Kimiko also forms tight friendships with Hughie and Starlight. Though she isn't always a fan of her powers, she never hesitates to use them to protect the people she cares for. Kimiko is the strongest hero of The Boys, with heightened levels of superhuman strength, durability, speed, and reflexes.
4 Kimiko (Karen Fukuhara)
She was experimented on with Compound V, leaving her mute but with extreme power and strength. On top of that, she can heal herself so she's basically indestructible. Kimiko is the Boys' answer to their superhero problem.
Originally referred to simply as "The Female," Kimiko is a literal silent assassin who gained superhuman strength and regenerative powers after being forcibly injected with Compound V by Vought to create super terrorists for their superheroes to fight. She also became mute after her mother was killed.
1 Homelander
There's little doubt that Homelander is the strongest character in the Boys.
Superhuman Strength: Black Noir is strong enough to kill Homelander, needing just one punch to completely destroy his jaw. He is stronger than Homelander, who could hurl a fighter jet with one hand and kill Queen Maeve with just one punch.
Powers and abilities
In the comics, Black Noir is a long-time member of the Seven, almost always shown in silhouette with his face obscured. His powers include super strength and supposed skills as a pilot. He is stronger than even Homelander; Mother's Milk states he can "[...] bench a dozen Mack trucks".
Similar to Captain Marvel, Thor is one of the more powerful Avengers and Marvel characters in general. Given that Thor has more experience fighting in both the cosmic universe and on Earth, Homelander has no chance against Thor.
Superhuman strength: Soldier Boy is not as strong as Homelander, Stormfront, or any other supes. However, he is still relatively strong, similar to a super-soldier. Superhuman Speed: Soldier Boy is able to dodge bullets as well as punches and blows easily.
The fact that Noir fled instead of going with Homelander to face Soldier Boy indicates that his former team leader has the strength to hurt him as well. Indeed, Noir's reminiscing of 1984 showed Soldier Boy decisively overpowering him and nearly killing him.
Make no mistake, Homelander is more powerful than Soldier Boy, but can he take him out in a fight? We don't think so. Besides, unlike Homelander, who probably wants all the credit for himself, Soldier Boy isn't above asking for help.
Kimiko is hit with one of his blasts before he runs off and is badly injured. Come the end of the episode she is bleeding out in the back of a van, unable to heal herself like usual because she has no more Compound V in her body.
Powers. Superhuman Strength: Queen Maeve is one of the strongest members of The Seven, only behind Homelander and Black Noir. Superhuman Durability: Queen Maeve's body is much harder and more resistant to conventional forms of physical injury than the body of a human.
She pushes him out of the way, absorbing the full brunt of the blast. Normally, this wouldn't be an issue for Kimiko, given her healing powers. However, to Frenchie's horror, Kimiko's extensive wounds don't heal after Soldier's Boy's blast. Somehow, the beam took away Kimiko's powers.
After being exposed to Compound V, Kimiko was turned into a weapon that was partially immune to harm, as she's able to heal from injuries like no one else on the Boys' Supe-hunting squad.
As her superhero name suggests, Starlight can absorb electricity and send it out in a blast of light. That's enough to blind her opponents temporarily or knock them out. She's also stronger and less likely to get hurt than others.
However, Noir is not indestructible, as Hughie was able to shoot through the palm of his hand with a pistol at point blank and as Homelander was able to kill him by ripping out his guts after punching his chest. Superhuman Speed: According to Mother's Milk, Black Noir can outrun a car.
During Payback's fight against Soldier Boy, Black Noir received catastrophic brain injuries that left him both unable to verbally communicate and saddled with bizarre hallucinations of cartoon animals.
Captain America
In a one on one fight with Black Noir, the Super Soldier will lose because Black Noir can keep up with him very easily. Espionage and assassination are Black Noir's forte. He could take Steve Rogers out when he lets his guard down as well.
Yup, Soldier Boy is Homelander's biological father. Suddenly all these daddy issues make a lot more sense. This character element isn't from the original The Boys comics, but was something Kripke and the writer's room came up with for the show.
The superhero Soldier Boy was given a shield with an eagle emblem sometime after World War II, during which he preferred to carry a submachine gun. The shield is very heavy, as normal humans cannot lift it, while he can wield it with ease. In 1984, Soldier Boy and Payback were stationed in Nicaragua.
With the genes of the most powerful man in the world, it's no surprise that Ryan Butcher (Cameron Crovetti) tops this list. Despite his young age, Ryan has already shown glimpses of powers that will make him equally strong, if not stronger, than Homelander.
While Starlight's original powers were already enough for Annie to defeat A-Train in a fight, Starlight was behind characters like Maeve, Soldier Boy, and Homelander in terms of sheer strength. In other words, Starlight's blasts of light would not be of much help against Homelander.
The second could be with Steve Rogers taking control of Mjolnir and using the Godlike weapon to cause some damage to Homelander. This could possibly be a victory for Cap but like many heroes of Homelander's caliber, his ability to recover fast could be too much for Captain America.
Magento is powerful enough to harm Homelander and even disarm him with his magnetic forces. However, it is Magneto's intelligence that will give him the tactical edge over Homelander. Homelander should avoid Magneto and not get on his bad side.
Homelander may reign supreme in his own world, but over in the Marvel Universe, Hulk is the strongest there is. Created by Stan Lee back in 1962, Hulk has been a Marvel mainstay for decades, and continues to be one of the most popular comic book characters.