Batman predecessors in pulp fiction, comic strips, newspaper headlines, and autobiographical details referring to Kane himself. As an aristocratic hero with a double identity, Batman had predecessors in the Scarlet Pimpernel (created by Baroness Emmuska Orczy, 1903) and Zorro (created by Johnston McCulley, 1919). Like them, Batman performed his heroic deeds in secret, averted suspicion by playing aloof in public, and marked his work with a signature symbol. Kane noted the influence of the films "The Mark of Zorro" (1920) and "The Bat Whispers" (1930) in the creation of the character's iconography. Finger, drawing inspiration from pulp heroes like Doc Savage,
Hero Factory constructed in a factory of the same name. Their objective is to fight crime across the galaxy and protect the robotic populace. The Hero Factory is a towering skyscraper based in the fictional Makuhero City, located on a terraformed asteroid. New Heroes are constructed in the dozens everyday and trained from the ground up. Each Hero is unique thanks to their Quaza Core, a mineral stone which provides them with their own distinct personality. Von Nebula was once the rookie Hero Von Ness, though he defected the organization after fleeing during an important mission causing his betrayal to Stormer and