With The Boys, maybe it requires one extra five-minute phone call, where they're like, 'Really?', and you're like, 'Really'. There are other things you're on hours of phone calls about that are so much less interesting than that." Swapping the twisted superheroism of Homelander for the first-ever crop of Compound V users, Gen V – which chronicles a school of young and competitive supes – debuts on Friday, September 29 on Prime Video.

After demanding an apology and receiving it in full, Hughie is evidently underwhelmed despite having his request met so willingly. It isn't enough for him. Not now. Not any more. But who’s to say she can’t find a way to isolate Homelander to infect only him, or any other Supe who goes rogue, for that matter? Cameron Crovetti's character pretty much possesses all the same lethal abilities as his dad, including heat vision and, more recently, flying. And this is why he's the ideal opponent. With this additional pressure, The Boys creator Eric Kripke could be laying the grounds for this to-the-death duel to take place in the coming season. The secret head-popping Supe is willing to kill anyone who stands in the way of her political campaign to the top, and with Homelander being, well, Homelander, he’s always going to pose a major threat.Stephanie is a writer who specialises in pro wrestling, covering everything from AEW and WWE to NJPW. Of course, Kripke has stated that Mitchell will play Noir 2.0, ruling out the Homelander-clone aspect. But who's to say Vought didn't just clone Homelander's powers and not the entire person? In general, if you're making an R-rated thing, they let you do whatever you want, unless there's some real legal thing that they think you might be bumping against."

It wouldn't surprise us if Butcher pumped some more V for one last fight with his adversary and we get to watch them fight it out to the death, bringing the show's primary conflict to a close. Neuman’s head-popping powers are certainly deadly, but she managed to get her hands on something even more lethal during the show’s college-based spin-off series, Gen V.

As previously mentioned, comic book Noir was able to kill Homelander because he was a clone and they shared the same powers. Ryan may not be a clone, but he and Homelander share the same DNA, similar abilities and he's proven himself to be pretty deadly, even when that's not been his intention. Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit) might have teamed up with Homelander in The Boys season three, but now he’s successfully helped her to secure her place as Robert Singer’s vice-presidential candidate, we’re not sure how long this alliance is destined to last. When a concerned Marie informs Neuman about the Supe-slaying virus, she meets up with Cardosa to collect it, and blows his head off after he assures her that he’s the only one who knows how to recreate it.

Butcher's hatred and desire for vengeance on the monster who hurt his wife underpins the entire premise of The Boys. But I told Krip, 'Look, man, put me in anytime. You tell me when to come running, I'll come running.'" For the first time since Robin's death, A-Train isn't callous about her loss of life. He doesn't dismiss Hughie and his own culpability for the pain he has caused but is passionately, earnestly remorseful.Funko previously announced a huge collection of The Boys-themed Funko POP! figures earlier this year at the New York Toy Fair to tide fans over until the release of the new episodes, but now that the first episodes of season 2 have premiered, we've been given an all-new look at the figures. Petit Hughie' had a big moment during 'Herogasm', arguably the biggest moment for his character since the show's debut. Discussing the spin-off's genesis, showrunner Eric Kripke previously told Entertainment Weekly: "We got really interested in, 'Wouldn't it be great if we could take superheroes and make one of the most realistic college shows that's ever been made?' 'Cause they're not made very often. As we know by now, Vought likes to keep a good face, and putting someone else in the Noir suit will be their way of hiding his death from the public. We know Homelander has to die, and quite frankly, we're not sure how many more seasons this formula of plotting and failing to kill him can go on for.