The series concentrates mostly on Tori, a villain in training, who is apprenticed to Ivan. The villains on the other hand like to stay out of public view, but they are equally invested in training and setting up their recruits, who in this story include a girl who can turn into a variety of dragons, a spell-caster, and bug-controller. The AHC in particular seems more interested in creating public images for the members, who have image consultants who even do polls on possible hero names, and set up debuts for new members who include a programmer who can create items out of video games in real life and a guy who mutated into a combination of a tiger and who-knows-what-else. They largely have to police themselves, but that’s why the two organizations exist. Meta-humans are sort of an accepted part of the world, but also seen as suspect, even when they are heroes. The Marvel part come from meta-humans being created by accident, born, or influenced by magical ‘confluences’. The organization and bureaucratization of crime and justice is the Discworld element and it’s just about as well done, although here it’s played more for action than socio-political satire.
The basic premise is that the world contains meta-humans, those with special powers, and such people often become either heroes and join the Alliance of Heroic Champions, or a villain who joins the guild of villains. I really enjoyed this combination, and I really, really hope the series continues for at least a few more volumes.
That’s what you get in Forging Hephaestus (Villains’ Code Book 1). Imagine a world that combines elements of The Incredibles, Discworld, and Marvel.
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