The Boys: A Thorough Breakdown of Every Supe and Their Powers on the TV Series

Seen as the most super of Supes, Homelander has the perfect combination of abilities for someone with his god complex. (That inflated sense of self-importance, need for admiration, and alarming lack of empathy for other people? Textbook case.) He has super strength, invulnerability, super speed, super hearing, heat and x-ray vision, and the ability to fly. He’s possibly the most powerful Supe there is, hence why everyone is deathly afraid of him. In season one, Madelyn Stillwell describes Homelander by saying, “There isn’t a weapon on Earth that they haven’t throw at him. They’ve all failed.”

Considered the second most powerful member of The Seven, Queen Meave has abilities on par with Homelander. She has super strength (which allows her the power to jump 20 feet high), superhuman durability (even though she is bulletproof, she’s not completely invulnerable; she recalls breaking her hand by punching a train in season one), enhanced sight, superhuman reflexes, agility, and stamina. She’s also highly trained in hand to hand combat.

The self-proclaimed fastest man alive has the power of super speed, able to move at inhuman speeds. In his season race against Shockwave the announcer reported that A-Train can reach speeds in excess of 1,000 miles per hour, which is faster than the speed of sound. Along with the standard super strength and durability of a Supe, he has superhuman metabolism and accelerated perception while using his speed.

The most mysterious member of The Seven has the usual super strength and durability of a Supe, as well as superhuman hearing, agility, and ability with knives. He’s an expert hand-to-hand combatant and said to be a lethal ninja. He’s also quite an accomplished piano player.

Starlight’s unique power, alongside the standard Supe super strength and durability, is electricity absorption. As she demonstrates in season one, she absorbs the electricity from around her and uses its power for her energy attacks. She can fire blasts of bright light from her hands, which can physically toss someone several feet and blind anyone who looking directly at them.

While Translucent’s power may seem obvious, it’s a little more than simply becoming “invisible.” His skin turns into a carbon metamaterial that bends the light, “like an invisibility cloak,” he explains in the first season. Said metamaterial turns his skin nigh indestructible, making it incredibly hard to kill him. It is, however, high conductive, which makes him vulnerable to electricity.

Unsurprisingly, The Deep’s power is connected to the sea. He’s able to telepathically communicate with all forms of sea creatures, as well as possessing a hybrid set of human lungs and aquatic gills. He can breathe on land and underwater for as long as he likes, which helps him with his superhuman speed in the water.

Kimiko has similar powers to Black Noir and Homelander, possessing the standard super strength and durability, as well as speed, agility, reflexes, and a regenerative healing factor. Her fighting style is reminiscent of X-23 from X-Men.

Mesmer has the ability to read people’s minds, as well as sift through their memories through physical contact. In his show The Mesmerizer, he solves crime by looking through people’s memories.

Though Lamplighter doesn’t appear in season one, we do know that he has the ability to manipulate fire. His staff allows him to harness nearby fire and blast flames in any direction.