The Boys paints a topsy-turvy world where the most honorable superheroes are bad and the people who want them dead are the good guys. It's a classic case of David versus Goliath, but with a more contemporary spin. Consequently, The Boys has introduced some of television's most diabolical villains. Some of them aren't even necessarily super-powered.
It's a series where even the villains' allegiances are murky at best, held only by the glue that is Compound V. At the same time, The Boys explores what exactly might happen if twisted and perverse individuals manage to obtain godly powers. Victory is nowhere near in sight at the moment thanks to these villains.
7 A-Train
The funny thing about A-Train's existence as a villain is that he's as much of a victim as he is an antagonist. He's always at Homelander's mercy, but A-Train just sucks it up for fame and fortune. His most recent crime was spilling Starlight's plan to take down Homelander, causing Supersonic's death— just when viewers thought that he was about to enter his redemption arc.
But even prior to that, A-Train was already an irredeemable mess. It's worth noting that as early as the first episode in season 1, A-Train was the one who set things in motion for Huey's life after he nonchalantly killed the latter's girlfriend. After that, A-Train kept using everyone around him just to get back to the Seven, proving he's no better than his bullies.
6 Black Noir
Black Noir is a different breed of villainy in The Boys. He's a parody of Batman, and while he does perform some grotesque and macabre assassinations often, he tends to show his human and relatable side more than certified psychopaths like Homelander. Still, the air of mystery surrounding him as well as his murky allegiance makes him an enigmatic threat.
It doesn't help that Black Noir will hound down just about anyone like a professional hitman in order to fulfill his missions. It's even safe to assume that should the need arise for Black Noir to kill Homelander, he'll probably do so. But for now, he's a villain to The Boys— one who they'll always have trouble dealing with since he tends to operate in the shadows.
5 Soldier Boy
Being a bastardized caricature of Captain America, fans don't have to have read the graphic novel in order to guess everything wrong with the show's Soldier Boy. He's a two-faced maniac who is very much the opposite of what he stands for. Allegations include pedophilia, all manners of sexual assault, and the usual cold-blooded murder — mostly through war crimes.
But somehow, the series found a way to make Soldier Boy even more destructive and wicked. Thanks to the Russians on the show, Soldier Boy is now a walking anti-Supe weapon who can erase just about any trace of Compound V while killing an individual. It could be interesting to see where the series plans to twist this new direction, but there's no doubt that Soldier Boy is a villain even before he became a Soviet experiment.
4 Stan Edgar
Stan Edgar is one of the aforementioned villains and power players in the series who seems to have no superpowers. Even so, that doesn't stop him from murdering even the likes of Homelander with nothing but words. For a long time, Stan Edgar was Vought's face — Homelander's boss, even. He stepped in after Homelander murdered Madelyn Stillwell. Stillwell's strings were also being pulled by Stan.
For a time, Stan was also able to apply this same kind of power play to Homelander, particularly in season 2. As for his transgressions against The Boys, Stan's perpetuation of Vought's nasty legacy of underhanded dealings and interloping contributed much to Homelander's success in season 3. Even something as mundane as covering up Homelander's crimes did plenty of damage to the world.
3 Victoria Neuman
Victoria Neuman, a.k.a. Nadia, is the person responsible for all the exploding heads back in season 2. Turns out she was Stan Edgar's closest ally and also one of his aces, for whenever Homelander pushes more boundaries. Neuman herself was taught by Stan and is thus no stranger to Machiavellian strategies and tactics. This eventually led to her betraying Stan and siding with Homelander.
The most cruel aspect of her villainy is the fact that she offered up false hope for The Boys. She was shaping up to be a beacon of light and resistance against Vought's tyranny until Huey found out that she was bedfellows with Stan Edgar himself. She was playing The Boys all along, while also gaining an upper hand against Stan. Such a cold and calculated persona makes Neuman one of the most dangerous individuals in The Boys.
2 Stormfront
As one of the main villains in season 2, Stormfront was several layers of dysfunction turned into a superhero. Initially, she was Vought's attempt to make Homelander heel, but they ended up being each other's poison. Stormfront was first and foremost a neo-fascist and believed in racial supremacy, which automatically makes her a deplorable human being.
Her foul beliefs were merely compounded upon obtaining superpowers. She was one of the most efficient and strongest Supes in existence; paired with some rotten ideals, and Stormfront was a calamity waiting to happen. She got her dues in season 2, but this didn't stop her from staying true to her terrible stand.
1 Homelander
And of course, the star of the show, and the cream of the crop, Homelander. He's everything that could go wrong with superheroes rolled into one case study package. Simply put, Homelander is the most evil version of an evil Superman possible (at the moment). In fact, the show's Homelander has proven to be even more diabolical compared to his graphic novel counterpart.
There's no depth Homelander wouldn't sink to if it meant that he got his way. This kind of man-child mentality, coupled with his invulnerability makes Homelander the most volatile and dangerous individual in The Boys. The only thing holding him back from murdering the whole Earth is that he's a lonely narcissist who thrives off on validation.