Every once in a while we see pop culture and superhero fans comparing their favorite superheroes from different comics and universes, Ever since The Boys became popular recently, people have been comparing Homelander and “The Boys” characters with other superheroes. One of the heated topics is who would win in a battle between the Avengers leader vs The Seven leader.
Since both characters belong to different universes, we haven’t seen them going head-to-head. Still, we can conclude by comparing them on a fair basis, There are similarities between Captain America and Homelander like they both were lab experiments, Homelander had powers since childhood but Captain America got his powers when he was an adult.
Homelander and Captain America are the leaders of their respective teams, but their ways of leading their teams are completely different Captain America is an optimist and leads his team with hope and inspires On the other hand, Homelander uses fear as a driving factor every member of “The Seven” is scared of Homelander
- Summary
- Homelander Vs Captain America is a very direct match and the outcome is pretty straight
- Homelander will win this battle for sure because he has got better powers, strength, and abilities.
Who is more powerful Captain America or Homelander?
Homelander, The most powerful superhero in The Boys universe, possesses a vast spectrum of powers like Super speed & strength, The ability to fly, shoot lasers with his eyes, superhuman senses being able to see through things, etc. While Homelander’s powers are godly Captain America’s powers are not over the top, all of Captain America’s powers originated from a serum (Super soldier serum), Which gave him peak physical form.
While Cap doesn’t have enough powers to match Homelander in a battle he surely has enough to at least last a bit longer, Captain America’s powers are Superhuman strength agility, and fast healing, In a battle Cap can easily dodge Homelander’s laser attacks with his Vibranium shield which is nearly indestructible. While some of Homelander’s attacks can be parried by Captain America easily the real problem starts when Homelander starts using his superspeed powers, He can attack Cap giving him no time to react.
Raw strength comparison between Homelander and Captain America
While Cap doesn’t have enough powers to match Homelander in a battle he surely has shown some incredible feats of strength, like that scene in Captain America: Winter Soldier where he stops Bucky from escaping in a chopper with his bare hands, and for a reference a heavy lift chopper can produce enough upward force to carry 44,000 pounds or 19958.064 kg, Homelander, on the other hand, can do better than this he holds the potential to do multiple folds than what Captain America can do.
Homelander’s raw strength far surpasses the strength of Cap, Homelander can throw around super heavy objects like he is playing with toys, and he can rip apart any obstacle that comes his way, while we are on the topic of strength and durability, healing pays a major role when it comes to healing Homelander doesn’t have fast healing powers, we have seen in the boys season 3 that when Homelander fights Soldier boy and billy the bruises from that didn’t recover fast, in fact, he had to wear makeup to hide his bruises but queen Maeve still noticed it and pointed it out
Any Superhero in The Boys Universe will fear going head to head in a raw physical fight with Homelander and no one can indeed beat him in that even Soldier Boy, Billy, and Hughie combined weren’t able to defeat Homelander which shows how much raw strength he possesses. While Homelander can withstand quite a lot of punishment the same can’t be said for Captain America, things like firearms and explosives can hurt him and can cause fatal injuries.
Captain America is neither strong nor durable when we compare him to Homelander, Homelander just simply surpasses him in both aspects, It is because Vought did a lot of research and experiments to make a billion-dollar world-dominating product like Homelander and Soldier Boy.
Weaknesses and Special Abilities of Homelander and Captain America
When it comes to weaknesses, Homelander and Captain America don’t have a direct weaknesses like Superman being vulnerable to kryptonite, rather their weaknesses are pretty Vague, and can be nullified if they want to
The maniac Homelander’s weakness is his mental instability and impulsive nature, he is like a psychopath, he shows zero empathy for others and doesn’t care to understand human emotions, This makes him a bad leader, A leader who is reckless in his decision making, While Captain America being a good leader and a virtues man has his own set of limitations one of which is his ‘Human form’, Cap being a Super soldier is powerful but he can’t surpass Homelander because his Super soldier serum just enhances his physical form, it doesn’t gives him new powers.
One of the weaknesses that Homelander has is seeking approval and love from other people constantly, he wants to be admired by people, and he wants people to treat him like a God or Hero, while this seems good at first if we dive deep into this then we will come to know that this leaves a lot of room for Homelander getting manipulated by other just for the sake of appreciation.
Captain America is a Man of honor and virtue, he doesn’t let down his moral values even if the outcomes of following his morals are against him, This can be exploited by his foes, Homelander and Captain America are dealing with the same psychological problems the difference is one has wicked mindset and one has good mindset.
While Captain America has barely any Special abilities Homalander has many of them, Homelander can fly, shoot lasers see through things, and whatnot. Still, Captain America has just got his shield which he uses in defense as well as offense.
Captain America and Homelander’s biggest fight and Most powerful versions
Homelander and Cap have faced a lot of foes, While Captain has battled enemies equal to and sometimes stronger than him, Homelander has never faced someone equal to him in The Boys TV series.
Homelander’s biggest fight was in the finals of The Boys season 3, where he fought his biological father(Soldier Boy), Billy Butcher Starlight, and Queen Maeve. This was the battle in which Homelander bleeds for the first time, This battle showed us that Homeelander is not invincible he can be killed, If the right people with the right plan fight him he can be defeated, Homelander survived this because Billy Butcher wanted to protect Ryan. Also in comics, Homelander fought Black Noir, Black Noir in comic books was a clone of Homelander, and yeah Black Noir killed Homelander.
In comparison to Homelander Captain America has fought some of the biggest foes in the Marvel universe, for example, he has fought Thanos in a one-on-one battle, He gave Thanos tough competition and almost beat him with lightning strikes and Hammer beatdowns, He was so tactical and swift that Thanos had a hard time countering his moves, But eventually, Thanos won, This battle proved that Captain America when holding Mjölnir could be a very strong Superhero, With Mjölnir granting him god-like powers Steve could be one of the strongest characters in Marvel cinematic universe.
The most powerful versions of both of the characters are the ones showcased above in their Biggest battle like Homelander while fighting Boys and Soldier Boy & Captain America while fighting Thanos wielding Mjölnir
Conclusion: Homelander Vs Captain America
Though many of you have already guessed it, yes the answer is Homelander, Homelander beats Captain America in every aspect except in tactical ability which doesn’t even matter, I mean what good are your tactical abilities when even a single attack can damage your opponent in any way.
Can Captain America beat Homelander with Mjölnir?
The answer is yes Captain America can beat Homelander with Mjölnir, It will provide Cap with enough power to hurt Homelander, don’t forget that Cap is a master tactician so when the powers and strength are equal Captain America has the upper hand in this fight and fun fact Homelander is not worthy so all cap has to do is put the Mjölnir onto Homelander and he will never be able to lift it and the fight will be over then and there.