The Boys: How Powerful Butcher Is Compared To Homelander With Powers

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Season 3 of The Boys shows William «Billy» Butcher finally using Compound V and embracing his powers, meaning he may be strong enough to finally take on Homelander. In The Boys comics, Billy and the crew are already using Compound V before issue 1, with Hughie being the last to gain powers in issue 4. While Billy Butcher has been powerless — at least in the super sense — throughout The Boys' first 2 seasons, he has still managed to wiggle his way out of every encounter against the spoiled Superman-inspired villain. Now that Karl Urban's Billy Butcher has powers too, he could pose a viable threat to Vought's asset.

In The Boys series, the titular group have been without powers in the first two seasons, with Kimiko (Kara Fukuhara) being the exception, demonstrating the usual abilities of durability and strength. The addition of the superpowers to other group members could only push the already highly skilled team beyond those that they face. The first big fight The Boys encounter in the comics is against the group known as Teenage Kix, who assume their superiority due to their powers and superhero status, unaware that The Boys too possess power via Compound V. The Boys soon decimate the group, with Hughie, who was unsure and untrained, accidentally killing Kix member Blarney Cock with a punch straight through the man's chest. This demonstrates the efficiency of Compound V in a regular human, never mind the efficiency of it in the body of a man such as Billy Butcher, an ex-special forces operator with a vicious streak.

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Thanks to being exposed to Compound V from an extremely young age, Homelander is considered one of, if not the, strongest Supes on the planet. Not