LNHQ (Classic)

The Legion of Net.Heroes Headquarters (also known as LNHQ or LNHHQ) is the headquarters of the LNH (Classic Team). See also other versions of the LNHQ.

History

From Limp-Asparagus Lad #54:

   The building known as the Legion of Net.Heroes Headquarters has had a long if intermittent history as the rallying point for costumed champions. Moreover, even prior to the LNH-HQ's construction at the start of the 20th century, the site on which it was built was reported to posses esoteric properties that made it a location of importance. The site is believed to be a `place of power' that complements and enhances the heroic (and theoretically, villainous) prowess of whatever individual or group possess the location. [Stranger Tales #5 - Footnote Girl] (However, rumours that the location is in fact an ancient Indian burial ground have never been substantiated, and these days are taken seriously only by the overly excitable.) Definite records of this phenomenon can be traced back to the 19th century when the city of Net.ropolis was still named Babbagetown, and anecdotal evidence stretches back even further.

The earliest (recorded) version of the Legion of Net.Heroes - led by Boy Lad - was active through the late 1920s and 30s [Particle Man Annual #1 - Footnote Girl], and came to based in the three-story Net.ropolis Hotel Grand [Lagneto 2016 #4 - Footnote Girl], which had closed as a result of the 1929 stock market crash. This version of the Legion discontinued in the late 1930s, and the burden of heroic activities were shouldered by other teams. Although the P.U.L.P. Institute and the Classics Squad both made use of the building, neither group resided or was permanently based there. [Particle Man Annual #1]

In the late 1940s through 50s, the predominant hero team was that of the mainly British based Society of Wireless Heroes, while the Net.astic Nine of the 1960s were similarly headquartered elsewhere at the Mando Building. [Dvandom Force #37-38, 42-43 - Footnote Girl] From after World War 2 through to the late 1960s, the LNH-HQ building once again reopened as the Net.ropolis Hotel Grand [Bride of C'thulhu #7 - Footnote Girl], but closed again for a few years before once again being adopted by a net.hero team - in this case, the Legion of Net.Hippies.

After the era of the Net.Hippies, teams like the League of New-Wave Heroes [LNH 'Tsk' Force #6-9 - Footnote Girl] were again based elsewhere. Even the initial reformation of the modern version of the Legion of Net.Heroes in 1985 saw them headquartered in a smaller club-house out in the suburbs. It was not until after the Maria Stork Foundation was established to financially support the LNH that the team refurbished and moved back to the site of the Hotel Grand. [LNH: The Early Years #3 - Footnote Girl] Ironically, this came at the most fortunate time for the classic building, as it had been scheduled for demolition in 1989 and only saved from destruction after petitions for it to preserved as a heritage site. [Lagneto 2016 #4]