I didn't read the comics but I watched video essays about the comic and Homelander is killed by his clone/Black Noir in the comics. Maybe Butcher kills the clone and Hughie kills Butcher after?

Yeah, the story was always setup Butcher would kill Homelander and Hughie would kill Butcher. It's interesting that for all the bluster of Kripke and his leftist sensibilities he wrote a pretty straightforward story with the promised payout without the modern day subversion the left loves so much

I didn't read the comics but I watched video essays about the comic and Homelander is killed by his clone/Black Noir in the comics. Maybe Butcher kills the clone and Hughie kills Butcher after?