Homelander
Homelander is a male comic supervillain who features in The Boys.
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Biography
John was a male human whose mother was pregnant with him when her unborn child was experimented on with Compound V by Vought-American.
He was present at the Seven's headquarters where he greeted the team's newest recruit Starlight. Whilst in the meeting room, he blackmailed her into providing himself, Black Noir and A-Train oral sex in exchange for being a member of the Seven. (The Boys v1 #1)
Overview
Personality and attributes
Publicly, he had a reputation for being a kind and wise superhero with people star struck over meeting him. (The Boys v1 #1)
However, in reality, his personality was much more twisted and perverse. (The Boys v1 #1) He was known to force women into giving him oral sex through blackmail. (The Boys v1 #1)
It was said that when he was angry he broke things. (The Boys v1 #40)
Powers and abilities
From childhood, he was exposed to the chemical called Compound V that gave him superpowers. This gave him a range of superhuman powers that included heat vision, super strength, durability, flight, and enhanced vocal cord.
He came to be the head of the Seven where he was the leader of the team. (The Boys v1 #1)
The Seven were based at a floating platform that hovered high in the sky which served as their headquarters. (The Boys v1 #1)
Notes
- Homelander was created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson where he made his first appearance in The Boys v1 #3 (November, 2006).
- In an interview on Newsarama, Ennis said on the character, "Yeah, well the Homelander to me is an almost entirely negative character. 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... It might help to think of the Homelander as having all the self control of let’s say a fourteen year old."
In other media
Television
- In The Boys, Homelander appeared in the setting of the live-action Amazon television series where he was portrayed by actor Antony Starr. John Vogelbaum was raised in a laboratory where he displayed many sociopathic tendencies and was openly contemptuous of those he considered lesser beings.
Appearances
- The Boys: (2006)
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