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.
Homelander's display of insecurities and instability is similar to men with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), which is characterized by major mood shifts, impulsivity, and an unstable self-image.
The Boys seasons 1 and 2 developed Homelander's obsession with Madelyn Stillwell and her breast milk, and season 3 takes it in a new direction. Even in The Boys season 3, Homelander continues to make it clear that he is still obsessed with milk.
Homelander's obsession with breast milk goes beyond a quirky character trait. His addiction to breast milk is a symptom of growing up in the Vought lab where he never had access to motherly affection and the opportunity to form a loving bond at a young age.
The Boys actually blackmail the Supe using pictures of what appears to be him eating babies and older humans. He also is said to be responsible for sexually assaulting and getting Becky Butcher pregnant (which would later lead to her death). Upon seeing the photos, Homelander is driven mad.
Homelander Kills Noir
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.
James Stillwell insulting Homelander for his actions. James Stillwell is the overarching antagonist of the comic series The Boys.
Black Noir grew increasingly psychotic as he waited to realise his purpose. He then decided to orchestrate Homelander's descent into villainy by framing Homelander for various crimes, including rape and cannibalism.
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.
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 powers, including heat vision, super strength, durability, flight, ...
Homelander's Real Weakness Is That He Craves Love & Adoration.
The most notable instance of Homelander's love is toward his son, Ryan. Of course, he hasn't been a perfect father figure — the scene of him pushing Ryan off the roof springs to mind — but there have been points where actor Antony Starr has given a convincing portrayal of a loving father.
Not only can he fly, but he possesses super hearing, super strength and super durability far beyond most supes, and can see through anything except for zinc with his X-ray vision, as well as being able to burn and cut through things by shooting a red-colored beam of heat energy from out of his eyes.
Well, Homelander was created as an obvious copy of Superman, so their powers are virtually identical, except Superman is more powerful as you mentioned. The two differences are that Homelander has no apparent weakness to a specific substance, no “kryptonite”, and that he can't see through zinc instead of lead.
He May Be Suffering From A Borderline Personality Disorder
With the number of times that Butcher has flown into a rage, made rash decisions, or had sudden changes of heart, it's very much possible that he suffers from a Borderline Personality Disorder of some kind.
Since he hates himself, Soldier Boy cannot help but despise Homelander for being "a disappointment" just like him, which explains why he refuses to join forces with him.
In the finale, released on Prime Video on Thursday night, Homelander (Antony Starr) ruthlessly killed Black Noir by shoving his hand through his chest and ripping out his organs.
Noir, deep down, is a traumatized and scared little boy, feeling ashamed about his past with Soldier Boy due to the abuse he inflicted on Noir, to the point he chose to run and hide leaving behind Vought and Homelander.
Unlike his comic book counterpart who was framed by the comic book Black Noir for many of his crimes and driven crazy, this Homelander is evil of his own volition; as he willingly murders people in order to satiate his bloodlust and being the person who raped Billy's wife, while the TV series Black Noir had nothing to ...
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.
THE BOYS' Black Noir is obviously supposed to be a parody or alternate version of Batman. Just like every member of The Seven (other than Translucent).
While Homelander always relied solely on his powers to win battles, Black Noir has all the same abilities plus actual combat training. Noir also seems even more mentally unstable than Homelander, which would likely translate to him being even more brutal in a fight.
He was created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, and first appeared in The Boys #1 - The Name of the Game, Part 1 in October of 2006. Billy Butcher and the characters from The Boys had their first volume be part of DC Comics until the rights were reverted back to Dynamite Entertainment.
Although Homelander is one of the main antagonists of the comic series, he is not killed by his archenemy Billy, but is instead killed by Black Noir. His name literally means "A person from one's homeland".
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.