The document provides background information on Vought International, a fictional American conglomerate known for creating superheroes through experiments with Compound V. It details Vought's origins, leadership, goals of controlling the superhero population for military purposes, and various subsidiaries across entertainment, media, healthcare and more to capitalize on superheroes.
The document provides background information on Vought International, a fictional American conglomerate known for creating superheroes through experiments with Compound V. It details Vought's origins, leadership, goals of controlling the superhero population for military purposes, and various subsidiaries across entertainment, media, healthcare and more to capitalize on superheroes.
The document provides background information on Vought International, a fictional American conglomerate known for creating superheroes through experiments with Compound V. It details Vought's origins, leadership, goals of controlling the superhero population for military purposes, and various subsidiaries across entertainment, media, healthcare and more to capitalize on superheroes.
The document provides background information on Vought International, a fictional American conglomerate known for creating superheroes through experiments with Compound V. It details Vought's origins, leadership, goals of controlling the superhero population for military purposes, and various subsidiaries across entertainment, media, healthcare and more to capitalize on superheroes.
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"That is our job, our honor. We are Stormfront.
When Vought realized the
Vought. We make heroes super." Nazi party's defeat was certain, Vought —Madelyn Stillwell defected from Nazi Germany and the "Today's heroes. Tomorrow's future." Allied forces smuggled him to the US and —Vought's official slogan allowed him to give his newly developed Vought International, formerly known as Compound V to military soldiers to Vought American, is an American multi- increase their odds against the Nazi billion dollar conglomerate, currently lead Party. This prompted President Franklin by Ashley Barrett, previously led by Stan Roosevelt to pardon him in 1944, and Edgar and previously managed by allow him to continue his research on Madelyn Stillwell. The company is Compound V and create more Supes, famous for founding The Seven and and gave him his own corporation to managing the global population of further the development of the Supes as licensed Supes. The corporation is also an advanced race of living weapons. At extremely corrupt and corporatist, and some point after Vought died, Stan Edgar aims for world domination. would take over as CEO and (perhaps like his predecessor) would cover up any "A world without crime, with liberty and casualties caused by the Supes. justice for all, that's within our reach, Compound V is shrouded from the thanks to the 200+ superheroes in the public, whom are led to believe that Vought family. We see a bright future Supes are chosen by God. Instead, ahead, where there is a Vought hero in Compound V was shipped across the US every town." to hospitals by Samaritan's Embrace —Madelyn Stillwell under the guise of medical supplies. At Vought was founded by Frederick the end of Season One, however, Hughie Vought, a Nazi scientist whom Adolf Campbell was able to stop the Hitler himself appointed as the chief Compound V shipments by threatening physician at the Dachau concentration to release damaging information to the camp in 1939 where Vought would public about Ezekiel. perform unethical experimentation on human test subjects in order to develop Vought's goal has always been to Compound V to enhance human beings capitalize on Supes, cutting deals with into what are now known as Supes. independent cities and states for Vought eventually created the first dose protection; Stillwell tried to offer of Compound V and had his first Baltimore's Nubian Prince at the price of successful Superhero, his own wife, $300 million a year, however the deal was tanked by Homelander. Nearing the distrust in Vought. After Stormfront is end of Season One, Vought's goal was to defeated by The Boys, Vought uses the get The Seven into the military and exposed Stormfront as a scapegoat by perhaps a number of other Supes. Due saying she was the one who framed to her good work, it was Mr. Edgar's wish Starlight as a traitor, and Mr. Edgar that Stillwell replace him as President of announces the Shipments of Compound Vought. However things begin going V have been permanently halted. awry after Homelander arranges for the creation of the "Supe Terrorists" to create enemies only Vought had the means to Subdivisions combat, which results in Compound V Vought has a large number of being exposed to military personal and subdivisions to handle Superhero affairs the higher ups during raids on terrorist and other forms of business, among compounds resulting in major scrutiny them: towards Vought and Compound V being evaluated by the FDA. In addition to this, Homelander due to mental instability, kills Entertainment Stillwell upon learning she deceived him, Vought's primary source of revenue. By putting Edgar's plan to retire on hold. using their "heroes" as part of the After Compound V is exposed to the advertisement, Vought has expanded public Vought places blame on Stillwell their influence across every single form using her as a scapegoat, but the of entertainment, including: Movies, exposure nonetheless causes Vought's comics, music and T.V Shows. stock to plummet down drastically.
With the growing popularity of
Stormfront, Vought incites the public to Comics possible Supe-terrorist attacks, which Vought Comics: Responsible for leads to paranoia and xenophobia superhero comics. Parody of Marvel and tainting the public. With the public afraid DC Comics. or angry, they supporting Compound V supplements to be given to law Movies and T.V enforcement all across the country. Vought Studios: Responsible for the Before the first shipments of V can be production and release of superhero sent out, Stormfront has her past as a movies, such as Dawn of the Seven and Nazi exposed and leads to further Invisible Force. It's a parody of Marvel Studios. associated with "land" next to the Vought News Network: Network company name. channel, dedicated solely to Vought Planet Vought Casino & Resort: A related news. casino resort located in Las Vegas. In Vought+: A streaming service. It is a 1986, Mindstorm performed live shows parody of Disney+. called "Mental Magic with Mindstorm" at VSPN: Sports channel. It is a parody of the establishment. real world sports channel ESPN. Vought Entertainment Television: A Medical fashion and pop-culture channel. Besides entertainment, Vought is also a VTV Television for Women: A TV pharmaceutical company. channel directed at women viewers. It is likely a parody of the Lifetime channel. Sage Grove Center: A psychiatric facility Vought Kids: A preschool TV channel for in New Jersey. Acts as a front for kids. Vought's tests of Compound V on live Voughtoons: A series of cartoons. adult subjects. Global Wellness Center: A therapy Music service dedicated to helping Supes, Vought Soul: A music channel, which especially retired superheroes. also includes TV shows. It is a TV Red River Institute: An adoption center channel directed at members of the black for superpowered children. community and other minorities. "A-Train To Africa" is one of the many shows Charity available at this channel. Vought owns and funds a variety of non- Voughtify: A music streaming service. profit organizations, likely so that they Music videos such as: "Never Truly can retain a good reputation. Vanish", "Faster" and "Bow and Quiver" can be accessed within the service. It is Samaritan's Embrace: A charity a parody of Spotify. organization lead by Ezekiel. Acts as a Vought Records: A music company. front for the distribution for Compound V Eagle the Archer's new album, Bullseye to hospitals. Beats, was announced to be coming Starlight House: A non-profit from them. organization dedicated to helping Other homeless and at-risk youth. Starlight is Voughtland: A themed amusement park. the spokeswoman of this foundation and It is a parody of Disneyland due to word while Starlight said that Homelander would be donating 10 million dollars to with, among them: the Starlight House, Homelander refused to donate. After Starlight left Vought, the Current Associates organization started being accused of Our Sheet: An American company that human trafficking. makes a great variety of affordable and made in America only products, including Food Chains bed sheets, 94% cotton triple ply toilet Planet Vought: Restaurant chain. paper and dark roast southern harvest Vought-A-Burger: Fast Food Chain. coffee. The Supe Blue Hawk is the Vought Water: Plastic water bottle spokesmen of this brand. It appears to brand. be a parody of the real-world company Heaven's Harvest: A farming company MyPillow. that was acquired by Vought. It is a Saving Our Seas Aquatic Animal beloved Christian-owned organic farm to Foundation: A non-profit organization shelf grocery store chain. The company dedicated to protecting sea life. It is sees to be going well, pleasing Vought sponsored by Vought and the and Wall Street investors. organization gave Dinky to OceanLand as a replacement for their previous lead Other dolphin. Crime Analytics: A subdivision likely OceanLand: An aquatic zoo sponsored dedicated to analyzing information for the by The Deep. After the accidental death Supes, so that they can fight crime more of its previous lead dolphin, during The efficiently. After The Deep was named as Deep's attempted to free the creature the new Head he fired everyone who had from OceanLand, the Saving Our Seas tweets that were critical of Homelander. Aquatic Animal Foundation gave a baby Godolkin University: A university bottlenose dolphin named Dinky to the dedicated to teaching Supes on how to zoo as a replacement. become heroes. Kirei Shoyu: A Japanese seafood Vought Rifle Association: An restaurant chain. The Deep has done a organization dedicated to teaching commercial for the franchise, advertising people about the second amendment. its beautiful soy sauce and tasty food. The restaurant chain appears to have an Associates octopus and a flying bottle of soy sauce Vought has a large number of as its mascots. organizations and companies which they have invested in or have made deals temporally give regular humans extra- Compound V durabillity (its consumption being often Compound V was a super serum that obligatory for the prostitutes who give was created by Joseph Vogelbaum and service to supes, to reduce the sex- was originally intended to create super worker's risk of being accidentally killed soldiers for the Third Reich. Fearing for during the act). his life when he realized that the war was lost for the Nazis, Vogelbaum escaped to Vaught American main aspiration on the the United States with the help of Vought comics was to improve the compound V American, who continued to fund his formula untill they could control exactly experiments. Immediately after the what kind of superpowers the subject creation of Compound V, the corporation developts and then sell it to the United nearly went bankrupt and eventually States millitary to enhance soldiers, but regained their wealth by manufacturing after dr. Vogelbaum's apparent dead no superhero teams such as The Seven by other scientist was able to make any injecting the fetuses of pregnant progress, forcing Vaught to remind in the volunteers with the drug. Although these relatively less lucrative niche of trials were successful, they were also costumed crimefighters. extremely costly, forcing Vought American to inject future subjects with an Supers inferior version of the serum. Contrary to popular belief, most Supers Furthermore, it appears that varying are not born with their abilities, but are traces of the Compound V formula were instead the results of children who, with passed down through familial bloodlines, the permission of their parents, were often resulting in the births of natural heavily medicated with Compound V; an born Supes with at least one super- alchemical super serum known to powered parent. Contrary to the TV produce permanent superpowers in series, in the comics is said that less that human subjects. half of the people expossed to compund V developt superpowers, most just get These children are the legal property of some form of cancer or, in the worst Vought International and are often cases, horrible and sometimes deadly marketed by the company to perform malformations. public services such as rescue missions in order to win popularity, love and Compound V can also be mix with ilegal admiration from the general public as a drugs to enhance their effect or to means for the company to capitalize upon. Due to the fact that, until recently, January, where Hughie explained how he Compound V was contained within the intuitively knew what his abilities were borders of the United States, it was and also that if he clenched his widely believed that America was "the buttcheeks together and jumped that he chosen land of God" since every Supe would be able to teleport, this seemingly for the last 70+ years were red-blooded indicates that all Supes have an inherent Americans. It was also believed that understanding of what their superpowers Supes, much like the prophets and are and more importantly what specific messiahs of ancient times, were chosen gestures and/or physical requirements by God to inherit their abilities and were might be necessary in order to activate subsequently revered by many different them. However, based on the genuine temples and churches. surprise that Hughie expressed when he realized that he could not teleport his To perpetuate these lies, the parents of clothing with him, this also indicates that these children were often compensated Supes are ignorant of what the limitations with financial hush money and forced to of their super-abilities might entail. sign a series of non-disclosure agreements. However, since the discovery of "super terrorists" from other Supers Groups regions of the world, the belief that The Seven America was divinely favored has been The most powerful and famous irrevocably debunked. Soon thereafter, superhero group in the world. The with the public revelation of Compound original members were created by V, the belief that all superheroes were Vought by injecting unborn fetuses with the result of divine selection has also Compound V, making them far stronger been debunked. than the average superhero. As such, they have direct contracts with Vought, Powers who pay them vast salaries in return. Whilst any individual who is injected with Despite this, the Seven very rarely do Compound V and survives the mutation any actual crime fighting, with press process is guaranteed to develop tours, photo-ops, and promotions taking superpowers, these powers are often up most of their schedules. The original random and completely unpredictable. members include Homelander, Black Noir, Queen Maeve, Jack From Jupiter, Additionally, based on the dialogue The Deep, Mister Marathon, and between Hughie Campbell and Annie Lamplighter. Eventually, A-Train and Starlight are brought in to replace Marathon and Lamplighter respectively, after the former died in a botched rescue mission during 9/11 and the latter was reduced to a mental invalid. Thanks to the efforts of The Boys, the team eventually falls apart, which results in the deaths of almost every member except for Starlight and the Deep. Payback was a group of superheroes who were active during the 1980s. Owned and managed by Vought American, they were considered to be the greatest superhero team of their time prior to the formation of The Seven. Payback Was a group of superheroes who were active during the 1980s. Owned and managed by Vought American, they were considered to be the greatest superhero team of their time prior to the formation of The Seven.