Billy Butcher just can’t leave Homelander alone, can he? The Boys season 3 premiered yesterday with the first three episodes, and the heat is already on. Picking up one year after season 2, it seems like everyone’s doing fine.
Billy and Hughie are working for the government, with the latter being the boss (Ouch!), Marvin’s trying to spend more time with his daughter, and the rest of the gang seems to be going about the right away to get rid of bad supes. But, none of it lasts.
As revelations are made one by one, everyone gets back into their old habits, and our boys go back to where they started – Hunting supes, finding out dirtier secrets about the entire lot and trying to kill the unkillable, Homelander.
In Butch’s case, Maeve provides him with three vials of Compound V24. It is a serum that would give him superpowers for 24 hours. After trying to avoid it for the longest time, Billy finally gives in and injects himself with it, thus gaining Homelander-like powers.
Butcher can now shoot laser beams, walk around with a bulletproof body, and beat people into a pulp with his super strength. So the obvious question everyone asking is if Butcher is stronger than Homelander in The Boys Season 3?
Billy Butcher is not stronger than Homelander in The Boys Season 3, despite his powers. Homelander has had his powers since he was a child and is well-seasoned, whereas Billy just has power surges that he can’t control.
The Compound V24 provided by Queen Maeve was still a work in progress. As mentioned by Stan Edgar in a conversation, the serum required some tinkering, and then it could be used. Maeve warns Billy of this too.
However, despite the warning, Butcher injects himself with it. This results in him having uncontrollable power surges and horrible side effects. He can shoot laser beams from his eyes and has a bulletproof body.
However, he can’t position or control his laser beams, and they just go in every direction. This is understandable, considering he just got these powers less than 24 hours ago. But, on the other hand, Homelander has lived with such power all his life.
The serum he received was called Compound V, and it was much more stable. In fact, Homelander is the perfect example of an experimental superhero whose powers have become so enormous that he can wipe out cities with the blink of his eyes.
This is pretty much why Billy is not stronger than Homelander. The latter can do almost anything. He can fly, shoot laser beams, and has super stamina, strength, agility, X-Ray vision, telescopic vision, microscopic vision, and so much more.
Although Billy Butcher is smarter than Homelander and a better strategist, Homelander will win without breaking a sweat in straight combat between the two. Besides all this, the side effects of V24 don’t help Billy’s case. His stomach is upset, his negative traits are accentuated multi-fold, and at the end of episode 3, he just puked green liquid all over Hughie.
So, as of now, Homelander is way stronger and more powerful than Billy can even imagine. Perhaps things might change in the future episodes of season 3, but we’ll have to wait and watch to see if it happens.
About The Boys
The Boys is an American satirical superhero streaming television series developed by Eric Kripke for Prime Video. Based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, which was originally published by DC Comics under their Wildstorm imprint before moving to Dynamite Entertainment, it follows the eponymous team of vigilantes as they combat superpowered individuals who abuse their abilities.
The show is a satirical take on the superhero genre and showcases a world where superheroes are corporatized and controlled by companies. What happens when these superheroes step out of line and rub some boys the wrong way, is the story.
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