The Boys Season 3 Makes It Clear That Butcher Is Worse That Homelander

The comic book version of Homelander is a different guy from the show’s incarnation of the strongest Supe. They both have the exact kind of tragic backstory you imagine an ultra-powerful, lab-created corporate superhero to have. Yet, while the comics one is far from a nice person, his start of darkness is an odd one. He’s slowly and steadily manipulated into a murderous supervillain by Black Noir (played by Nathan Mitchell in the show), whose print incarnation is Homelander’s crazed clone that was created as a failsafe mechanism. Convinced that he did Noir’s various atrocities without actually remembering any of them, Homelander eventually starts doing unimaginable things himself. 

Meanwhile, Billy Butcher spends his entire comics run on a self-stated mission to get rid of all the Supes he possibly can. Once Homelander and Black Noir are out of the way, he allows himself a brief moment of reflection before embarking on a mission to kill everyone who’s ever come in contact with Compound V. Incidentally, this would affect an untold number of people … including all of his teammates, almost all of whom he kills personally. Even if you exclude the many, many atrocities and duplicious deeds the comics Butcher does, this final mission of mass murder confirms him as the true final villain of the series. 

The show’s Homelander seems to be walking the path to full psycho supervillainy by his lonesome, courtesy of his fragile ego and numerous issues. He also kills Black Noir and Stillwell (Elizabeth Shue), his greatest opposing forces from the comics — apart from Butcher. As such, it’s entirely possible that he’ll eventually become the kind of villain who puts the comics Butcher’s actions to shame. 

Of course, there’s still one problem about that theory. From what we’ve seen so far, the show’s Butcher is even worse than his comics counterpart.

The comic book version of Homelander is a different guy from the show’s incarnation of the strongest Supe. They both have the exact kind of tragic backstory you imagine an ultra-powerful, lab-created corporate superhero to have. Yet, while the comics one is far from a nice person, his start of darkness is an odd one. He’s slowly and steadily manipulated into a murderous supervillain by Black Noir (played by Nathan Mitchell in the show), whose print incarnation is Homelander’s crazed clone that was created as a failsafe mechanism. Convinced that he did Noir’s various atrocities without actually remembering any of them, Homelander eventually starts doing unimaginable things himself. 

Meanwhile, Billy Butcher spends his entire comics run on a self-stated mission to get rid of all the Supes he possibly can. Once Homelander and Black Noir are out of the way, he allows himself a brief moment of reflection before embarking on a mission to kill everyone who’s ever come in contact with Compound V. Incidentally, this would affect an untold number of people … including all of his teammates, almost all of whom he kills personally. Even if you exclude the many, many atrocities and duplicious deeds the comics Butcher does, this final mission of mass murder confirms him as the true final villain of the series. 

The show’s Homelander seems to be walking the path to full psycho supervillainy by his lonesome, courtesy of his fragile ego and numerous issues. He also kills Black Noir and Stillwell (Elizabeth Shue), his greatest opposing forces from the comics — apart from Butcher. As such, it’s entirely possible that he’ll eventually become the kind of villain who puts the comics Butcher’s actions to shame. 

Of course, there’s still one problem about that theory. From what we’ve seen so far, the show’s Butcher is even worse than his comics counterpart.