Warning: This article contains mention of sexual assault and suicide.
The Seven have been the overarching protagonists ofThe Boysever since its first season, but despite their strength and superhuman abilities,the team has changed members numerous times through the show’s four seasons.Although Vought’s flagship superhero group is marketed as America’s greatest protectors in the Prime Video series, they don’t do much saving in reality. The Seven may consist ofThe Boys' strongest characters, but many of them have deep flaws and selfish attributes that make them villains - not heroes - putting most of the group on the protagonists' radar at some point.
As a result, the villainous group has cycled through multiple supes throughout the show, and while not all the departures have been because of The Boys' mission, the protagonists have had a massive impact. Still, The Seven is arguably stronger than ever now thatHomelander’s supe armyhas direct backing from the US President, but individually, the group may be at its weakest. Whether it be because of deaths, demotions, or supes choosing to leave,the team has had a total of 14 members duringThe Boys' four seasons, with each of them holding a different value to Vought International.
All 4 seasons
All 4 seaons
Seasons 1 to 3
Season 2(former member)
Mentioned but does not appear on-screen
Season 2 and 3
14Homelander
Homelander Is The Group’s Leader & An Original Member
Homelander has been a prominent member of The Seven ever since the group was formed. While Vought had relative control over him during his early days, he slowly became more and more unhinged, eventually ruling the team like a dictator. Given he is arguably the strongest supe in the entire series, it’s no surprise he would take on a leadership role, but his team became scared to challenge him, as did Vought.
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His super strength, flight, heat vision, and durability are among his greatest and most notable abilities,but he also has superhuman hearing and smell, making him truly terrifying. He first joined the group after being groomed by Vought into becoming the ultimate hero since childhood.
While the organization tried to nurture him through various experiments alongside their PR work in his later life, this only created a monster, withThe Boysrevealing Homelander’s biggest weaknessis his need for approval. During his time in The Seven, he has treated his teammates with disdain and a lack of respect, ashe sees himself as superior, yet continues to lead the group with the current members too afraid to disobey him.
13The Deep
The Deep Has Surprisingly Been Part Of The Seven Since Its Inception
Like Homelander, The Deep was also an original member of The Seven, although he likely wasn’t recruited for his powers.The Deep also possesses superhuman strength and durability, but he holds nowhere near the same level of power as Homelander.Instead, his most notable attributes are his ability to breathe underwater, communicate with aquatic animals, and swim at incredible speed. While it’s unclear how exactly he was recruited, The Deep was selected as one of the initial members, likely because of his marketability.
His most notable attributes are his ability to breathe underwater, communicate with aquatic animals, and swim at incredible speed.
However, this didn’t seem to last, as he was demoted after sexually assaulting Starlight before later being reinstated. During both stints on the group, he often mistreated those who ranked lower than him yet bent the knee to Homelander and his commands. Despite having several opportunities to change his behavior,The Deep will never find redemption inThe Boysashe has fully devoted himself to Homelander heading into the final season.Still, he remains a part of the team, proving his cowardly nature has worked out for him so far.
12A-Train
The Speedster Finally Left The Group After Four Seasons
Although A-Train has been part of The Seven since season 1, he wasn’t an original member and finally decided to leave the group in season 4.His main power is his super speed, which is so powerful he can kill someone simply by running into themas shown in the show’s first episode. He joined The Seven after the team’s previous speedster retired, and even had to race Shockwave to prove he was still the fastest man alive. A-Train’s journey with the group is similar to The Deep’s, as he was also demoted briefly before rejoining the roster.
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However,A-Train’sThe Boysseason 4 story was the oppositeof The Deep’s as he finally decided to be a real hero by helping the protagonists. After assisting Hughie acquire Compound V, A-Train was contacted by Mother’s Milk and eventually became a regular ally of The Boys.
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He even helped Starlight fight off the Deep and brought MM to the hospital while suffering a heart attack. Although he was egotistical and a bit of a bully when he first joined,A-Train finally stood up to The Seven and is now in hiding after leaving the group before destroying his tracker.
11Starlight
Starlight Helped Expose Vought & The Seven After Exiting The Group
Annie January was selected as part of The Seven after sending in an audition that fit the criteria Vought was looking for.Her complex powers allow her to absorb energy and turn it into blasts of light, while she can also make her eyes and hands glow.
WhenStarlight’s powers returned inThe Boysseason 4, she also used energy to levitate off the ground and fly, something she’d been attempting throughout the season. Despite her skill set, it was Starlight’s innocent and humble nature that Vought wanted to use, which ultimately backfired. While she was initially determined to do good and help save the world as the latest member of The Seven, her attitude quickly changed.
After seeing the group’s true nature, Annie eventually began helping The Boys fight Vought from within before officially leaving the group.Her departure is the one public exit that Vought was unable to cover up, causing a divide between Homelander and Starlight supporters. Starlight’s exit had a massive impact on the story, and she remains determined to take down Vought and the Seven while exposing how evil they are.
10Black Noir
Having originally been a part of Payback, Vought recruited Black Noir shortly after Homelander to join The Seven. Despite not having an exclusive power like some of the previous entries,Black Noir possessed superhuman strength, reflexes, durability, and regenerative healing that made him an incredibly powerful supe. After suffering brutal injuries during his time with Payback at the hands of Soldier Boy, Black Noir became completely mute yet was still one of The Seven’s most loyal members.
His silent nature meant he never caused any real problems and obediently followed orders, making him one of Vought’s most useful heroes. Unfortunately for Noir, his years of loyalty weren’t appreciated by the group’s leader.He was killed by Homelander after failing to tell the central antagonist that Soldier Boy was his dad,despite knowing this secret. Luckily for Vought, the originalBlack Noir never removed his mask inThe Boys, allowing them to easily cover up his death and replace him, leaving the character’s tragic fate unknown to most of the public.
9Queen Maeve
Queen Maeve Grew To Resent Her Role In The Seven
After becoming the number one student at Godolkin University, Queen Maeve was selected by Vought to join the original version of The Seven. Her powers resembled many of Black Noir’s as, like most of the other supes, she had heightened strength, stamina, and senses.Maeve was also bulletproof, as shown inThe Boysseason 1 where Homelander shot her several timeswith an assault rifle to help stage a save. While she had a relatively pessimistic nature, she still wanted to do good during her time in The Seven as shown by The Crash of Transoceanic Flight 37.
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She also offered support to Starlight at times after Annie struggled to cope with life in The Seven and even became a short-term ally of The Boys. After Homelander found out about her betrayal, Vought locked her in a high-security prison within Vought Tower, which she eventually escaped from.
Her alliance with The Boys saw her involved in season 3’s final fight, where she absorbed Soldier Boy’s blast, resulting in her losing her powers.Maeve managed to survive this and, with Vought assuming she was dead, she went to live a quiet life with her partner free of The Seven.
8Translucent
Translucent Was The First Member Of The Seven To Die
Another original member of The Seven, it’s unclear exactly how Translucent became a member of The Seven, but he was part of the original team. His carbon skin gave him one of the most interesting powers on the show, asnot only could he appear invisible, but his skin was also invulnerable, making him incredibly hard to kill.While this ability would make him the ideal candidate for stealth missions, The Seven rarely ever did real superhero work, meaning he often abused this power by snooping around Vought Tower, including inappropriate places.
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Despite seeming like one of the group’s most indestructible members, he was actually the first supe in The Seven to officially die.Translucent confronted Hughie for planting a bug in Vought Tower, but Butcher arrived and incapacitated the antagonist, leading to the supe being captured. While he taunted the protagonists for not being able to hurt him due to his hardened skin, Frenchie was able to make a bomb that blew Translucent up from the inside. After finding out, Vought covered this up by pretending he was on a secret mission before eventually revealing his fate in season 2.
7Lamplighter
Lamplighter’s Was Demoted From The Group Before The Events Of Season 1
Although Lamplighter was never a member of The Seven during seasons 1 to 4, he was part of the original team before the events of the show. Little is known about exactly how he was recruited, but the supe’s fire-based powers seemed like the perfect sort of skills for Vought to market. Alongside the regular enhanced senses, Lamplighter was able to manipulate fire with his mind and make flames bigger, although he couldn’t actually produce fire himself. Not much is known about his time in the group, other than the fact he was demoted.
It’s unclear as to why Vought got rid of him, but it likely has to do with the fact he was blackmailed by The Boys during his time with the group. Despite this, he was still affiliated with Vought and worked in the Sage Grove Center where he was discovered by the protagonists. After reluctantly agreeing to help the protagonists, it seemed like Lamplighter might pull through for the group.However, he unexpectedly took his own life in Vought Tower, with his death remaining one ofThe Boys' most shocking moments.
6Mister Marathon
Mister Marathon Never Officially Appears On The TV Show
Mister Marathon doesn’t actually appear inThe BoysTV show, but the series does acknowledge his existence.Alongside Homelander, Queen Maeve, The Deep, Black Noir, Translucent, and Lamplighter, the supe completed the original Seven lineup, and while little is known about his powers in the show’s universe, it seems like he was also a speedster, given A-Train replaced him. In addition, it’s hard to tell what he was like during his time in the group, but with A-Train lasting four years longer than him, he didn’t seem to have a big impact.
While it could be another one of Vought’s cover-ups,he is reportedly still alive in the series and retired from the group, according to Seven on 7 with Cameron Coleman.It’s possible he was forced out like some of the other supes have been, but he was allegedly supposed to race A-Train and was part of Dawn of the Seven, indicating he really is still around. Whether he will make an appearance inThe Boysseason 5is still to be seen, but as things stand, he remains the least fleshed-out member of the group on the TV show.
5Stormfront
Stormfront Replaced Translucent After His Death
With Translucent being killed in season 1, Stormfront became the first official new member of The Seven for viewers. Stan Edgar brought her into the group due to her popularity with the public, particularly on social media, creating tension with Homelander.Her powers allowed her to manipulate electricity, meaning she could hit her opponents with devastating electric charges,and she was also able to use telekinesis to blast people backward without touching them. She also didn’t appear to physically age, given she had been around for a century.
Although she seemed like a modern hero willing to challenge Homelander, Stormfront’s true intentions were far more sinister. During her time in The Seven,Stormfront started a sexual relationship with Homelander and tried to impose her Nazi beliefs onto the antagonist and his son,hoping she’d eventually be able to impact all of America. During season 2’s climax, Ryan used his lasers to attack Stormfront, all but killing her, resulting in Vought completely cutting ties with the supe after her real identity went public.
Although she seemed like a modern hero willing to challenge Homelander, Stormfront’s true intentions were far more sinister.
Stormfront managed to survive the attack and was still around in season 3, albeit motionless and barely alive.She was regularly visited by Homelander, who refused to follow her Nazi ideology, resulting in the supe taking her own life. WithStormfront appearing inVought Rising- the latestBoysspinoff - the show will likely explore more about her origins, but it seems like she is gone for good in the main series.
