Black Noir

Black Noir is the name of three characters from the comic book series The Boys, created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, the television series and franchise of the same name, developed by Eric Kripke. In both the comic and television series, Noir is a member of the hedonistic and reckless Vought-American superhero group the Seven. In the comic series arc Over the Hill with the Swords of a Thousand Men, Noir is revealed to be a clone of the Homelander and enhanced with Stormfront's DNA, created to replace him if he ever went rogue. Driven insane by a lack of purpose, Noir had resolved to frame the Homelander for various atrocities as part of a plan to gradually drive him insane and replace him. However, after a confrontation with Homelander, he is ultimately killed by Billy Butcher. In the television series adaption, Noir, portrayed by Nathan Mitchell and Fritzy-Klevans Destine, is instead depicted as a brain-damaged African-American Supe named Earving, who is loyal to Vought CEO Stan Edgar; additionally Antony Starr portrays a version of the Homelander responsible for acts Noir perpetrated posing as Homelander in the comic book series. In The Boys Presents: Diabolical, Noir is depicted guiding the Homelander in his early career. Following Earving's death in the third season finale of the main series, starting with the fourth season Mitchell portrays a replacement Noir: Justin / Black Noir II.