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Spoilers for The Boyscomic Christian Bible series!Before let out the biggest twist in the comic book series thatBlack Noiris really the clone ofHomelander , his secret origin actually hinted atThe Boys ' biggest twist . InThe Boys#19 , The Legend reveals Homelander ’s secret source to Hughie , sharing he was the first Supe created by Vought - American for The Seven . However , with Black Noir , not Queen Maeve or someone else , being made 2d , it suggest at the villain ’s lawful function , while he , like the other Supes , was only created because of Homelander .
WhileThe Boyscomic book series did n’t unwrap that Black Noir was in reality the clone of Homelander until near the final stage of its run , there were many intimation about the silent fibre ’s true nature sprinkled throughout the report . From Black Noir somehow surviving almost would have kill pretty much every Supe except for Homelander , to the revelation thatBlack Noir was one of the highest paid Supes alongside Homelanderand Queen Maeve on The Seven , The Boysdropped many teases about how powerful the role truly was . But , another tinge that rag Black Noir ’s true identicalness was shared when Hughie learned about the order phallus of The Seven were created by The Legend .
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InThe Boys # 19by Garth Ennis , Darick Robertson , Tony Avina , and Simon Bowland from Dynamite Comics , The Legend explainsHomelander ’s secret origin and how The Sevenfaked his integral backstory to the public . Instead of the Superman - esque origin Vought - American betray in the comics , Homelander was in reality a dreaded science experiment created from Stormfront ’s DNA . After he was successfully created , the next Supe made is Black Noir , which show that Vought knew they take someone able of taking Homelander down should he ever lose control .
The reveal that Black Noir , not Queen Maeve , Jack from Jupiter , or The Deep , was the Supe created by Vought - American for The Seven after Homelander hint that the corporation knew they ask a failsafe against the mighty hero . Black Noir ’s secret source as the second Supe createdfor the squad inThe Boysshows that even after successfully creating the most sinewy Supe in beingness , Vought needed insurance that they could control him - hence , Black Noir was made . It also show Homelander ’s importance as the other Hero simply would n’t live without his successful creation first .
Ultimately , Black Noir ’s creative activity after Homelander proved why the same experimentscould never take place again . Homelander was the tangible deal when it come to powers and was probably the good - case scenario for Vought - American when creating a Supe , even with the character ’s numerous emotional problems and dangerous flaws . If they tried to create Homelander and Black Noir again for a Modern version of The Seven , there ’s a good probability they both could be as malefic as the latter , but without any dominance . Sadly , Homelander’ssecret origin as The Seven ’s first Supe will forever be tied toBlack Noir . But the issue also further proves without his creative activity inThe Boyscomic book cosmos , there would be no penis of The Seven .
