This mission (which entails being in close proximity to his "enemy" for decades, yet forbidden to fulfill his designated goal) drives Black Noir completely insane, leading him to develop a sadistic streak just as disturbing as — if not more so than — the other members of the Seven. When Mallory ordered Billy Butcher to eliminate Jonah, Billy spared him instead and had him work on a way to exterminate anyone with Compound V in them. Butcher's deceased wife, who was a social worker in 1980's London. In private, Homelander shows signs of approaching a mental breakdown, talking to his own reflection in a mirror, and having bouts of nausea. Hughie is intentionally drawn to resemble the British actor and writer Simon Pegg. Afterwards, Mesmer betrays the Boys to Homelander. In #51, Butcher met with her to give her information that could allow guided missiles to track supes, telling her to pass this on to the Air Force. After the disbanding of the unit, M.M. Following this, the Deep recruits A-Train into the Church of the Collective, promising to help him rejoin the Seven. Butcher walks in on Mother's Milk, questioning why he wasn't trying to fix his issues with his daughter, thinking that would get him out of the picture for good. Jennifer Esposito portrays the character in the television series, with her surname spelled Raynor. The original's decision to send the flyers of the Avenging Squad (a prototype for Payback) to scout for Germans – without authorization or awareness of military tactics – led the Godolkin's has a penchant for obtuse and dramatic speeches and could be accused of being intentionally pretentious. In issue #65, Oh Father and the rest of the superheroes who possess the power of flight are killed in combat against the US Air Force, who are armed with missiles configured to home in on Compound V-infused targets. He was the only member of the team happy to have Blarney back after he rose from the dead. In a departure from the comics, Raynor is assassinated by Congresswoman Victoria K. "Vic" Neuman during the second season after the former deduced the latter's plans for a "coup". It is later revealed that "Soldier Boy" was a legacy title. He also freely admits in #40 that Vought-American are gambling that Homelander will be controllable until they've won, and if he's not they can only "try not to be there at the time". The current Tek Knight is actually the third person to hold the identity. The fourth gets through after Vic incapacitates Shaefer and takes control, ordering NORAD to stand down, with the intent of allowing the Seven to intercept the fourth plane. They are a loose satire on the old-fashioned Legion of Super-Heroes, hopelessly inept and vulnerable in the corrupt world of the Boys. In issue #6 he is accidentally killed by Wee Hughie, after which it is discovered that he has a taped-up hamster inserted in his anus. [21] Homelander remains under the financial thumb of VA, as their money funds the Seven's hedonistic lifestyle. In the television adaptation, Chace Crawford plays The Deep. "[53] A team made up of former sidekicks, created by VA to appeal to the teen market. So who is Soldier Boy, exactly, and what was he like in the comics? Hughie agrees. Blowchowski is incredibly fond of peeing on the other members of the group, all of whom find it humorous. Aside from Starlight, the Young Americans has at least four members: Drummer Boy is identified as the leader in #6. She reveals her childhood to Hughie, and what it was like growing up with powers: blinding her parents at birth, being adopted by a foster couple who raised her to show her off at VA pageants, and having powers while being forbidden to actually help or rescue people. According to Dime-Bag (a black youth) in #28, when he graduates from G-Wiz he will have to join either G-Coast or G-Style. Stillwell offers medical care to a wounded Frenchman and tries to make a deal with Billy Butcher, asking the Boys to take a backseat role while they tried to clean up their "own shit"; Butcher refuses. Big Game is the leader of the group. After her sword is revealed to be a metal prop, Queen Maeve is decapitated by the Homelander, who throws her head past Starlight during her escape. Issue #38 shows that, as an infant, she found her way into a pail of discarded Compound V waste, slaughtering scientists in the building, and eventually getting captured, only to escape years later, when Butcher and the original team of Boys rescue her and Frenchie adopts her. A-Train is a superhero with super-speed whose carelessness was responsible for the accidental death of Wee Hughie's girlfriend in the first issue. He seems to get pleasure from killing superheroes; the slaughter of 150 East European/Russian supes in issue #14 left him humming Ode to Joy all day; in #33 he continued to attack Mind Droid and Soldier Boy when they were trying to flee; and in #43 he intended to brutalize the Super Duper team because of an unintended insult (from a member of the team who suffered from Tourette's). Terror may be compound V enhanced as he was able to both wound the Crimson Countess and survive her throwing him into a wall without any obvious injuries. In issue #54 it is revealed that Blarney Cock is the son of Queen Maeve and The Legend. This would cause him to dismiss Laddio; upon realizing his compulsion was causing him to consider sex with his young ward, he immediately acted to remove the temptation and avoid any chance of his acting on it. Ezekiel is an elastic Christian superhero portrayed by Shaun Benson. He also would become gradually disgusted with Butcher's easy willingness to torture their enemies and the others' lack of caring about it. Shaefer and Vic the Veep highlight that The Boys isn't about good versus evil so much as competence versus incompetence. During a brunch with Godolkin and the first two G-teams he actually confronted Godolkin about his constant acquisition of new members, how it increased the likelihood of their secret being found out, and asked when it would stop.

Terror seems to be liked by all The Boys, most notably Hughie and Female.

In season two, he awakens from a coma, but is removed from the Seven due to his failing speed. Butcher went on to serve in the Royal Marines and was wounded in the Falklands War. to journey to Los Angeles to deal with her.

Lamplighter's powers seem to mostly emanate from his torch-like device, which he can use to fly and emanate blinding light or destructive energy. According to Robertson, he drew the character based on Pegg after seeing him in the sitcom Spaced, and thought that Pegg captured the balance of "innocence but tough determination" that Ennis wanted in the character. In the late afternoon of 25 October 1915, a young Australian soldier – Private James Martin, aged only eighteen so his papers said – lay desperately ill with typhoid aboard a hospital ship , anchored of Anzac Cove, Gallipoli.

While watching porn with Hughie, they learn that Annie was captured by Vought and go to rescue her, with Lamplighter immolating himself in order to help her escape from her Supe-proof cell.