Homelander’s Origin Solves A Boys Season 1 Mystery
The Boys Presents: Diabolical reveals exactly why Homelander doesn't have a problem with Black Noir in The Boys season 1. Amazon's adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys is packed with iconic moments, from Hughie losing his blood and guts virginity, to the «girls getting it done» against Stormfront. Spawning a thousand memes, however, is the scene from The Boys season 1 where Homelander gathers the Seven at Vought HQ and chews his group out for being "out of sorts... erratic… unreliable… downright sloppy." The punchline comes as he turns to Black Noir and admits, "Not you, Noir. You've been great."
An animated spinoff from Amazon's main series, The Boys: Diabolical recounts how Homelander was first introduced as a Vought hero in final episode, «One Plus One Equals Two.» Shoved into the limelight by Stan Edgar and Madelyn Stillwell, Homelander embarks on his debut mission… and, predictably, leaves a bloody mess behind him. Homelander might've killed the hostages he was supposed to save, but The Boys: Diabolical's backstory does at least explain why he doesn't have any issues with Black Noir in The Boys season 1.
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The Boys: Diabolical shows the day Vought publicly unveiled Homelander for the very first time… and reveals Stan Edgar assigned Black Noir as his mentor. Initially distrustful of his masked overseer, Homelander believed Black Noir wanted to steal the spotlight for himself, leaving some flecks of green among the red, white and blue. Stillwell even tells her milk-drinking project that he "should be f**king upset" about being overshadowed by the established Black Noir, and claims the silent hero is actually
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