If Clark was not raised by the Kents, would he have ended up like Homelander?

[Cyberstrike]

If Clark was not raised by the Kents, would he have ended up like Homelander? Homelander is a Superman pastiche that is the main villain of the series the Boys, someone who has the powers like Superman's, but grew up in a lab with no love and became a psychopath as an adult.

There have been stories where Superman was raised by Stalin or Darkseid and was less heroic as a result, but was not as vile as Homelander.

There was a pair of Elseworlds mini-series called JLA: The Nail and JLA: Another Nail both written and penciled by Alan Davies that had Superman raised by an Amish couple because the Kents got a nail in the tire of their truck when they were supposed to find him as a baby and how the DCU gets really screwed up, (especially the JLA) without Superman. The villain in the first one was a real shock when I first read it.

[Agent Z]

Homelander is what Ennis really thinks of Superman.

No he isn't. Ennis likes Superman. Homelander is what Ennis thinks a corrupted Superman would be. That's it.

[manwhohaseverything]

No he isn't. Ennis likes Superman. Homelander is what Ennis thinks a corrupted Superman would be. That's it.

Or he likes superman.But still, has issues with how the character is made out to be.

[Vordan]

Just bumping this to say that even a Dark Multiverse Flashpoint version of Superman raised in a prison by the military still possesses enough empathy to want to help others. So there’s some differences between the two that are hardwired as a part of who Clark is.