Starlight is based of a pair of DC female superheroes: Her appearance, especially her original costume, is based on Mary Marvel, where as her abilities are based on Stargirl.
Starlight is a parody of both Doctor Light and Stargirl as well Mary Marvel costume with little Powergirl-influenced outfit.
Annie's Starlight appearance, especially her original costume, is based on DC heroines Mary Marvel, whereas her powers are based on Marvel's Dazzler, who also can generate light and use it as both heat and concussive force.
Annie January, formerly known as Starlight, is the deuteragonist of the Amazon series The Boys. Serving as the tritagonist of both Season 1 and Season 2, and the deuteragonist of Season 3. Annie January is as down-to-earth and sincere as they come, the girl next door with superpowers.
It's no secret that through The Seven, The Boys deliberately rips off of the Justice League team from DC Comics, with characters like Homelander, Queen Maeve, and Black Noir having direct parallels to Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman, respectively.
In both the comic and TV series, Noir is a member of the hedonistic and reckless Vought-American superhero group the Seven and is depicted as a "silent ninja" type parody of Batman, Snake Eyes and Deathstroke.
Queen Maeve
Maeve has an Amazonian look and super strength—it's clear that her parallel is Wonder Woman.
Billy Butcher was designed as a parody of Punisher, a character that series creator Garth Ennis had written for nine years, prior to creating The Boys. Both characters are family men who become violent, unhinged vigilantes who allow their constant thirst for revenge to take them over completely.
On a side note, the WWII version of Soldier Boy is an actual villainous parody of Captain America while the present-day Soldier Boy is a comedic spoof of Captain America. It has been noted that Jensen Ackles is portraying the original Soldier Boy instead of the current, incompetent one.
They are a parody of the Justice League, the premier superhero team of the DC Comics universe. Their name is derived from "the Big Seven", an informal nick-name some DC fans call the Justice League by.
She is quickly rattled after finding that her membership to The Seven comes at a high price—sexual activity with the male members. Similarly to the show, Starlight is coerced into performing oral sex on Homelander, Black Noir, and A-Train.
Starlight has super-strength and can control light, turning it into a weapon. While Marvel's Dazzler can also manipulate light, she needs sound to do it. And that's why Starlight is much more like Dr. Light, as both their powers revolve more around light manipulation.
Lamplighter
One of the earlier members of The Seven, Lamplighter (Shawn Ashmore) was replaced by Starlight, with not much being known about him in the first season. Season 2, however, enlightens us to his abilities.
So in order to save not just the lives of the people she loves, but the entire world, she sucks it up and goes further down the rabbit hole, “revealing” a secret relationship with Homelander in the American Hero finale in order to rehabilitate his image, and taking it one step further by kissing him.
Hughie is intentionally drawn to resemble the British actor and writer Simon Pegg. According to Robertson, he drew the character based on Pegg after seeing him in the sitcom Spaced, and thought that Pegg captured the balance of "innocence but tough determination" that Ennis wanted in the character.
The Induction To The Seven Was Even Worse In The Comics
In the show's pilot episode, it's revealed that The Deep attempted to sexually assault Starlight.
Gunpowder is a parody of both Deadshot and Judge Dredd.
Yup, Soldier Boy is Homelander's biological father. Suddenly all these daddy issues make a lot more sense. This character element isn't from the original The Boys comics, but was something Kripke and the writer's room came up with for the show.
Vikor is likely inspired by Marvel's Thor and other mythical superheroes.
However, the origin Homelander never wanted and kept hidden was borrowed by the "Children of Stormfront" and Vikor, The Boys' parody of Thor, who seems completely fine pretending to be connected to the Nazi Supe.
Earving, better known as Black Noir, was a major antagonist in the Amazon series The Boys. Serving as a supporting antagonist in Season 1, the secondary antagonist of Season 2, and a major anti-villain in Season 3. He was a mute, darkly costumed superhero and a member of The Seven.
Vought Entertainment Television: A fashion and pop-culture channel. It is a parody of Entertainment Tonight. VTV: Television for Women: A TV channel directed at women viewers. It is likely a parody of the Lifetime and Hallmark channel.
Mister Marathon is the original speedster in The Seven and posthumous antagonist in The Boys comic book from 2006. He was replaced by A-Train prior to the beginning of The Boys.