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W.H.O.
World Hero Organization
The World
Hero Organization is the largest hero management company in
the world. Its membership is primarily human beings, but alien
and supernatural heroes are employed as well. W.H.O., as it
is more commonly called, was founded in 1947 to provide financial
support for fledgling super-powered people. Over the years,
W.H.O. grew into a multi-billion dollar corporation that owes
its success to the marketing of hero related merchandise.
W.H.O.’s
west coast headquarters, W.H.O. Tower, is located in California’s
Golden Bay City. It serves as a control center for hundreds
of heroes who patrol the western half of
North America. The patrol region expands as far north as Canada
and Alaska, and further south into Mexico. The tower contains
apartments for its heroes, mission control rooms, training
facilities, and of course, a gift shop in the lobby. The
city’s civilian
population is welcome for tours. The building has walls ten-feet
thick reinforced by the latest defensive technology and can
withstand most kinds of super villain attacks.
The organization
provides its members with a base of operations, secret-identity
insurance, psychically controlled super-suits,
and the financial income needed to make a living. In turn,
W.H.O. employees are expected to represent the corporation
as model
citizens and keep their assigned cities safe.
W.H.O. retains
the right to create merchandise based on its employees, such
as comic books, actions figures, movies,
cartoons and video
games. W.H.O. also sees fit to market its heroes in ways
that fit its ideals and values.
It is presided
over by an elected president and a board of chairmen made up
of older,
retired heroes as well as
non-powered
people.
Managers, accountants and agents handle merchandising,
the company’s
primary source of income. Advertising plays a huge role
and hero’s
faces can be seen practically everywhere.
HISTORY
A celestial
event in the early 1940’s triggered the rise
of special “super” powers in humans. W.H.O.
was founded in 1947 by a small group of super heroes
to protect the world
from evil. As the organization grew, W.H.O. became
increasingly vital and kept the number of “rooftop
vigilantes” and
freelance-heroes to a minimum. Its membership expanded
and its first headquarters was constructed in New York
City.
Branch divisions
spread across the globe and a second major headquarters opened
in Golden Bay City.
W.H.O. also
created training academies
to help people with newly discovered powers. After
a messy alien invasion in 1977, W.H.O. built a massive
space station
to protect
Earth against further hostile alien forces. Over
the last half century, W.H.O. has become the leader in
its industry and helped
many struggling heroes make their dreams of saving
the world a reality.
