10 Superman Rip-Offs Who Are Stronger Than The Man Of Steel

Garth Ennis' The Boys revolves around a group of vigilantes who've been assigned to take down corrupt superheroes. They often conflict with The Seven, who are marketed as the world’s greatest superteam.

The team's leader, Homelander, is clearly based on Superman since he has a similar skillset. Like Superman, he depicts himself as a patriot with a mission is to maintain global peace.

Unlike Superman, Homelander is a megalomaniacal racist psychopath. Although the media are under the impression that Homelander is an alien who came to Earth as a baby, he was actually created in a petri dish by the corrupt corporation, Vought-American.

Unlike Superman, Homelander cannot be stopped with a little green rock. For the majority of the story, this psycho-Superman appears virtually unstoppable. How can anyone possibly beat him?

Worried Homelander could turn against humanity, Vought-American needed a contingency to keep him in check. Since Homelander doesn't have a weakness, the company had to invent one. In a beautiful plot twist, they created an unstable clone of Homelander called Black Noir and programmed him to exterminate The Seven's leader if he got out of line.