I mean, I think we can all agree that Stormfront is right up there, neck and neck, with Homelander's power. That's at least what I was thinking when she said, "laser my tits". But, then, why wasn't she in the seven before this? If she was this powerful back when she was Liberty Belle (Bell? idk), why wasn't she front and center? Why was she considered a lower class super-hero?
I'm thinking two possible reasons.
1. She continued taking V her entire life, and she continued to grow in power. Only recently has she "come into her own", being neck and neck with Homelander. Possibly, her genetics were compatible with V, or she was taking the V in such doses as to not get high. This is in direct correlation to A-Train. A-Train took whatever doses to keep him the fastest, but also at a cost.
2. Vought kept her out of commission for that long because she had a family. She had weaknesses. Once they were all dead, it was her time to shine. I think that she represents an existentialist view on life.
Or, I'm thinking of a third... Both. She's taking V in a lab, supervised by doctors. Waiting for her family to die.
EDIT : I just hope that Cindi doesn't rip her head off next episode. I think that Cindi is gonna be an even bigger badass than anybody realizes. I think that Cindi is gonna be the "motha fucker that we got locked up in the basement, down in Alabama", to use Richard Pryor's words. Savage beyond words.