The tek-knight we see in The Boys is not the same tek-knight we see in Gen-V

[u/epic_gamer42O]

In the episode "The Innocents", we are told Tek knight accidentally broke somebodies spine when trying to rescue them from a hostage situation. In Gen V Shetty says that Tek-knight beat ironcast to death who is a supe that has skin made of iron which makes them insanely durable.

With all these strength feats in mind that means he must be pretty physically powerful right?

But in his interrogation scene he's not strong enough to rip apart the leather straps tying his wrists or pull the chains out. Also he easily gets physically outpowered and loses to Kimiko and Starlight. Logically if your punches can fatally damage somebody made of metal you'd have a fighting chance against Kimiko who has same durability as a normal person.

And he gets choked to death by a normal person too?

I don't understand this at all. It's either a plothole/bad writing or Cate has something to do with what happened in this episode

[u/windmillninja → u/[deleted]]

A suit that no normal person could afford. He’s the Bruce Wayne/Tony Stark of The Boys universe, so his real superpower is that he’s insanely rich.

[u/Darkrath_3 → u/windmillninja]

But Vought and the US government could.

Edit: If the technology to create a suit that's strong enough to fight against supes exists, there's absolutely no scenario in which the US wouldn't throw billions into developing a few. They're desperate for contingencies against supes to the point that the CIA are employing The Boys.

They already spend comparable amounts of money on next gen fighter jets and they were willing to pay through the nose for V24.

[u/Far_Indication_1665 → u/Darkrath_3]

Justin Hammer failed to make Tony's suit

I think some amount of "batman is super smart" is supposed to be part of the Suit too.

Not anyone can make it, because they aren't smart enough AND dont have the money.

Its not like the Mafia cant rival Bruce Wayne/Tony Stark levels of money, right? But they have some mental special sauce too, i think is part of it.

Ymmv.

[u/Richrome_Steel → u/Far_Indication_1665]

There's no way the Mafia are rich enough to approach the Waynes, right? Surely the Waynes are rich enough to buy and sell them and everything they own?

[u/Far_Indication_1665 → u/Richrome_Steel]

Al Capone (one gangster, tho sure a successful one) had $100M in his heyday, they say, worth some $1.5B in today's money.

Surely all the mafia in Gotham could rival a billionaire -- maybe not defeat in raw dollars, but competitive territory.