romantic partner of a Nazi leader. He was thought to be the one who raped Butcher's wife and got her pregnant, ultimately resulting in her death. Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men, https://the-boys.fandom.com/wiki/Homelander/Comics?oldid=10334. The Homelander (John) is a fictional character in the comic book series The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson. The Homelander is a patriotic superhero who leads the superhero team, The Seven, and the most powerful superhuman created by Vought-American. The Boys' Eric Kripke Weighs In", "THE BOYS' Homelander Represents the Worst of America", "The Boys' Homelander represents how the world sees America", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Homelander&oldid=1022150576, Comics characters with superhuman strength, Fictional characters with nuclear or radiation abilities, Fictional characters with superhuman senses, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 May 2021, at 19:38. [6], Garth Ennis describes Homelander as: "an almost entirely negative character. American He had no discernible physical weaknesses that could be exploited, so Vought's CEO, Stan Edgar has, for most of Homelander's life, kept him in check through careful manipulation. He is the leader of The Seven, and the arch-nemesis of Billy Butcher, the leader of The Boys. Though Homelander is quite invincible when it comes to physical attacks, the show might have finally revealed his Kryptonite in ‘What I Know‘, the second season finale of The Boys. Near the end of The Boys comic series, The Homelander rallies an army of Supers and takes on Washington D.C. Status From Herogasm onwards, Homelander resolves to free himself and the superhero community from Vought-American's control. Als erwachsener Mann trat er in die Dienste des Konzerns Vought International, welcher in den USA einen Großteil der Superhelden verwaltet und unterhält; sie erschufen auch das Compound V um die Superhelden überhaupt erst in die Welt zu bringen. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Earlier in the first season, Homelander was shown to have unfettered feelings for Madelyn Stillwell in what seemed like to be a strong case for Oedipal Complex.