Notable Superheroes in "The Boys" Universe

A-Train (Reginald Franklin)

• Birth: 1987
• Compound V: Parents accepted Vought's offer after his birth
• Childhood: Grew up poor; father passed away
• Powers: Superhuman speed (activated at age 3)
• Training: Trained by older brother Nathan
• Career:
  • Celebrity for Vought International
  • Member of Teenage Kix in the late 1990s/early 2000s
  • Attended and graduated from Gulan University in 2015
  • Drafted into The Seven
• Character Development: Initially a genuine hero, later corrupted by fame and abuse of Compound V
• Current Status: Becomes less antagonistic and appears to help protagonists in later seasons

Black Noir (Irving)

• Birth: 1950s-1960s
• Imaginary Friend: Buster Beaver
• Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, durability, immunity, and regeneration
• Career:
  • Member of Payback in the 1980s
  • Forced to conceal identity due to race
  • Abused by Soldier Boy; later agreed to betray him
  • Severely injured by Soldier Boy
  • Joined The Seven after Payback disbanded
• Current Status: Killed by Homelander in season 3; identity replaced by new hero in The Seven

Queen Maeve (Margaret Shaw)

• Birth: 1982, Modesto, California
• Compound V: Accepted by parents after birth
• Powers: Superhuman strength, speed, durability, long jump
• Career:
  • Attended Gulan University; became top student
  • Joined The Seven, becoming the second most powerful member by 2007
  • Known for heroic feats; once saved a school bus
• Character Development: Initially idealistic, later becomes disillusioned and fearful of Homelander
• Current Status: Sacrificed herself, presumed dead, but actually escaped and lost her powers

The Deep (Kevin Moscowitz)

• Birth: Mid-1980s
• Compound V: Given at birth
• Powers: Superhuman strength, gills, telepathy with aquatic animals, fast swimming
• Career:
  • Attended Gulan University; ranked number six
  • Known as The Deep; founding member of The Seven
  • Starred in Vought Cinematic Universe
• Character Development: Insecure about his gills; joins and defects from Church of the Collective
• Current Status: Rejoins The Seven and helps Homelander

Starlight (Annie January)

• Birth: 1996-1997
• Compound V: Given by parents
• Powers: Draws energy from electricity; creates energy blasts and blinding lights
• Career:
  • Groomed to be a superhero
  • Joined Capes for Christ; later Young Americans
  • Joined The Seven and realized its true nature
• Character Development: Genuine and caring; leaves The Seven to join The Boys

Soldier Boy (Benjamin)

• Birth: 1919, Pennsylvania
• Compound V: Volunteered during WWII
• Powers: Superhuman strength, durability, radioactive emissions
• Career:
  • First and strongest superhero before Homelander
  • Used for propaganda during WWII
  • Leader of Payback; betrayed and captured by Russians
• Current Status: Taken in by CIA; faked death

Stormfront (Clara Ringer)

• Birth: 1919, Berlin, Germany
• Compound V: Given by husband Frederick Vought
• Powers: Manipulates electricity, superhuman strength, durability, regenerative healing
• Career:
  • Married to Frederick Vought; moved to America after WWII
  • Committed racially-motivated murders
  • Joined The Seven under new persona
• Current Status: Killed in season 3

Homelander (John)

• Birth: 1981 (from Soldier Boy’s semen)
• Powers: Heat vision, superhuman strength, speed, durability, flight, regenerative healing, super hearing, slower aging
• Career:
  • Raised in a lab; became most powerful superhero
  • Replaced Soldier Boy as leader of The Seven
• Character Development: Evil and psychotic tendencies grow more public over time
• Current Status: Major antagonist with growing hateful following

Victoria Newman (Nadia Kayat)

• Birth: 1987
• Compound V: Given as infant
• Powers: Blood manipulation, superhuman strength, durability, hearing
• Career:
  • Sent to Red River Institute after killing parents
  • Adopted by Stan Edgar; new identity created
  • Started career as congresswoman; becomes director of Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs
• Character Development: Mixed motivations; sometimes helps The Boys

Translucent

• Birth: 1980
• Compound V: Given at birth
• Powers: Skin transforms into carbon metamaterial (invisibility)
• Career:
  • Joined The Seven
  • Married with a son named Maverick
• Current Status: Killed by The Boys in season one

Kimiko Miyashiro

• Birth: 1983, Japan
• Powers: Superhuman strength, agility, speed, durability, regenerative healing
• Career:
  • Kidnapped and forced to serve in Shining Light Liberation Army
  • Injected with Compound V by terrorists
  • Rescued by The Boys; joins the team
• Character Development: Driven by trauma and desire to find her brother

Firecracker (Misty Tucker Gray)

• Birth: 1995
• Compound V: Given at birth
• Powers: Generate sparks, superhuman strength, durability, hearing, regenerative healing
• Career:
  • Competed in soup pageants; counselor at Capes for Christ Bible camp
  • Host of conspiracy show "The Truth Bomb"
  • Joined The Seven
• Current Status: Trying to gain favor with Homelander

Sister Sage (Jessica Bradley)

• Birth: Early 1990s?
• Compound V: Given at birth
• Powers: Superhuman intelligence, brain regeneration
• Career:
  • Member of Teenage Kix
  • Known as the smartest person on the planet
• Current Status: Recruited and later dismissed from The Seven by Homelander

Tech Knight (Robert Vernon)

• Birth: 1983
• Compound V: Given at birth
• Powers: Superhuman deduction, high-end senses, strength, durability
• Career:
  • Wealthy background; owner of Vernon Corp
  • Starred in several movies
  • Hosted reality show "The Whole Truth with Tech Knight"
• Current Status: Appears in Gen V; strangled to death

Marie Morrow

• Birth: Early 2000s
• Compound V: Given at birth
• Powers: Blood manipulation
• Career:
  • Attended Red River Institute after accidentally killing parents
  • Accepted to Gulan University; top freshman
• Current Status: Protagonist of Gen V; trapped in mysterious facility