Season 4 of The Boys is tipped to be the most combustible ever, with new powerful characters joining the fray and a number of returning superheroes. The popular comics by Garh Ennis and Darick Robertson, which Eric Kripke adapted for television, serve as the inspiration for the Amazon original series. Over the course of the past three seasons, the show has garnered excellent reviews. It also sparked the highly anticipated spin-off series Gen V, which generated just as much anticipation as the original.

The Boys has always been a show that flaunts a brilliant and powerful cast of heroes and villains, but season 4 appears to be gearing up to be the biggest yet. While several supes met their end in the preceding seasons of the show, there are still a lot of supes for The Boys to fight against. And while people like Hughie and Billy Butcher have had temporary V to even the playing field with their powerful opponents, there are a lot of supes ready to bring them and the rest of the humans down to size.

Homelander

Laser vision, Superhuman Strength, Flight, Near Invulnerability

“Homelander murders a man whose only crime was protesting against him in a New York City street.”

Homelander is the leader of the world’s most powerful superhero team, and ahead of season 4, one of the most divisive figures in America. At the end of season 3, Homelander murders a man whose only crime was protesting against him in a New York City street. Now, his devout supporters are in direct conflict with the people who view supes as dangerous and out of control. Homelander is often the center of the show, and season 4 looks to be shaping up in a similar way with his trial and struggle for power in the middle of everything.

Ryan Butcher

Telekinesis, Laser Vision – Powers Still Developing

Ryan Butcher was raised by his biological mother, Becca Butcher, in a secret compound for most of his life. After his mother’s accidental death, Ryan chose to be with Billy Butcher, Becca’s husband, but Billy pushed him away to protect him. Unfortunately, as Ryan needed comfort and affection with his mothers recent passing, his biological father, Homelander, stepped in to claim him as his own. Ryan is a confused young boy, simply looking for love and acceptance where he can get it, but he is also shaping up to be one of the most powerful supes in the show.

Starlight

Can Generate And Manipulate Light

Starlight has always aspired to be a hero, and from a young age, she used her gift to help others and make a difference. Eventually, she was able to join the most elite hero team in the world, The Seven, but she quickly learned that the heroes were not always that heroic. Over the last few seasons, she has gotten close to Hughie, who she formed a romantic relationship with, and made a vocal effort to fight the corruption within The Seven and Vought. For many, she is the face of the rebellion against the supes, and Homelander’s primary rival.

Kimiko Miyashiro

Superhuman Strength

Kimiko Miyashiro has been a largely mysterious character for most of the show, appearing as a mute girl with powers that The Boys took in. She formed a close relationship with Frenchie, and has saved her friends on many occasions. Kimiko has super strength, a powerful healing factor, and super agility and endurance. She returns alongside Starlight and The Boys to take down the supes and Vought, expose their secrets to the world, and break free from a system that encourages supes to do as they please, at whatever expense to the rest of humanity.

Firecracker

Can Create Explosions From Her Hands

Firecracker is one of the new supes joining The Boys in season 4. It appears that she is a replacement for Starlight in The Seven as she has a southern background, and is being used to build a wholesome middle American image of a hero. However, she has yet to reveal more about her background, or how she operates as a hero, but judging by what Homelander wants the supes to become, in terms of “wrathful gods,” it appears that Firecracker will not be nearly so sweet and kind as Starlight was.

Sister Sage

Can Control Plant Growth And Communicate With Plant Life

“This version of the character was always willing to bend the rules and do what she needed to in order to climb the ladder in the company.”

Sister Sage, aka, Jessica Bradley, is another new hero joining The Seven in season 4. Her characters name is a reference to the comics where one character with the same name worked in Vought as the personal assistant to the CEO James Stillwell. This version of the character was always willing to bend the rules and do what she needed to in order to climb the ladder in the company. However, in the series, very little is known about the character so far. Despite this, she appears to have a great influence on Homelander, who she appears to advise.

The Boys Season 4 Supes We Still Don’t Know The Names Of

Wait And See!

In The Boys season 4, there are still a few supes whose names have yet to be revealed. Characters like a young girl with four snake-like creatures that protrude from her mouth, and a woman who tears her own skin off to expose a different appearance underneath. These characters could be largely insignificant thugs, or B-list heroes, but they have appeared in the trailers, which could indicate they hold slightly more significance. However, it remains to be seen who they are, and what they are fighting for, until The Boys season 4 comes out on June 13.