The ending of The Boys comic book series is controversial. It is revealed that Black Noir is a genetic clone of Homelander, created secretly by Vought to be the ultimate counter to Homelander in case he goes rogue. It is made clear that it was Black Noir, not Homelander, who had raped Butcher’s wife and was responsible for some of the most deplorable acts in the comics. When Homelander leads a superhero uprising to take over the White House, Black Noir fights and kills him, only to later fall to Butcher.
Butcher then comes up with a genocidal plan to kill everyone who has come into contact with Compound V, which includes all Supes, his own team, and thousands of ordinary people. To remove all obstacles in his path, he murders members of the Boys before Hughie finally kills him in a showdown atop the Empire State Building.