Billy Butcher from The Boys comics has superpowers and advanced tech, making him a formidable foe for Supes. Butcher's greatest strength is his tactical brilliance and willpower, not just his superpowers. The Boys shows power's corrupting nature through Butcher, who turns to hate when enemies are scarce.

Warning: Spoilers for The Boys comic series

While fans of The Boys TV show know Billy Butcher as a highly-trained "independent contractor," the original comics paint a different picture of the violent Cockney as not just a canny, well-trained fighter who always plans ahead, but as a character with both the superpowers and the advanced tech to go toe-to-toe with any Supe in the business who steps out of line.

Created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, The Boys comics are shameless parodies of Marvel and DC properties, acting as a vicious critique of power-worship and twee tropes, while also offering a...