Butcher

He led the original Boys, who were disbanded for as-yet-unstated reasons. At the beginning of the series, he works to reassemble the old team with a new member, Wee Hughie, filling in for a former member named Mallory. He is physically large and incredibly violent, and, like all of The Boys, possesses super strength. A bulldog named Terror is his constant companion. The cause of his campaign against superheroes, according to him, stems from the rape and death of his wife, Becky. Butcher woke up to find his wife disemboweled on their bed, with her prematurely born, superpowered child crawling out of her. After it attacked Butcher with its heat vision, he killed it by beating it to death with a lampstand. After reading Becky's diary he learned the identity of his wife's rapist, who is described as "one of the big boys".  Butcher takes the job of leading a team called the “The Boys” that are charged with watching and keeping the heroes in line and bringing them down when they step over the line. They can use any force necessary, but unluckily for the heroes, Butcher usually only uses brutal and often deadly force. Like the rest of The Boys, Butcher was injected with a special chemical called "Compound V" that increases strength, speed, stamina and durability and gives the ability to heal wounds faster than normal humans.

Butcher is so brutal and cunning that even the largest superhero group in the world, The Seven, are scared of him. When it comes to corrupt supes, Butcher takes no prisoners and will severely beat them to within an inch of their lives and sometimes kill them. He does recognize that some heroes are genuine and are there to help, but even these heroes he often mocks and belittles.