While initially an enigma, it is revealed at the climax of the series that Black Noir is actually a clone of the Homelander, developed by Vought-American as a contingency, in case the leader of the Seven became a liability, and as such, has all of his
Origins. Black Noir is the clone of the Homelander, and was created by Vought-American with refined Compound-V. Vought created him as a contingency plan in order to ensure that Homelander never oversteps his bounds, and kill him if he does.
Black Noir was a direct clone of Homelander, created by Vought as a fail-safe to kill Homelander if he ever overstepped his bounds. However, years passed and Black Noir was unable to fulfil the one purpose he was created for as Homelander was implied to have been a generally good person.
Earving, better known as Black Noir, was a major antagonist in the Amazon series The Boys. Serving as a supporting antagonist in Season 1, the secondary antagonist of Season 2, and a major anti-villain in Season 3. He was a mute, darkly costumed superhero and a member of The Seven.
Black Noir is actually a clone of Homelander. If and when we finally see his face, he'll most likely be played by Antony Starr. Essentially, Black Noir is designed to be Vought's contingency plan against Homelander, should their most famous creation ever lose control or pose too great a liability to the company.
What Makes Him Pure Evil. Becoming obsessed with his mission to terminate Homelander, Black Noir sought to frame the real Homelander just so he could get the order to kill him. Black Noir thus went on numerous rampages disguised as Homelander, in which he raped and murdered dozens of innocent people and even ate babies ...
While it is possible he ages normally, Black Noir has a healing factor, a power that typically slows aging in various superhero comics. In The Boys, supes aren't born with their powers. Instead, they gain them when they take a dose of Compound V.
The grand finale of The Boys comic book series confirms that there is only one hero who is actually stronger than Homelander, and that's his (even more) evil clone, Black Noir. Created to be an upgraded version of Homelander, Black Noir proves his superiority in the final battle between these two deranged powerhouses.
Noir's animated animal pals get him to face his Soldier Boy fears by re-creating the event that made him so completely terrified of Soldier Boy in the first place, a day when Soldier Boy beat him up after he stood up to him, as well as the nearly fatal attack Soldier Boy made on Noir the day he led Payback in ...
But for the sake of underlining how much went down in the episode, here we go: Homelander (Antony Starr) kills Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell); the Deep (Chace Crawford) kills Robert Singer's (Jim Beaver) VP pick and the slot goes to secret supe Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit); Starlight/Annie (Erin Moriarty) flies with ...
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.
Even after being a ruthless hunter, he spares the life of the little kid. Later in the season, he is seen crying as he finds out about the compound V news, which hints that he might have had a good relationship with his parents and guardians, and is now disheartened thinking that they probably used him.
It is likely that whatever this power is also prevented Black Noir from healing almost 40 years prior. The attack that decimated the Payback team and permanently scarred Black Noir is not fully shown on screen, but hinted at in dialogue between Grace Mallory and Crimson Countess.
Homelander kills Noir for no other reason than he's mad about him withholding the truth about his parentage. It's a sad and shocking way to see this silent yet relatively good (in Boys/Payback terms anyway) character go. And he exhibits no remorse for it at all.
He knew that the odds of Soldier Boy surviving whatever was to come would be high, and that his chance of return would be inevitable. Knowing this, it would make sense for Noir to align himself with someone of great strength. His alliance with Homelander is likely deliberate and motivated by survival.
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".
Homelander isn't actually Soldier Boy's son, but he was created by Vogelbaum using the supe's DNA in spring 1981. Homelander killed Noir after finding out that The Seven member that he trusted the most was aware that he had a father out there who was alive.
Longevity: Black Noir has been active since the 80s. He is older than Gunpowder and is likely somewhere around his 50s or 60s, however he shows no signs that his age has affected his physical condition and he even appears to be even stronger then he was forty years prior.
In “Herogasm,” the show already unveiled that Black Noir betrayed Soldier Boy and sold him to the Russians. Ahead of the explosive upcoming season finale, we get to know why things went down the way they did.
Captain America
Rogers' analytical mind combined with his immense strategic acumen make him one of the greatest heroes Earth has to offer. In a one on one fight with Black Noir, the Super Soldier will lose because Black Noir can keep up with him very easily.
As powerful as Black Noir is, this nut allergy ultimately brought him down in The Boys season 2. Queen Maeve shoved an Almond Joy into his mouth to stop him from attacking Starlight and kicked his EpiPen out of reach. The nut attack didn't kill Black Noir, but he was left in a vegetative state at the end of season 2.
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.
If not administered on time, Black Noir could suffer severe brain damage. As seen where after he was fed an Almond Joy and prevented from using his epipen, Black Noir suffered severe brain damage and was reduced to a vegetative state.
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.
Benjamin, better known as simply Soldier Boy, or Ben, is a major antagonist of the Amazon series The Boys, serving as a mentioned character in Seasons 1 and 2, and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Homelander) of Season 3.