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| “ | The point is that you are under a misconception that we are a superhero company. We are not. What we are, really, is a pharmaceutical company. And you are not our most valuable asset. That would be our confidential formula for Compound V. Which you, man-child that you are, released into the wild. | „ |
| ~ Stan Edgar shutting down Homelander about putting Stormfront in The Seven. |
| “ | I can't lash out like some raging, entitled maniac. That is a white man's luxury. | „ |
| ~ Stan Edgar defending his actions to Billy Butcher. |
| “ | Eventually, probably soon, the world will recognize you for the pitiful disappointment you are. You are not worthy of my respect. You are not a god. You are simply bad product. | „ |
| ~ Stan Edgar berating Homelander for the last time before leaving Vought. |
Stanford "Stan" Edgar is one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Frederick Vought) of the Amazon TV adaptation of the comic book series The Boys and a supporting character in the animated spin-off series, The Boys Presents: Diabolical.
He is the CEO of Vought International and the superior of its chairwoman, Madelyn Stillwell, who is responsible for Compound V turning people into superhuman beings. After Stillwell's death, he decides to directly approach in managing the company and their established superhero organization called The Seven - which involves coming into conflict with its leader, Homelander.
He is portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito, who also played Gustavo Fring in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, Sidney Glass in Once Upon a Time, Frank Dawson in Okja, The Dentist in PAYDAY 2, Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian, Lex Luthor in Harley Quinn, Antón Castillo in Far Cry 6 and Faraday in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. A younger version of Stan Edgar was portrayed by Justiin Davis.
Biography[]
Not much is known about Stan Edgar's past. However, even as a young man in the 1980s, he had a substantial influence in Vought due to having approved Soldier Boy's P.S.A announcement script and even acted as the supervisor of Payback, which was Vought's premier superhero group at the time. He was also a close friend of Black Noir.
In 1984 Edgar would later supervise Payback on a mission to Nicaragua to fight the Soviet Union as the company wanted to prove to the government that Supes could work in the military again. While there, he informed Black Noir that Vought is planning on replacing Soldier Boy with his more powerful son Homelander and that Soldier Boy would need to be "removed". Ultimately, Payback would give Soldier Boy to the Russians and cover up his disappearance as a "death from a noble sacrifice", although Noir would end up gravely injured in the process.
Stan would also later adopt a troubled young woman named Nadia with the power to explode organic material. Stan would take her under his wing as his daughter, rename her Victoria and erase all of her previous records to keep the public unaware of her so they would not try to use her as leverage.
At some point prior to the series, he became the CEO of Vought and started using Compound V for other projects to make more profits. In 1999, he introduced Homelander to the public as the newest member of Vought's current premier superhero team the Seven, but he made perfectly sure to keep Homelander in check in case he steps out of line.
In 2019 during at an event, Edgar approaches the company's chairwoman Madelyn Stillwell, rewarding her for her good work. He thereafter tells Stillwell that she will become the President of the company once he has moved to "Belize", before then telling her to enjoy herself as he walks away. However, Edgar never got the chance to do this after Stillwell gets murdered by Homelander.
Soon afterwards, due to Stillwell’s death, Edgar is forced to take a more active role in managing Vought and its superheroes. His first act is to make Stormfront a member of the Seven as a replacement for Translucent - which he decides to plan behind Homelander's back. He is later confronted by Homelander about hiring Stormfront without consulting with him. However, Stan simply responds by telling Homelander he doesn’t need his consent and goes on to nonchalantly insult him by calling him an “arrogant man-child” and that he isn’t as important as he thinks he is. He also even berates him for giving out Compound V to terrorists, leading to the creation of superterrorists (or "supervillains", as Homelander calls them). Edgar then demands Homelander to leave his office, which he reluctantly complies.
Edgar later holds a press conference after the existence of Compound V was leaked to the public. Stan denies any knowledge of it and claims to do a “full investigation” on it. Stan is consulted by the companies lawyers who tell him that because of the leak not only are the stock values crumbling but criminal charges could be brought about. Edgar states he doesn’t care and is more worried about the superterrorist Kenji Miyashiro, who was spotted off the the Jersey shore. Edgar then orders the Seven to go and apprehend the terrorist. After Stormfront kills Kenji, and 56 people living in the buildings nearby, he holds a press conference, denying knowledge of Compound V, and claims he will carry out a full investigation into it. He blames it on Madelyn Stillwell and vows to get to the bottom of it. He introduces Stormfront as the savior of the day, and the crowd goes wild in admiration.
After Black Noir finds Butcher (after he breached the safe-house where Becca and Ryan are kept) and is about to kill Hughie, Butcher reveals that he has incriminating pictures of Ryan's existence, and if he or any of his friends die, these pictures will be sent to Ronan Farrell and expose Homelander as the rapist monster he is. Stan contacts him through Noir's phone, revealing that he saw the whole action unfold through a camera on Black Noir's suit, and questions the existence of these pictures. Butcher says he will have to play along and hope that they are not real. Stan makes his only offer: if he calls off Noir, the pictures will never see the light of day. Butcher agrees and Stan orders Noir to retreat.
Stan is later seen talking with Alastair Adana at the Church of the Collective's headquarters and discussing the return of the Deep and A-Train (who, unknown to both, is listening to the conversation while hidden in a closet). He agrees to bring back the Deep but not A-Train, since he has to "please Stormfront". When questioned about Adana, Edgar reveals that he is aware that Stormfront was one of the first followers of his grandfather, back when the Collective was in its early days. Adana neither confirms or denies this, to which Stan says that the church's Internal Research Department knows very well about her past and why A-Train can't come back.
Butcher contacts Stan in order to find Ryan. They meet at an empty restaurant, where Stan is initially unwilling to help him. Butcher reminds him that Ryan is his only contingency against Homelander, and it won't work if he is raised by him and Stormfront. He states that Stormfront is good at getting people angry and angry people are more willing to buy Compound V and increase stock value. Butcher reminds him of Stormfront's racist tendencies, and that he can't really control her, which leads to one of the few times where he shows to be really annoyed and angry, but Stan simply puts that "he can't just rage out like an entitled maniac. That is a white man's luxury." Stan agrees to send a team to give Ryan's location in order for a security team to take him and Becca to a safe location, but Butcher refuses to let Becca go and tells him to find a new mother for the kid and if Becca shows up begging to see Ryan one day, Stan should simply say that it is the only way to keep both safe from Homelander, and she will accept because a mother will do anything to protect her child. Stan agrees. Once Stormfront's past and ties to the Nazi Party are exposed, Stan leads holds a press conference, and she is blamed by the attack on Washington and informs that the release of Compound V to the Armed Forces has been put on indefinite hold.
A year later in 2022, Stan wants things at Vought to change- he no longer wants it to be all about the Supes, who require a lot of "handling", but rather about what Vought could do for the military with new technology such as V-24. He is starting to make moves to handle these changes. Stan also announces that he's thrilled about the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs involvement at Vought, overseen by Victoria Neuman. It's revealed that Stan adopted Victoria Neuman, formally known as Nadia, and raised her. They still have a close relationship and Stan often watches her daughter.
At Vought, Stan decides to make Starlight co-captain with Homelander because of her wholesome appearance. He wants the image of the Seven to change.
To teach Homelander a lesson, Stan asks Victoria to make an announcement about how Homelander can't get away with anything. He suggests the FBSA slaps a few fines on Homelander and Vought to make an example out of him. However, when the time for the press conference comes, Victoria instead announces that Homelander has come forward as a whistleblower of crimes committed by CEO of Vought, Stan Edgar. Stan is shocked and takes off his glasses. He is forced to take a temporary leave of absence from Vought, to the pleasure of Homelander, who points out that such a development could easily turn permanent. Stan however tells Homelander that with him gone there will be no one left to cover up his actions and the world will see Homelander for what he truly is; a disappointment, a failure and a bad product.
Later, Vought officially announced that it would be severing its ties with Stan Edgar, supposedly appalled by his actions and praising Homelander for his bravery. Vought also announced that it would be conducting a thorough investigation into his actions
Personality[]
Stan Edgar is shown to be a calm, collected, and sophisticated person never breaking his confidence, showing fear or anger or even losing his cool. Even in the face of someone as psychotic and unpredictable as Homelander, Edgar will not show the slightest hint of fear and will even insult the former in his face and call him out on his flaws and insecurities simply to prove a point which something that actually manages to scare Homelander deeply. He is also very careless, cold, cynical and apathetic, not showing the slightest care about casualties and chaos caused by his company and is merely worried about making money and maintaining Vought's public image showing himself to be very manipulative and cunning, even stating that true power is bending the world to one's will. Edgar is even willing to abuse his power and threaten people as evident when he said he would kick Black Noir out of Payback if he even broke his "Silent Ninja" persona and expressed his true self. He is also annoyed by incompetence and looks down on many people such as the how childish and arrogant Vought's heroes are and even desired to pass on his role as CEO to someone else so he would have to deal with their immaturity.
However secretly he is not as cold as he lets on as he is shown to have a very close relationship with his adoptive daughter Victoria Neuman and his granddaughter Zoe spending time with them as much as he can. When he adopted Victoria , you need a promised that he would always look out for her no matter what. However, when Victoria’s blackmailed by Homelander into betraying him, he shows no ill will towards her and was in fact, proud of her intelligence and compares to his own.
Even when he is finally defeated by Homelander, loses control of Vought and is arrested for his crimes he remains confident and spiteful states that soon enough the world will see Homelander for what he truly is, a bad product.
Quotes[]
| “ | Hey, don't go planning my retirement yet. Just saying, someone needs to run this shitshow when I move to Belize. Enjoy yourself, Madelyn. | „ |
| ~ Stan to Madelyn Stillwell. |
| “ | Well, let me remind you. You slipped Compound V to terrorists all over the globe to get you and your cronies into national defense. But maybe at the cost of destroying the whole company. | „ |
| ~ Edgar to Homelander. |
| “ | And I don't appreciate that the FDA now knows about Compound V, or that it's only a matter of time before the public finds out. While you're preening at the Golden Globes we're busy, running around like maniacs, trying to clean up the mess you made. I don't have to consult you about Stormfront or anything else. Now... I believe you have a premiere of Tek Knight Lives to go to? | „ |
| ~ Edgar taunting Homelander. |
| “ | Real power... isn't this. It's the ability to bend the world to your will. You would decide what The Seven do. What causes they support. Full authority to fill the team's empty slots. I'm offering you real power. | „ |
| ~ Stan Edgar explains what true power is to Starlight. |
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Trivia[]
- Ironically, much of Stan's role, personality, and character seem to be in line with and inspired by James Stillwell, the comic book version of Madelyn Stillwell. Both men were calm, cold, and were in charge of much of the Seven's gruesome acts.
- There are however some key differences between the two with the biggest being that Stilwell showed little to no human emotion while Edgar did show genuine joy as well as annoyance with Stormfront for being a Nazi, even admitting that she did bother him in the season 2 finale.
- In the comics, Stan does not appear physically and is only referred to as Mr. Edgar. He dies early on due to a heart attack and it is revealed that James Stillwell was actually the one controlling the company from the shadows but never took the position of CEO as to avoid being a part of the public eye.
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