Soldier Boy (Canon, TV Series)/CitRusReality

“	Buddy, you think you look strong? You're wearing a cape. You're just a cheap Fuckin' knockoff.	„
	~ Soldier Boy to Homelander.

Summary

Ben, better known as Soldier Boy, is a major antagonist in the Amazon TV adaption of the controversial adult comic-book series The Boys, appearing as a mentioned character in Seasons 1 and 2, and a major antagonist in Season 3.

He was America’s first, greatest and most popular superhero before Homelander. He helped his fellow American troops in battle during World War II alongside his superhero team, Payback. It is assumed by the public that he fought for liberty and justice for all, until his disappearance during a botched operation in Nicaragua, with the cover story being that he heroically sacrificed his own life to save America from a nuclear power plant meltdown in 1984.

However, he was awfully corrupt and was indirectly responsible for the deaths of Mother's Milk's family members in the 1980's after he punched a criminal's vehicle onto Mother's Milk's family home. And in actuality, Soldier Boy was subdued and kidnapped by Russian agents in Nicaragua and brought to Russia to be tortured and experimented on for many years to come before being rescued by The Boys in 2022 to aid them in taking down Vought International and killing Homelander, who is later revealed to be his son.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 8-A, possibly 7-C, Higher with radiation blasts

Name: Soldier Boy, Ben, "A Living, Breathing American Hero", The Most Idiotic of them All, America's Son.

Origin: The Boys

Gender: Male

Age: 105 years old (Was born in 1919 and hasn't aged at all since WWII)

Classification: Supe, Superhero, Leader of Payback (formerly)

Powers and Abilities:

• Abilities ▾
• Resistances ▾

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics

• Longevity (He hasn't aged since World War II.)

• Enhanced Senses (All supes have hearing comparable to dogs.)

• Martial Arts

• Regeneration (Low-Mid; Ashley stated all supes heal faster than humans.)
  • Immortality (Type 2 & 3; Scales above Kimiko, who could revive after getting her neck snapped.)
    • Resurrection (Resuscitation.)

• Adaptation (Non-Combat Applicable; After several months of exposure to radiation, he was able to develop new powers.)

• Skilled Marksmen (Uses a Pistol.)
  • Superhuman Precision (Was able to hit mindstorm in the eye several meters away, without hitting Hughie.)

• Supernatural Willpower (After getting confronted with the idea of getting imprisoned again, he managed to resist the affects of the novichok nerve agent.)

• Radiation Manipulation, Energy Projection, Energy Manipulation, Light Manipulation & Heat Manipulation (Can release powerful blasts of radiation-infused energy from his upper torso.)
  • Explosion Manipulation (Created a large explosion.)
    • Power Nullification (Homelander said that Soldier Boy power nulled all the heroes in the Herogasm Mansion.)

Resistance to the following:

• Poison Manipulation (Stated that novichok nerve agent would only knock him out at best.)

• Sleep Manipulation (Completely immune to Halothane gas.)

• Radiation & Heat Manipulation (Took lethal amounts of radiation for months.)

• Acid Manipulation (Sulfuric acids proved to be useless to him.)

• Electricity Manipulation (Scales above sam, who could endure a prolonged exposure to electricity.)

Limited Resistance to:

• Durability Negation via attacking internal structures (His internal tissue and organs are just as durable as his skin.)

• Mind Manipulation (Could somewhat fight off mind hax.)

Attack Potency: Multi-City Block Level+, possibly Town Level (Is one of the strongest characters in the verse. Is stated to be as nearly as strong as Homelander, who was actually surprised and caught off-guard by him. Is capable of brawling with Homelander and even giving him a bruise. Fought with Temp V Butcher.) Higher with radiation blasts (Is capable of vaporizing people, and was able to generate this explosion.)

Speed: Massively Hypersonic combat and reactions (Is able to swap hands with Homelander.)

Lifting Strength: Class M (Is almost as strong as Homelander. Homelander could bend some steel and throw a baseball a few dozen, if not hundreds of kilometers away.)

Striking Strength: Multi-City Block Class+, possibly Town Class

Durability: Multi-City Block Level+, possibly Town Level (Can take blows from Homelander. Butcher said it would take a H-Bomb to kill him. Capable of withstanding his own radioactive explosions.)

Stamina: Superhuman

Range: Standard Melee Range, at least Tens of Meters with energy blasts.

Standard Equipment:

• Shield and Suit
• Knife
• Pistol

Intelligence: Above Average. (Has performed several black ops for Vought and the U.S government between the 60s and 70s. Is a highly skilled combatant, on par with the likes of Butcher. Methodically avoided Mindstorm's powers, easily seeing through his attempt at tricking them, and got information out of him before killing him)

Weaknesses: When Soldier Boy's PTSD is triggered, his emotional state can get out of control, causing him to lose control over his powers. It takes time for Soldier Boy to build up sufficient energy to fire his radiation-infused energy discharges and he can barely move without interrupting his charges. Still needs to breathe despite his physical nigh-invulnerability. Extremely powerful toxins like the Novichok nerve agent can weaken him for a short time or even knock him out. His shield can be weakened and even destroyed if exposed to enough heat. As a supe, he is vulnerable to high-frequency sounds, which can cause him immense pain.

Note: While every weapon would include the Tsar Bomba, there’s reasons why the statement likely wouldn’t include that bomb. For one, at this moment in time, only Russia had access to the Tsar Bomba, so it’s not very likely that they had used that specific nuke on him. The second issue is that Soldier Boy, who is considered nearly as strong as Homelander himself was stated to be able to die to Hydrogen bombs which include the Tsar Bomba, and three, Vought likes to lie a lot and they aren't credible at all, so its very unlikely that Theye'd actually have access to nuclear weapons. Also, regarding Nubia, Homelander wouldn't scale to it as we don't see her create her storm in a combat applicable way, plus I've heard that the feat has apparently been debunked to Large Building Level, i don't not have the debunk, but i did send a friend request to someone who supposedly has it and im waiting from a response from them. Its also a Hax thing as well. So it’s very likely that Soldier Boy wouldn’t upscale nukes.

Gallery

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